Example sentences of "it [vb past] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It affirmed that provision by LEAs of education for under-fives was discretionary not compulsory . |
| 2 | The CEGB disclosed the escalation in nuclear costs as it announced that operating profits are £603 million lower than expected at £355 million . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | Proctor & gamble and Unilever , the two giants of the detergent industry , were guilty of this practice , and it recommended that advertising be reduced and product prices cut . |
| 5 | It recommended that Section 2 be replaced by a new Act that would define more narrowly the information that was to be protected ; restricted categories would cover confidential material about defence , foreign affairs and currency reserves , information concerning law enforcement and information provided for the government by an individual or private concern . |
| 6 | While the religious influence continued to be a factor , the new movement was not simply an extension of the evangelical impulse ; it involved that impulse , but more besides . |
| 7 | By 1871 , Oldham had more cotton-spinning spindles than any country in the world outside the USA and it maintained that position of superiority until 1937 . |
| 8 | Even the Irish edition of the Daily Star said something positive about Sellafield recently when it reported that radon gas was to blame for 500 deaths every year . |
| 9 | I 've never heard it described that way before but there you go er |
| 10 | The house was insured for £64,000 , although it transpired that insurance for a completed house and contents had been issued , and the house was not in fact covered . |
| 11 | It estimated that total earning losses from Jan. 17 to Feb. 10 were more than US$130,500,000 and that exports had dropped by 95 per cent during the same period . |
| 12 | More generally , the Marre Committee was convinced by the evidence which it received that ignorance was a major cause of people not seeking legal advice when it was appropriate . |
| 13 | It stipulated that neutrality should be guaranteed by banning them from accepting party political positions or speaking publicly on behalf of political parties . |
| 14 | But it stipulated that cabinet decisions should be taken by majority vote , rather than by consensus as the National Party wanted . |
| 15 | That Act One marriage scene — I do n't think I 've ever seen it played that way before , as a comedy number . ’ |
| 16 | It assumed that initiative for the formulation and introduction of measures of national policy and became increasingly reluctant to be over-ruled by the House . |
| 17 | After the Dubai 1986 Olympics when England were unlucky not to win against a full-strength USSR , it seemed that gold would be there once the Russians had another off day . |
| 18 | In the end , it seemed that sex was all you ever wanted from me . |
| 19 | ‘ It seemed that way . |
| 20 | When the place was up and running , with guests in all the woodland chalets and the cafeteria open until late , it would feel safe at any hour ; and now that he was no longer alone here , it seemed that way now . |
| 21 | ‘ It must have been obvious that we were n't going to let it slip it seemed that way to me , ’ said Morrissey . |
| 22 | And Creggan followed her helpless gaze , out past the bars to the great sky itself and it seemed that direction came suddenly to him at last . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Thus it seemed that physics was more mature then chemistry , and had already left behind the stage of effervescent and explosive progress in which that science was still so visibly engaged . |
| 25 | No one had written Filmer in any other way : it seemed that gaunt-face had n't gained entry by giving Filmer 's name , at least . |
| 26 | But although he was beaten for pace quite a few times , it seemed that alot of the time he was out of position . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Then , just as it seemed that sleep was a compulsion he could no longer resist , Lucien heard a noise in the room . |
| 29 | It seemed that winter would never go . |
| 30 | It seemed that record companies were always too interested in other places to look . |