Example sentences of "it [verb] that [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The CEGB disclosed the escalation in nuclear costs as it announced that operating profits are £603 million lower than expected at £355 million . |
| 2 | It recommended that school leavers aged 14 to 16 should attend ‘ continuation ’ schools for the equivalent of a day a week ( this was never implemented ) . |
| 3 | But it stipulated that cabinet decisions should be taken by majority vote , rather than by consensus as the National Party wanted . |
| 4 | At times it seemed that price increases would be favoured as a means of raising self-financing and reducing pressure on the capital market ; at others that rises would be deprecated as contributing to inflation . |
| 5 | It seemed that bingo afternoons left her so exhausted both physically and emotionally that she never had enough energy left to cook an evening meal . |
| 6 | It seemed that record companies were always too interested in other places to look . |
| 7 | A few months ago it seemed that oil markets were in for a chill spring . |
| 8 | ’ It seemed that time scales were important to him . |
| 9 | It anticipated that business failures of established companies will continue to rise into the first quarter of 192 and did not expect to see a significant fall in the level of failures for up to 18 months . |
| 10 | It senses that division managers are both suspicious of their motives and covering up their suspi-cions . |
| 11 | However , even if additions make up most of the processing carried out on the file , it appears that bucket sizes small in comparison with a full track give optimal results . |
| 12 | Tangible links are where SBUs have buyers , distribution channels , technology or competitors in common ( Porter has three categories , but it seems that competitor interrelationships are just as much a tangible link as those he specifies under that heading ) . |
| 13 | It seems that union members have learned their lesson after they allowed Ronald Reagan to break the air traffic controllers in the early Eighties . |
| 14 | It seems that fossil dolphins , like living odontocetes , used echolocation to navigate and Find prey . |
| 15 | Therefore it follows that odour emissions can be a ground for refusing planning permission or imposing conditions to prevent or reduce any possible odour pollution . |
| 16 | It follows that assessment procedures — the unit credit which attaches to every unit — should reflect all four aspects of achievement and involve an element of pupil self-assessment . |
| 17 | If the less frequently attacked male groin must be protected by a guard , then it follows that chest protectors ought to be compulsory for female contestants . |
| 18 | Given that mammography every three years is effective in reducing mortality from breast cancer , it follows that performing examinations yearly will be more effective . |
| 19 | As such it means that vigilante heroes , no matter how good , are not the stuff of which Christians are made . |
| 20 | The frequency of such bids has made it seem that stockmarket valuations are arbitrary , that bidders are stealing money from somebody else rather than creating wealth , and that American and British managers spend too much time shuffling assets and too little investing ( that is , building factories ) for the future . |
| 21 | It has been pointed out that the legal protection of children 's welfare is not the same as the conferment of rights on children , since it presupposes that welfare agencies , judges and even parents would have the right to take decisions on the child 's behalf . |
| 22 | It believes that audit committees and the obligatory rotation of audit partners may not go far enough to convince the public of their independence , and suggests that shareholders should be more involved in appointing auditors , determining the scope of the audit , and in the decision to obtain other services from the auditing firm . |
| 23 | It stresses that government projects should only be undertaken which produce a favourable trade , in the collective judgment of the community , of current for future expenditure . |