Example sentences of "it [vb past] [vb infin] that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did suggest that the principles of confidentiality should be preserved for a period of fifteen years instead of thirty , but that there should be no new machinery for enforcement since offenders would carry the risk of social and political sanctions , and , of course , if they came within the rubric of any existing legal restraint , such as the Official Secrets Act , they would run the risk of legal proceedings . |
| 2 | This did not necessarily mean that the churches opposed alleviation of pain , but it did mean that the ministrations of the pastor were much more important than those of the physician , and those of the latter should not be permitted to interfere with the spiritual task of the former . |
| 3 | There was , presumably , a sound evolutionary reason for the fact that no one had yet designed a lavatory in which the occupant faced away from the door , some relic of the time when primitive man was most at risk when at stool , but it did mean that the lavatory user was finely tuned to the approach of strangers . |
| 4 | This meant a lot of work with the Treasury solicitor 's office ; but it did mean that the commissioner had to write the report and not us , so there was something to be said for the arrangement . |
| 5 | If the public acceptance of psychoanalysis meant anything for secondary selection it did mean that the scientificity of any description of the mind became more suspect — its subjectivity more evident . |
| 6 | Well , occasionally , it did happen that a shortage of male Jews was evident . |
| 7 | Although similar requisitions were carried out on treasures in museums , it did seem that the state had finally decided to test the power of the Orthodox Church on a socially explosive question . |
| 8 | It did seem that the mother 's intrusion in quarrels led to more conflict over the longer term . |
| 9 | It did seem that the main force squadrons in other Groups had more casualties than we did , partly because they had to cope with fully awakened defences , gun and searchlight crews as well as fighters , after PFF had done their job , and perhaps also because they had a higher proportion of new , inexperienced crews who were usually the first to come to grief . |
| 10 | Although it proposed no major institutional changes , apart from greater co-operation between colleges of education , universities and polytechnics , it did recommend that the colleges should broaden their base by offering other courses alongside teacher-training , notably the two-year Diploma of Higher Education ( Dip.HE ) , a development which is discussed in detail later in this chapter . |
| 11 | Assuming the tribunal would not be so careless as to make such an oversight , it is submitted that if it did consider that the words ’ conduct of the employee ‘ in Sec 24 of the Industrial Relations Act , 1971 ( now Schedule 1 Para 6 ( 2 ) of the 1974 Trade Union and Labour Relations Act ) were impliedly qualified by something like ‘ in the course of his employment ’ , it was quite wrong . |