Example sentences of "it suggested " in BNC.
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| 1 | It purports to be based on the recollections of courtiers and retainers hunted up after the fall : but I have heard it suggested that the author did not take to the Picador edition 's cover display of a picture of Haile Selassie , perhaps on the grounds of a misleading particularity . |
| 2 | It suggested that second marriages would substantially infringe the rights of inheritance of the members of the first family . |
| 3 | However , it suggested that the October holiday should replace an existing holiday . |
| 4 | He hated the word department because it suggested bureaucracy . |
| 5 | This week , at the International Timber Trade Organisation 's conference in Japan , Britain was supported by green groups when it suggested a labelling scheme for tropical hardwood so consumers could choose products manufactured from sustainable timber reserves . |
| 6 | Lord Justice Neill said an examination of the Royal Charter under which the Jockey Club was set up and of the powers conferred on it suggested that in some aspects of its work it operated in the public domain . |
| 7 | His decision to send National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft and Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger to Beijing not only flouted international opinion , it suggested a commitment to Realpolitik . |
| 8 | It suggested that if a firm had low debts and was paying a lot of corporate tax its managers were actually being incompetent : while proudly keeping their credit ratings high , they were handing their shareholders ' money to the taxman . |
| 9 | When this body , which was composed of an independent chairman and two representatives from both sides , eventually reported it suggested that there should be no change in conditions and wages in the industry . |
| 10 | It suggested that it was : |
| 11 | The main source of knowledge that there had been a quarrel was the reminders that people had made a peace ; and as the peace was between groups , it suggested that the quarrel was as well . |
| 12 | It suggested that in some places students ' fees could be raised and that the Ministry and local authorities should take account of students ' contributions when deciding the level of aid ( Recommendations 16 , 17 ) . |
| 13 | The early part of this chapter indicated that there is already a reasonable consensus that managing schools in the future will be different — equally it suggested that a simplistic ‘ chief executive , model is not universally accepted as the way forward , and that such a model is indeed a profoundly conservative one . |
| 14 | It suggested that theology should no more retreat to a ‘ no meaning ’ theist position in the face of philosophy than in the face of history . |
| 15 | But when I asked him how much of the land of the state of Israel might potentially have two claimants — an Arab and a Jew holding respectively a British mandate and an Israeli deed to the same property — he said he figure was accurate — and it should be remembered that over half of Israel in 1948 consisted of the Negev desert — then it suggested that Arabs owned a far greater proportion of that part of Palestine which became Israel than has previously been imagined . |
| 16 | Contemplating ‘ the displaced fragments of inner city decline ’ — peripheral council estates — it suggested that wealth-creation ‘ must always go hand in hand with just distribution , — offering , thereby , an alternative interpretation of ‘ partnership ’ ( p. 53 ) . |
| 17 | To this effect , it suggested that as a general rule the police should be able to arrest an individual without a warrant if the crime which was suspected was one for which the individual could be jailed rather than simply fined . |
| 18 | ‘ Defence has been perfected to a remarkable degree , ’ he said , ‘ and I have heard it suggested that through its further development football may be brought to a state of stalemate … it will be a sorry reflection on forwards if they have not the intelligence , the inventiveness to devise means by which they can carry their attack to a successful end . ’ |
| 19 | It suggested that the system was not just marking time but actually losing ground in some areas : |
| 20 | It suggested that the word ‘ flavour ’ should not be permitted and that ‘ taste ’ might be less confusing . |
| 21 | It suggested that all countries had strong mutual interests in providing growing markets for each others ' products , in security of supplies and in a more stable monetary system . |
| 22 | But the company says that , as early as October 1981 , it suggested to the CSM that the recommended doses for the drug should be reduced for old people . |
| 23 | It suggested we kill the breeding sows to pay for fattening the piglets and then buy commercial stock to replace them . ’ |
| 24 | It suggested that there was something about the man , some unknown factor which made him slightly suspect in the eyes of the authorities . |
| 25 | I have heard it suggested that there is some danger that prospective buyers might be put off by the idea that their units have been used in this way . |
| 26 | The surprised way he had looked at her when she said it suggested that it had not occurred to him before . |
| 27 | ‘ She 'll have to go without , then — or paint her legs , as it suggested in the magazine . |
| 28 | The scientists stressed that it was little more than a laboratory curiosity , the energy coming from the fusion of only a few hydrogen atoms and ‘ was scarcely enough to register on highly sensitive measuring instruments ’ ; although the process had no immediate commercial value it suggested ‘ possible industrial uses of immeasurable importance ’ . |
| 29 | This encouraged the BUY group as it suggested that metals , in minerals such as rocks , could indeed play an essential role in catalysing the formation of helium , presumably through fusion . |
| 30 | He claimed it suggested that ‘ no decent person should be seen with her , let alone spend a family holiday with her ’ . |