Example sentences of "[that] it [verb] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 But London Ambulance Service categorically denied that it had plans to cut off phone lines , saying that it had only authorised one disconnection at Park Royal Ambulance Station , West London , because crews had locked themselves in .
2 In the United States the Supreme Court , in Marbury v Madison ( 1803 ) 1 Cranch 137 , declared that it had power to decide whether or not the Acts of Congress conformed with the Constitution .
3 The majority of the Court of Appeal held that it had jurisdiction to quash the judge 's order .
4 The Divisional Court held that it had jurisdiction to review the visitor 's decision and that the visitor 's decision was wrong in law .
5 The United States attempt to modify its own declaration in April 1984 was an implicit acknowledgment that it believed Nicaragua to have a valid declaration .
6 Over forty years ago , Sutherland 's ( 1940 , 1945 , 1949 ) contribution to our knowledge and understanding of corporate crime was so significant that it led Mannheim to comment that if there were a Nobel Prize for Criminology , ‘ Sutherland would have been one of the most deserving ’ ( 1965 : 470 ) .
7 Steve laughed so unnaturally that it caused Ruth to widen her eyes at him with surprise .
8 The danger with this was that it caused believers to look to their own faith rather than to Christ alone for the assurance of their salvation .
9 In a statement issued on March 28 the Mongolian Foreign Ministry announced that it expected Russia to abide by a March 1990 Soviet-Mongolian agreement which stipulated that all Soviet troops would withdraw from Mongolia by Aug. 30 , 1992 [ see p. 37318 ] .
10 The problem with the former , i.e. the standard on depreciation , is that it requires organizations to provide for depreciation of fixed assets having a finite useful life .
11 The point of the idiom of companionship is that it allows individuals to form and to dissolve ties with one another with greater ease and frequency than would the idiom of shared substance .
12 Similarly , Marshall Sahlins 's work on the Hawaiian islanders in his Islands of History , though far more acutely aware of contending multiple narratives trying to ascribe different significances to the same happenings , is also organised so that it allows Sahlins to present a narrative wherein conflicting stories/histories are mapped out in a framework which explores these histories ' interpenetrations , their assimilations of each other rather than their refusals of each other .
13 One advantage of this approach is that it allows time to test the technologies that build the confidence on which sensible arms control rests .
14 ‘ The benefit of massage is that it allows patients to talk to someone on a one to one basis .
15 ‘ The benefit of massage is that it allows patients to talk to someone on a one to one basis .
16 It may be that the mischief to which Lord Wilberforce was alluding toward , namely that it allows buyers to avoid an improvident bargain , would in any case be solved if the Law Commission Proposals on Sale and Supply of Goods No 160 ( 1987 ) had been implemented by the Consumer Guarantees Bill 1990 .
17 Regretfully she decided not to wash her hair ; it was so thick that it took ages to dry and she was sure his patience would n't last that long ; also she had to get to work .
18 In just the few seconds that it took Roebuck to de-rail Shelford , a whole new Marty Roebuck fan club was born .
19 He seemed familiar , so familiar indeed that it took time to sink in .
20 Eric Pickles , leader of Bradford Council , cautioned that it took time to get budgets under control .
21 No pay was given for Bank Holidays , with the result that it took weeks to recover from the loss of income .
22 And when William came back from Germany and a decision had to be made about his education , he argued that it made sense to send him to the state school , the same as Preston .
23 It is a little like the adage that it takes money to make money .
24 WE are going to stop apologising to ourselves for the fact that it takes money to run this organisation .
25 He looks such a snip that it enabled Southampton to command £3.6m for Alan Shearer , Ian 's partner in attack tonight and , in my opinion , the best foil for him in England .
26 The value of the sociological perspective is that it enables students to see why society believes in the discipline in question .
27 One of the advantages of this approach , or so it is claimed , is that it enables governments to pursue policies based upon consent and voluntary cooperation and thereby to avoid both the ‘ law of the jungle ’ ( monetarism ) and the ‘ jungle of the law ’ ( statutory incomes policies ) .
28 No political action may be undertaken or justified on the ground that it promotes an ideal of the good nor on the ground that it enables individuals to pursue an ideal of the good .
29 She argues that it enables speakers to produce language in a more efficient way , so that they use up less mental energy , and speak more fluently — perhaps even more emphatically and persuasively .
30 It is too important in that it enables children to understand how religion influences individuals and societies , and to explore how people form their own beliefs and values — including atheism .
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