Example sentences of "[vb pp] that it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was claimed that it made rural communities vulnerable to guerrilla reprisals . |
| 2 | Staff at the Commission have claimed that it has insufficient funds to do this . |
| 3 | Some of my colleagues have accepted that it became discredited , but they are still trying to a certain degree to defend it . |
| 4 | If a British multinational invests in plant abroad , it is often argued that it weakens British industry because the resources could have been used to invest in new production in the UK . |
| 5 | Marxism has sometimes been regarded as a positivist approach since it can be argued that it sees human behaviour as a reaction to the stimulus of the economic infrastructure . |
| 6 | We have already seen that it leaves unexplained one prominent feature of judicial practice — the attitude judges take toward statutes and precedents in hard cases — except on the awkward hypothesis that this practice is designed to deceive the public , in which case the public has not consented to it . |
| 7 | Even though its voice was always flat and expressionless , Masklin still thought that it sounded wistful . |
| 8 | I was told that it became hand-tamed almost immediately , and I wondered whether this had anything to do with those eyes . |
| 9 | A child under 10 incurs no criminal liability for its acts ; a child over 9 , but under 14 , incurs no such liability , unless it is shown that it had sufficient capacity to know that its act was wrong . |
| 10 | Israel had never acknowledged that it possessed nuclear weapons . |
| 11 | Where the board can effectively determine its own composition it has generally been assumed that it becomes immune from direct shareholder influence and hence that control has shifted from the owners to managers . |
| 12 | It is popularly assumed that it has medicinal benefits , but there is no evidence whatever to support this , and much evidence to the contrary . |
| 13 | So much had happened that it seemed incredible that it was barely a week since she 'd crossed the bridge in the opposite direction . |
| 14 | The company has consistently denied that it allows dangerous emissions but , sirens have been installed to warn of escapes . |
| 15 | He rose slowly to his feet , every movement so controlled that it appeared menacing . |
| 16 | The cricket section , despite being joint owners , have been advised that it seems likely that if one of the owner clubs should decide to sell they could well proceed unilaterally . |
| 17 | Gassendi had suggested that it shows improper pride for a person who has feet to take him where he wants to go to ‘ yearn to fly like the birds ’ . |