Example sentences of "it [verb] [that] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group is still looking for possible partners for its optronics operations , though it insists that so far there have only been talks , not negotiations . |
| 2 | The group is still looking for possible partners for its optronics operations , though it insists that so far there have only been talks , not negotiations . |
| 3 | AST Research Inc is determined to come out as one of the winners in the bitter battle for share in the personal computer market , and yesterday it announced that rather than let the business go in the spin-off of the TE Electronics manufacturing operations , it had made an offer for Tandy Corp 's personal computer manufacturing operations , which had been accepted . |
| 4 | The danger with this was that the longer it went on the more likely it became that both players and fans would get their priorities wrong , so that the feeling of ‘ we may as well concentrate on what we 're good at and not bother too much about Tests ’ would become steadily more predominant . |
| 5 | It thinks that even the IFC , particularly in the area of privatisation , is not adventurous enough . |
| 6 | When the 1971 Census asked a question about employment status , it found that about 40 per cent more people regarded themselves as unemployed than the official statistics showed . |
| 7 | It found that more than £300million a year is spent on employing staff to type for 600,000 civil servants and 22 cabinet ministers . |
| 8 | It transpired that somehow the clips had twisted and become detached from the rail , causing the only fatal accidents during the entire training programme . |
| 9 | However , I do n't think it blends that well with the body shape : maybe a reverse idea would have suited better — or even , dare I say it , a rounded-off affair . |
| 10 | It estimated that more 6,000 political prisoners were being held in Turkish prisons . |
| 11 | It warns that over 40 species of native flowers may be at risk , including such common examples as daffodils , bluebells and snowdrops . |
| 12 | It warns that ever more land will be needed for crop production , while the land surface is shrinking as a result of rising sea levels caused by global warming . |
| 13 | It happens that only the last of these verb phrases is standard English . |
| 14 | In regard to the 5th ( 349 yards ) , it quotes that twice in one day the Sonning Professional , Abe Mitchell , carried the bushes ‘ a clear carry of 305 yards over an obstacle at the end of the carry averaging 5ft. in height . |
| 15 | Even DEC may find that it may need to hang on to its V.3.2-level Ultrix rather longer than it intended : it says that so far about 500 of the 3,000 Ultrix applications are being converted for OSF/1 , which does n't sound like unbounded enthusiasm on the part of the industry . |
| 16 | It says that about 98,000 young people go missing annually , sometimes only for a short period . |
| 17 | This is because it assumes that only one of the candidates in each position is correct , so the assignment of scores to words has to be delayed until the maximum for any given position is known . |
| 18 | It seemed that somewhere ahead of them , towards the gate , all motion had ceased , and the press of people heaved and shifted , but made no progress . |
| 19 | It seemed that both incomers and Shetlanders presumed that the researchers did have a clearcut image of conflict in the area and that they were just fiddling about trying to show it , rather than attempting to do something about it ( e.g. putting the incomers somewhere else , helping out the incomers for once , etc . ) . |
| 20 | Now it seemed that today would be the same . |
| 21 | It seemed that here , there was never any spring , only wind and rain and the dull ache of loss . |
| 22 | It seemed that here was where the magic of Majorca lay , the duende , as Fernando would have said . |
| 23 | In fact , it was about the time that David and I both auditioned for Hair and we were both turned down which I thought was quite funny because it seemed that just about everyone else in London got the part , but we were very much the kind of solo singers and perhaps the wrong type . |
| 24 | It seemed that just being around him was starting to get to her . |
| 25 | Erm well you know , from my experience in the mother and baby home , it seemed that even when girls did n't want to live in Flats , |
| 26 | This inevitably led to a sense of frustration both in pupils and their teachers ; for it seemed that however well taught they were , however much they learned , it was inevitable that a high proportion of candidates would get low or unclassified grades . |
| 27 | It seemed that soon after dark a rough-looking man wearing ragged clothes had appeared at the manor house , demanding to speak to Meredith Putt . |
| 28 | It seemed that so far as they were concerned Meehan , guilty or innocent , could stay in Peterhead for ever . |
| 29 | Having now met each other , it seemed that everywhere I went on camp I would come face to face with him , usually with his entourage of armourers fanning out behind him . |
| 30 | It seemed that now the process was under way her contribution was not required . |