Example sentences of "[verb] it [vb past] that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He replied that on the facts stated it appeared that the testator wanted by trust to release Seius from all liability to that debt . |
| 2 | To their untutored peasant minds it seemed that the endless rows of alien rubber trees marching with unnatural precision across great tracts of their wild ancestral jungles provoked the storm each night to new extremes of savagery . |
| 3 | I occasionally hear it said that the Institute 's technical policies are determined by the Secretariat in concert with the big London firms , and that the district societies no longer have any say in the matter . |
| 4 | When they hear it rumoured that the hotel is to be sold off for development they turn to crime to finance their own take-over bid … = From the writers of Cabaret , Chicago and New York , New York , this show is a triumphant affirmation of life and vitality with a full Broadway score of wit , understanding and humour . |
| 5 | Labour 's new environment spokesman , Mr Bryan Gould , attacked the price of shares in the water privatisation , saying it showed that the Government was prepared to accept on behalf of the taxpayer a loss of at least £1.3 billion in order to sell off the water industry . |
| 6 | Consider the dispute over fox hunting and suppose it agreed that the pleasure of men , hounds and perhaps horses , outweigh the pain of the fox . |
| 7 | Nearly every member of the aesthetic Mafia ( numbering no more than five people in the room and two phone bidders ) who saw it believed that the table was the work of the important Philadelphia cabinetmaker Daniel Pabst ( 1826–1910 ) . |
| 8 | I have also heard it said that the lemon reduced the foam to manageable proportions , but why would anyone want to flatten a naturally sparkling drink ? |
| 9 | ‘ I 've heard it said that the only reason we got the contract with Talkin' Loud is 'cos we know Gilles . |
| 10 | I have heard it said that the only major advance in stratigraphy and sedimentology since the Second World War was the concept of the turbidity current . |
| 11 | I have heard it said that an Englishman 's humour is unique . |
| 12 | I have heard it denied that the candles — different candles — glimmer for every child when he or she reaches the age of three or four , but of course that denial is nonsense ; simply , most children are asleep in the depths of the night when the candles shine out . |
| 13 | I have also heard it argued that the term Weizenbier offers a better guarantee that the beer was made according to the convention that specifies a minimum of 50 per cent wheat . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In a statement , British Airways said it believed that the finance for the deal would be raised in the near future , but that its £320m fund raising issue would go ahead regardless . |
| 16 | Dennis Skinner said it appeared that the Government ‘ was engaged in undercover activity ’ . |
| 17 | Brian Brunswick , of the Health and Safety Executive , which investigated the case , said it appeared that the driver of the vehicle checked to see if anyone was behind him before reversing . |
| 18 | He said it appeared that the union would have to lodge its appeal before Monday . |