Example sentences of "[vb pp] that it [vb -s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staff at the Commission have claimed that it has insufficient funds to do this . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In defence of Maxim 's interpretation , it should be said that it comes closer than usual to the notated metronome marks . |
| 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 rejects any notion that God is changed . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But it has never really shown that it has any new ideas about where it should end up . |
| 9 | Hick played what in others is a plain forward-defensive shot but for him is so sweetly timed that it brings four through mid-off . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 14 | The company has consistently denied that it allows dangerous emissions but , sirens have been installed to warn of escapes . |
| 15 | The BBC has always maintained that it needs more spectrum for each service to be able to provide more relay stations in remote areas . |
| 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 ’ . |