Example sentences of "[vb pp] that it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was claimed that it made rural communities vulnerable to guerrilla reprisals . |
| 2 | Some of my colleagues have accepted that it became discredited , but they are still trying to a certain degree to defend it . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Even though its voice was always flat and expressionless , Masklin still thought that it sounded wistful . |
| 5 | I was told that it became hand-tamed almost immediately , and I wondered whether this had anything to do with those eyes . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Israel had never acknowledged that it possessed nuclear weapons . |
| 8 | So much had happened that it seemed incredible that it was barely a week since she 'd crossed the bridge in the opposite direction . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | He rose slowly to his feet , every movement so controlled that it appeared menacing . |