Example sentences of "[adj] it [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more closely the dynamics behind mass unrest are examined , the clearer it becomes that mass political militancy was generated from below rather than whipped up from above , and that ‘ intelligentsia initiative was successful only when it reflected … basic popular impulse . ’ |
| 2 | The Intervention Board withdrew the facility with six weeks notice , because it maintained , it was uneconomical it noted that last year the average weekly throughput for steers was less than four animals a week . |
| 3 | Other things being equal it appears that those remanded in custody are more likely to plead guilty , substantially less likely to be acquitted and very much more likely to receive a custodial sentence on conviction than their counterparts who are remanded on bail ( see , eg , Bottomley , 1970 ; Davies , 1971 ; and also Home Office , 1990f , Tables 9.6 and 9.9 ) . |
| 4 | The strikes had taken on an important political dimension when workers formed a free trades union ‘ Solidarity ’ , and in 1981 it seemed that Soviet tanks would be needed to restore order . |
| 5 | At first it appeared that some progress was being made . |
| 6 | First it seems that personal preference and liking is important , certainly to a much greater extent than in relationships between parents and children . |
| 7 | With a squad of 16 it means that five players spend a majority of their time watching . |
| 8 | The work reported on in section 3.3 suggested that there may be economic efficiency ( as well as taxation efficiency ) reasons for the introduction of share options , and in general it suggested that managerial emolument packages should not be in the form of a straight salary but should involve some performance-improving subtleties . |
| 9 | The US Treasury began to experience a depletion of its gold stock , so in August 1971 it announced that official convertibility of dollars into gold was temporarily suspended . |
| 10 | The theory seems to have a middle class bias in that it assumes that all criminal and rule-breakers accept and cherish middle-class goals , but many delinquent activities do not appear to be aiming for material gains . |
| 11 | The inclusion in NHS consultants ' contracts of a formal commitment to teaching is a step in the right direction in that it acknowledges that most doctors teach to a greater or lesser extent . |
| 12 | Amidst all the changes which took place in Eastern Europe during 1989 , the opening of the borders between East and West Germany on Nov. 9 , 1989 ( see p. 37025 ) was perhaps the most significant event to NATO members in that it confirmed that such changes , in particular the evolving relationship between the two Germanies , demanded an assessment of how NATO should respond and what its future role would be . |
| 13 | From that it follows that any tax , because it distorts the market , must be bad . |
| 14 | By 1965 it appeared that 48 per cent of retired men over 65 , but only 24 per cent of single women over 60 and 11 per cent of widows over pensionable age had employers ' pensions , younger women predominating among those women who had a pension in their own right ( Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance , 1966 , p. 154 ) . |