Example sentences of "[vb pp] that it [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Nevertheless , to some extent it can be said that it fulfils some of the functions of the preambles in Community texts to which I have just referred .
2 We gave a few outlines of schemes of work and bits and pieces of information , but I would n't have said that it caused any great feeling of self-analysis .
3 We have already seen that it rejects any notion that God is changed .
4 But it has never really shown that it has any new ideas about where it should end up .
5 The tribunal is not restricted to evidence acceptable in a court of law ; provided that it has some probative value the court will not reassess its weight .
6 The Duma discussed foreign policy only once a year , when the ministry 's budget came under scrutiny : it has been estimated that it spent less than 1 per cent of its time on foreign affairs .
7 By inclination I belong to the second category , but I have learned that it makes all the difference to lay a firm foundation at the outset .
8 The BBC has always maintained that it needs more spectrum for each service to be able to provide more relay stations in remote areas .
9 The United States filed a brief denying the supposedly exclusive character of the Convention , but urging that principles of comity should be applied to determine whether an order should be made under the Federal Rules when the foreign country had unequivocally stated that it regarded such an order as a violation of its sovereignty ; and argued that a District Court could in any event not order the taking of depositions in Germany without compliance with the procedures prescribed by the German authorities ( in this case , those of the Convention ) .
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