Example sentences of "it [verb] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It ruled that packed lunches are supplied ‘ in the course of catering ’ and are liable for the 17.5% standard rating of VAT . |
| 2 | In cases considered since Roe , the Supreme Court has generally shown more deference to congressional restrictions than to the states ' attempts to overturn Roe , for example it ruled that public funds may not be used for abortions whether therapeutic or non-therapeutic ( Harris v. McRae 1980 ) . |
| 3 | It recommended that criminal charges be brought , stating that " indiscriminate and prolonged shooting at innocent demonstrators is morally and legally indefensible and is deserving of the strongest censure " . |
| 4 | First , it recommended that local authorities should be made responsible for all long-term care of mentally handicapped and physically handicapped people , except for the rare few in need of permanent 24-hour medical supervision , who would remain the responsibility of the NHS . |
| 5 | It argued that public-sector resources were substantial , ‘ but efforts need to be pulled together more effectively , and brought to bear in the same place at the same time ’ ( ibid . |
| 6 | What is it to know that human beings vary ? |
| 7 | It concludes that damaging levels of sulphur are deposited on 75 per cent of all European forestry , with the most severe impact occurring in those eastern countries which were once communist . |
| 8 | It found that retail newsagents and the operators of off-licences and cash-and-carry outlets were repeatedly targeted . |
| 9 | Although the draft reaffirmed the role of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) , it proposed that foreign affairs , security and home affairs would come within the ambit of EC institutions , unlike the earlier Luxembourg draft , which had proposed that such areas be subject to intergovernmental co-operation . |
| 10 | This either indicates the typical ’ lip-service ’ paid to issues of racism , the overriding liberalism , the negation of our abilities to give a contribution , or it show that Black women are not prepared to involve themselves in a reactionary movement which takes no account of our needs . |
| 11 | It says that recent years have seen a transformation in Britain 's manufacturing base , and it condemns those who do not recognise it and continue to run down the achievements of British industry . |
| 12 | Later , in a chapter entitled ‘ The Application of Paint ’ it says that recent books on decoration have ‘ done more to debase the traditional approach to decoration than to further an appreciation of its subtleties ’ . |
| 13 | It says that future versions using 16M-bit chips rather than the present 4Ms will enable DEC/3000 Model 400/S and Model 500/S systems to address 512Mb and 1Gb main memory respectively ; they are out now at $4,800 for 32Mb , $7,800 for 64Mb . |
| 14 | Yes , yes , it 's covered by the note underneath , where it says that independent schools receive inspections and advice as and when requested by the D O E . |
| 15 | It is dependent on the stability of existing states of affairs since it assumes that future situations will be predictable replicas of those in the past . |
| 16 | The strikes had taken on an important political dimension when workers formed a free trades union ‘ Solidarity ’ , and in 1981 it seemed that Soviet tanks would be needed to restore order . |
| 17 | In my own study it seemed that young women are becoming more critical of ‘ traditional ’ gender roles , but young men are not . |
| 18 | Mr Allan admitted keeping houses secure was a problem and said it seemed that young children were to blame for most of the damage and fires in the street . |
| 19 | In many respects it seemed that feminist aims regarding women 's rights in the public sphere had been achieved . |
| 20 | Robert himself disappeared , and it seemed that Scottish attempts at independence had yet again been humbled . |
| 21 | The mbo of Fenchurch was engineered by JO Hambro Magan , whose managing director Alton Irby said : ‘ It shows that leveraged buyouts can be done , even if this one was difficult . |
| 22 | It shows that positive policies to ease the pain of job-loss are now the norm rather than the exception . |
| 23 | On the one hand it showed that various themes which WACC had pursued corresponded with needs expressed . |
| 24 | The perversity of the decision should not detract from the flaws it appeared to expose in sport 's crusade to eradicate drug abuse , nor the manner in which it showed that financial considerations were as responsible for the debacle as the gross ineptitude of the DLV . |
| 25 | It recognises that custodial sentences are the least effective way of dealing with young offenders , and emphasises community penalties like supervision orders . |
| 26 | It states that all-pensioner households should not normally be disconnected between 1st October and 31st March . |
| 27 | It fears that vast quantities slate waste in Gwynedd will be quarried and exported causing severe damage to the landscape and its wildlife , the network of rural roads and many Welsh-speaking communities . |
| 28 | A badger protection group says it fears that savage dogs are being set upon badgers in a remote area . |
| 29 | A badger protection group says it fears that savage dogs are being set upon the animals in a remote area . |
| 30 | It fears that local authorities will want to move residents to somewhere cheaper and that they will have little choice but to comply . |