Example sentences of "it [vb past] that [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The CEGB disclosed the escalation in nuclear costs as it announced that operating profits are £603 million lower than expected at £355 million . |
| 2 | It recommended that school leavers aged 14 to 16 should attend ‘ continuation ’ schools for the equivalent of a day a week ( this was never implemented ) . |
| 3 | But it stipulated that cabinet decisions should be taken by majority vote , rather than by consensus as the National Party wanted . |
| 4 | At times it seemed that price increases would be favoured as a means of raising self-financing and reducing pressure on the capital market ; at others that rises would be deprecated as contributing to inflation . |
| 5 | It seemed that bingo afternoons left her so exhausted both physically and emotionally that she never had enough energy left to cook an evening meal . |
| 6 | It seemed that record companies were always too interested in other places to look . |
| 7 | A few months ago it seemed that oil markets were in for a chill spring . |
| 8 | ’ It seemed that time scales were important to him . |
| 9 | It anticipated that business failures of established companies will continue to rise into the first quarter of 192 and did not expect to see a significant fall in the level of failures for up to 18 months . |