Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] [that] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nutty switched her attention once more to the deep end , where it seemed that Nails was giving Jazz a compulsory lesson in turns . |
| 2 | It supports the principle of increasing energy prices so that consumers pay the full environmental cost of the resources they use , although it acknowledges that increases would have to be phased in over time , preferably in line with international agreements . |
| 3 | But reference to liability is valuable in that it emphasises that shareholders qua members may be under obligations to the company as well as having rights against it . |
| 4 | The advantage of the group system is that it ensures that members of the respective parties put forward clear cut views at the meetings of the council . |
| 5 | His argument has relevance for any set of historical circumstances , including the present day , in that it suggests that relationships between young adults and their parents , including patterns of reciprocal exchange between them , are closely related to the capacity of young people to earn a wage . |
| 6 | If one just casts an eye over the history of the condition of women — marked by struggles , it has continued to evolve , but at such pace that it seems that women who struggle for their liberation and at the same time for that of their societies , are undertaking a long drawn-out campaign . |
| 7 | And it meant that jobs you 'd already got planned |
| 8 | The failure to resolve Germany 's future added to Europe 's economic problems and it seemed that Communists in France and Italy might exploit the consequent social discontent in order to seize power . |
| 9 | And it revealed that profits jumped from just £700,000 to £3,500,000 in six months . |
| 10 | The basis of morality and law-abiding behaviour has become the family and it follows that parents must be made responsible for their children 's misdemeanours . |
| 11 | The Commission strongly affirms the value of silent as well as vocal participation , and it believes that worshippers need to be taught how to listen to music no less attentively than they do to the reading of Scripture , or to preaching , or to the recitation of prayers . |
| 12 | On the one hand , ethnic minorities currently settled in Britain have been here for a relatively short period of time , and it seems that circumstances of migration and initial settlement are conditions under which support between siblings assumes greater significance than it might otherwise do — a point illustrated by the patterns of chain migration and of joint households which I discussed earlier in this chapter . |
| 13 | And it seems that women are keen to use NORPLANT . |
| 14 | There is no limit to the number of times the button may be pressed , and it seems that mourners in cars queueing behind can get somewhat restive . |
| 15 | It has been suggested that although some occupations in north Staffordshire experienced real-wage falls over the war years , these were generally of no more than 10 per cent , and it seems that colliers , like potters , were among the groups who could maintain living standards by working harder and longer , even if at times money wages lagged . |
| 16 | Christians will see in this the biblical command to ‘ look after the widows and the orphans ’ and it seems that churches are uniquely placed to provide this sort of support . |
| 17 | Lord Coulsfield said : ‘ The question of the extent and nature of any rights of access to the beach has been much discussed locally and it appears that feelings have run fairly high . |
| 18 | It challenges some of the teaching methods that have been used in recent years and it suggests that schools should concentrate on commonsense , practical teaching . |
| 19 | It is cheaper than the proprietary machines most organisations use and it means that users have a wide choice of suppliers . |
| 20 | The tribunal will only allow a trader 's appeal against such a direction if it considers that Customs could not reasonably have been satisfied : for example , if Customs have ignored a relevant matter or if they have taken an irrelevant matter into account . |
| 21 | Instead of selling it off we should invest , even if it means that taxpayers have to contribute . |
| 22 | Andy supports the inclusion of squirt boats as a compulsory class , even if it means that competitors need to train beforehand , rather than having separate events for squirt and float boats . |
| 23 | They may be summarised as follows : if it appears that facts existed from which a constable could reasonably have anticipated a breach of the peace , as a real and not as a remote possibility , and the constable did in fact anticipate such a breach , he is under a duty to take steps ( whether by arrest or otherwise ) as he reasonably thinks are necessary to prevent the breach of the peace from occurring or , as it may be , from continuing . |
| 24 | I wish to make it clear that I have no intention of using that power at present , but I would be prepared to use it if it emerged that individuals ' interests were not being properly protected by the scheme in practice . |
| 25 | If it seems that things could be finally settled by deciding whether a foetus is a person , this can only be because ‘ person ’ is used to ascribe a moral status rather than merely to describe . |
| 26 | The expectations hypothesis may be a good starting point , but it assumes that individuals who take unhedged positions in futures markets ( i.e. speculators ) expect on average to earn only the risk-free rate . |
| 27 | But it illustrated that Christians and pagans had similar views of each other . |
| 28 | The real significance of these comparisons remains unknown , as do the real workings of the dolphin mind , but it seems that dolphins and porpoises achieved their modern enlarged brains about 15–20 million years ago , whereas the evolution of the human brain is a phenomenon of the past few million years at the most . |
| 29 | and I think that 's right but it means that things are more difficult to achieve in a lot of ways . |
| 30 | There has been little mention of this aspect so far , but it appears that Customs will be empowered to vary the terms by publishing a notice ; that indicates that it will be quite strictly enforced . |