Example sentences of "[vb past] that it [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first count of the declaration , upon which alone the question arises , stated that , in consideration that the plaintiff , at the request of the defendant , had bought of the defendant a horse for the sum of £30 , the defendant promised that it was sound and free from vice . |
| 2 | Further experiments with what he began to call ‘ orgone energy ’ demonstrated that it was present everywhere , in the atmosphere and particularly in living things . |
| 3 | Tinbergen demonstrated that it was possible , simply by watching animals , to make a scientific study of them . |
| 4 | He demonstrated that it was possible to convert amateur natural history into professional zoology by the straightforward device of quantified observation . |
| 5 | The Radcliffe Report ( 1959 ) emphasised in stronger terms the problems associated with financial change and maintained that it is impossible to define money , because there is no clear criterion with which to determine those assets that are part of the money supply . |
| 6 | Nobody pretended that it was other than a one-way process . |
| 7 | Elsa Lawson , from Newton Aycliffe , who helped organise the event , said it was a mark of how well Mrs Harding knew the people involved that it was impossible to keep the presentation a secret . |
| 8 | We found that it was cheaper for the four Europeans to travel to America than for the two Americans to come to London or Berlin . |
| 9 | I found that it was easy to read and well organised in eight chapters . |
| 10 | When at last a waiter said ‘ Your table is ready , ’ Sara looked at her watch again and found that it was nine-fifteen . |
| 11 | The top rail is joined to the uprights by dovetail housings and to cut the mortises for the laths I found that it was best to hold the rail in the vice with blocks to pack it out and then to cut down vertically . |
| 12 | This was followed in the case of Ellen Street Estates Ltd. v. The Minister of Health ( C.A. , 1934 ) where the court found that it was impossible for Parliament to enact that , in a subsequent statute dealing with the same subject-matter , there should be no implied repeal . |
| 13 | Secondly , not only have Brown and his colleagues ( 1986a ) confirmed that it is a close relationship that plays the key protective role in the development of depression ( regular contact , fair level of confiding ) , but they also found that it was essential to consider both positive and negative aspects of such relationships for any satisfactory understanding . |
| 14 | He himself had received letters from all over England , seeking his advice on questions of conscience , and found that it was unsatisfactory for Anglicans to have to rely on Roman Catholic literature for guidance in such matters . |
| 15 | He tried the number of the Incident Room , found that it was functional , and spoke to the duty officer . |
| 16 | Euan MacKie excavated the platform and found that it was artificial . |
| 17 | I found that it was vital to keep them under water when moving them after I had experienced problems with eggs which were accidentally exposed to air which probably dried them out . |
| 18 | ‘ We should n't either of us have anything to regret , David , ’ she said at last , and found that it was true . |
| 19 | Managers found that it was difficult to compete with the Scottish factories . |
| 20 | She found that it was difficult to stand ; she put out her hand to the wall to support herself lest she sway . |
| 21 | Abrams and Marsden ( 1987 ) found that it was easier to care for a heavily dependent person where there was an underlying positive relationship , than to care for a less dependent person where feelings were ambiguous or hostile . |
| 22 | Once I got used to the screen , I found that it was OK to use , but I suspect that it would n't suit everybody . |
| 23 | A Spanish forensic inquiry published on Dec. 13 found that it was likely that Maxwell had fallen overboard accidentally , although other causes " can not be firmly ruled out " . |
| 24 | The old-fashioned objected that it was dangerous to eyesight , and that those who read by candlelight did not need spectacles , but one can not imagine that Jane Austen was among them . |
| 25 | Ramsey realized that it was possible for a mind to inhabit a partly unreal world . |
| 26 | It was a meadow ready for cutting and suddenly I realized that it was high summer , the sun was hot and that every step brought the fragrance of clover and warm grass rising about me into the crystal freshness of the air . |
| 27 | She greeted Philip with a kiss , which did n't please Eileen — until she realized that it was common practice . |
| 28 | I took my revolver out of my pocket , and checked that it was ready to fire . |
| 29 | He generated a lot of enthusiasm and was supported each day by his colleagues from the company who agreed that it was great fun and a huge success . |
| 30 | Another contributor agreed that it was possible to trot out any number of excuses for the lack of jobs , such as the political unrest ; but unemployment existed in West Belfast before the political unrest . |