Example sentences of "it [verb] that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It revealed that the main examiners of food labels were women , particularly and those in the higher socio-economic brackets . |
| 2 | In 1972 it expected that the new system of fewer and larger local authorities would prove more efficient . |
| 3 | It may make us unhappy , but it insists that the mechanical and the material need n't be in charge . |
| 4 | Even more obvious is the influence of law and order ideology on the 1991 Criminal Justice Act 's strategy of ‘ punishment in the community ’ , which we have termed ‘ punitive bifurcation ’ since it insists that the non-custodial measures whose use is to be encouraged for less serious offenders are to be punitive rather than rehabilitative in intent and nature . |
| 5 | It postulates that the actual rate of inflation which prevails at any moment in time may be decomposed into two constituent parts : ( a ) an expectational component , measured by the variable , ( b ) an excess demand component , measured , as in the Phillips-Lipsey model , by the magnitude of f(U) . |
| 6 | To this end it announced that the electoral commission was to be reconstituted in order to free it from political influence and manipulation . |
| 7 | Consequently , it recommended that the financial limits should be abolished . |
| 8 | While it recommended that the British should not enjoy even the hint of a veto in any form of consultative machinery , it did not think that Britain should be treated as a satellite . |
| 9 | It recommended that the preliminary hearing be abolished , that the district judge be required to conduct the hearing on an interventionist basis , that he or she be required to give reasons for a decision and explain the rules of law and that specific guidance should be provided on the expenses recoverable for small claims . |
| 10 | There are two different ways in which the existence of an alternative remedy can affect the availability of judicial remedies : it might entirely preclude the award of a judicial remedy , or it might give the court a discretion to refuse a ( discretionary ) remedy if it thinks that the alternative remedy is adequate . |
| 11 | But the Committee do not have to agree to this if it thinks that the new information is not important . |
| 12 | Not till later was it diagnosed that the mental breakdown which destroyed Hoskyns crept upon him for a year or more before he died . |
| 13 | It presumed that the particular classroom layouts and patterns of organization commended would promote children 's learning more effectively than any others . |
| 14 | It argued that the existing two tier local government in Lothian was the best for delivering local services but if changes had to be made , the only effective alternative would be an all-purpose local authority for Edinburgh and the Lothians . |
| 15 | Hailing the decision as a major breakthrough , campaigners say it signifies that the tuna-dolphin issue is being taken seriously by British industry and will lead to other negotiations between industry and environmentalists . |
| 16 | The day after Marlene Dietrich 's death , it reported that the legendary actress ‘ had German , French , British and American newspapers delivered each morning , and devoured them while drinking Fortnum 's Prince of Wales tea ’ . |
| 17 | It concludes that the red squirrel is in decline because it is far less efficient at using woodland food than its rival — the North American grey squirrel . |
| 18 | It illustrates that the main bulwark thrown up by the United Kingdom constitution against oppressive laws is not that Parliament is rendered unable to pass them , but that democratic procedures , principled administration and measure of common sense are accommodated within it . |
| 19 | It found that the small South Island-based tribe had an exclusive right to fish virtually all of the South Island coastline , as well as the right to a reasonable share of the country 's 200-mile deep-water fishing zone . |
| 20 | It found that the educational standards of schools in certain , mainly urban , areas were far below those found elsewhere , and recommended a policy of ‘ positive discrimination ’ in favour of these areas and their schools . |
| 21 | And it found that the Daily Star advert had no effect whatsoever on record sales . |
| 22 | It transpired that the other two had nothing to do with the post office and knew hardly any French . |
| 23 | It transpired that the whole street had been summoned to hear the declaration . |
| 24 | It transpired that the left side of the nose splitter has been damaged , perhaps when Baldi had clipped Brundle 's Jaguar in one of his passing attempts , perhaps as a result of ‘ trapped ’ vibration from a high-speed engine misfire . |
| 25 | So it transpired that the elusive Zephro Carnelian was a trusted roving agent for the Ordo Hydra . |
| 26 | It transpired that the previous day he had been in Liverpool and given an interview to the Daily Telegraph which had been interpreted to mean that we were about to call in the troops . |
| 27 | It transpired that the previous evening students from the Asrama Merdeka led by Wikana along with student followers of Sjahrir presented an ultimatum to Sukarno : you must proclaim independence immediately . |
| 28 | Western diplomats in Belgrade described the fraud as a " fatal assault " on Yugoslavia 's standing with Western creditors , since it demonstrated that the federal government could not control the money supply . |
| 29 | He was not spared one concrete-balconied construction , one flat-topped esplanade of shops , one lowly bungalow surrounded by pebbles and called The Palms , one swinging wooden board with ‘ rustic ’ letters cut in it announcing that the frosted aluminium-framed windows and crazy pavings dotted with fountain bowls and outsize cupids , and pergolas leading nowhere , were part of a residence called Ourranch . |
| 30 | It proposed that the minimum threshold for representation in the assembly should be " relatively low " to allow for the widest possible representation , and that decisions within the assembly should be by a two-thirds majority . |