Example sentences of "[adj] that [noun prp] [modal v] [verb] it " in BNC.

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1 It was obvious that Alexei would find it hard to talk .
2 He was sure that Felipe would give it up .
3 ‘ Are you sure that God would own it ? ’
4 But he 's confident that Cheltenham can pull it off .
5 ‘ If Dino Zoff decides to pick him then he must be confident that Gazza can handle it .
6 Congress had given final approval to the bill on Oct. 8 [ see p. 39136 ] , but the fact that the package also included some three dozen minor tax increases made it highly unlikely that Bush would approve it during the election campaign .
7 I was anxious that Ivy should read it in manuscript , for fear that it might not be published in her lifetime : it was a story of family tyranny that must appeal to her .
8 The optimism of the secular moralists that hypocrisy will reveal itself , the conviction of a Christian that God can penetrate it , these are reassuring attitudes in the long term .
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