Example sentences of "it [verb] [verb] [that] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The excitement was intensified when it became known that some time previously a railway clerk named Winter , who kept a black retriever , had shot himself in the porter 's cellar but Durham had claimed that he was unaware of the tragedy when he had encountered the ghost . |
| 2 | But the important decisions … well , it stands to reason that these would be the sole responsibility of the man . |
| 3 | Traditionally , the holes have been spaced at regular intervals along the tube — but Western Electric says it has discovered that this is not the ideal approach . |
| 4 | It has seen that this is an obvious way to make real progress in the regions , using central Government — taxpayers ' — money . |
| 5 | It has demanded that such a scheme should be discussed multilaterally and internationally . |
| 6 | First , it has meant that those genes are favoured that have the property of ‘ cooperating ’ with those other genes that they are likely to meet in circumstances that favour cooperation . |
| 7 | It has found that all of the councils should have the necessary administrative arrangements in place to issue bills no later than the end of April and to begin enforcement action by May or early June . |
| 8 | The League Against Cruel Sports set up an undercover operation which it says proves that some hunts make up to twenty thousand pounds a year without paying tax.Huntsmen say the League is resorting to desperation tactics . |
| 9 | It seemed to say that all this inconvenience had ended well and she , Mrs Browning , had after all gained more than she had lost . |
| 10 | It means realising that any imbalance between our physical , emotional , mental and spiritual selves causes a loss of inner harmony and a sense of dis-ease . |
| 11 | Given trust as a first condition , the changes which followed each stage of review , assessment and evaluation came more easily — even if it did mean that some criticisms had first to be voiced and discussed ( JM Dobson conversation , 1990 ) . |
| 12 | Then , fourteen years later , after it had seemed that this strange fish had appeared only to disappear totally , another was caught , not off South Africa but a thousand miles away in Anjouan , one of the tiny Comoro Islands that lie in the Indian Ocean midway between Madagascar and the coast of Tanzania . |
| 13 | Solitude adds a special quality to a walk and bad weather can do the same — though it does mean that many of us prefer to stay in the lowlands more often . |
| 14 | As we shall see in the following chapter , this does not necessarily mean that the interests of farmers and landowners are no longer dominant in rural society , but it does mean that this dominance has increasingly to be carried out by reaching an accommodation with these new conditions . |
| 15 | ‘ But it does mean that some people have to wait as much as three hours . |
| 16 | It is an imbalanced situation at the moment , it does mean that some investigators are doing types of work which |
| 17 | ‘ However it does expect that all elements of the system should be identified and a specification provided ’ , says its report . |
| 18 | This single value can not be used statistically when comparing chemistry with geology , but it does suggest that some elements of PhD research are diffused into the literature in a much more widespread manner than could be expected by simple inspection of the titles of papers . |
| 19 | This single value can not be used statistically when comparing chemistry with geology , but it does suggest that some elements of Ph D research are diffused into the literature in a much more widespread manner than could be expected by simple inspection of the titles of papers . |
| 20 | It does appear that many large pension funds do carry out such a policy , with many of them attempting to replicate the FTSE 100 Index with their core portfolios so that the returns will match the market . |
| 21 | Unemployment has fallen in the county , although not as fast as in other parts of the region , but it does appear that some 800 previously unemployed Kent people have gained work as a direct result of the Tunnel . |
| 22 | It does allow that some religious beliefs could be defended by more rational arguments and by experience , as some people have tried to do , yet the appeal of religions for most people is emotional rather than rational and intellectual . |
| 23 | Castalia , the Italian company responsible for the waste in question , has refused to publicise the exact nature of the toxic chemicals involved , but it does deny that any of the waste is radioactive . |
| 24 | However , it does seem that those on the Rhinns and the shores of Loch Indaal are near natural anchorages and fresh water and that a large section of the island was occupied by these early inhabitants . |
| 25 | It does seem that some people would consider themselves natural and enthusiastic readers , while others need persuasion and encouragement to do anything other than ‘ dip ’ into a book . |
| 26 | In conclusion , it does seem that some people were born to be fat , but are only able to be fat because of the relatively affluent society in which they live . |
| 27 | I mean , it 's said that some English and some Dutch fans are getting together to plan trouble . |
| 28 | It 's estimated that some fifty thousand workers took part in the strike , which paralysed the country and threw the new government of Senora Chamorro into crisis . |
| 29 | That the hunting fraternity have passed the word round that it to remove your business because it 's rumoured that that person is involved with er er people like me . |