Example sentences of "it [verb] [that] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Unfortunately , it appears that some play-pens themselves are dangerous . |
| 32 | And it appears that these activities need to be reassessed periodically if one is to understand the child 's developmental course . |
| 33 | ‘ The dispatch of the fax appears to have been disregarded at the time by the team of detectives investigating the bombing , ’ declared the Independent , concluding , unwarily , that ‘ after two years of pursuing members of Jebril 's West German cell , and their associates across Europe , Scandinavia and the Mediterranean , it appears that these men were not responsible for planting the bomb . ’ |
| 34 | It appears that these penalties have been based very much on the default surcharge , but thankfully the level of penalty does appear to be significantly lower , though the period of penalty is much longer . |
| 35 | Otherwise , with the possible exception of isolated pixels , it appears that these routines function correctly . |
| 36 | However , when there was a conflict it appears that both interpretations were considered , and that it took a considerable amount of time to resolve the conflict . |
| 37 | It appears that most errors will be detected because none of the candidate strings is found to be allowable by the lexical look-up . |
| 38 | However , it appears that most ventures are characterized by investments in a project where the uncertainty is so great that it is not possible to evaluate it by means of ordinary criteria for analysis of projects . |
| 39 | The assembly could ask the Westminster Parliament for powers to be transferred to it provided that such requests were supported by 70 per cent of the assembly . |
| 40 | How does it happen that these stimuli are so arranged in space that the right kinds of cells appear in the right places ? |
| 41 | This extraordinary increase is due in part to the fact that the dogs breed twice a year and it seems that all females give birth whereas in wolf society only dominant females do so . |
| 42 | If natural selection were given its head , and an infinite amount of time to work in , then it seems that all lineages would tend inexorably towards ‘ perfection ’ ; where perfection was defined as perfect adaptation . |
| 43 | It seems that such facts are wholly irrelevant , at least in the standard case of discovery by a party to the action . |
| 44 | It seems that many buildings will soon become unsafe unless there is a big increase in funds available for much-needed work . |
| 45 | It seems that many men , however , show little in the way of symptoms and may therefore pass on the disease quite unknowingly . |
| 46 | Since the mid-1980s when the satanic child abuse scare first came to Britain , it seems that many workers within Social Services in particular have been influenced by this thinking . |
| 47 | Few copies ever reached the streets : it seems that most copies were seized . |
| 48 | Third , it seems that most adults are predisposed to respond to infants as social beings , and they are prepared to spend a considerable amount of time and energy in establishing a degree of social rapport . |
| 49 | So it seems that most women go over the 20lb ‘ ideal gain ’ . |
| 50 | It seems that most chairmen do offer a brief explanation of the tribunal 's procedures , though these may be rather perfunctory . |
| 51 | It seems that most designers of fibreglass pools are not water gardeners , for the shelves are often narrow and curved making it difficult to accommodate a traditional square planting basket . |
| 52 | At Bologna , it seems that both laws — the Roman or civil law , much used by the emperor , and the canon law , the law of the Church and of the papacy — were being taught by this date . |
| 53 | Thirdly , it seems that both groups of critics would want to see greater support given to natural families , in general , to help them to care for their children more effectively and to prevent the need for substitute care arising . |
| 54 | It seems that both sides work just as hard , although holidays are better over here . |
| 55 | As Buck states , ‘ there is , in reality , a lot of difference between the expression of a preference and a choice and it seems that some parents who have heard of the new rights sometimes confuse these two concepts . ’ |
| 56 | Stoddart quotes a great number of opinions on this subject : it seems that some authorities think that they may have been caused by a fall in sea level which meant that the reef flat became a barrier to water movement , so that surf became channelled down the outer edge of the algal ridge as it returned to the sea ; alternatively the spur and groove system may be the most effective form of baffle for dissipating wave energy and is caused by reef-building corals forming the spurs — the grooves , once formed , may of course be accentuated by scouring . |
| 57 | Now it seems that some things work , especially those like the AEC that are associated with what has come to be described as the problem-focused/task-centred approach ( Roberts , 1990 ) . |
| 58 | Er with the new contracts that started in September erm basically it seems that some teachers are having to do bits of cleaning themselves to keep their their classroom up to up to scratch up to the standards they ought they ought to be . |
| 59 | In other words , it seems that some schoolchildren ( boys ) are rewarded for breaking the rules while others ( girls ) are punished for following them . |
| 60 | It seems that some designers of upright cookers think they can get away with dowdy styling and primitive features . |