Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adv] [vb base] that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's little wonder that the naturally shy Morrissey often seeks to retreat . |
| 2 | Gerald has been known to coin such memorable one-liners as the following : ‘ If the joy of the Lord is our strength , it 's little wonder that the church in Britain has been so weak and ineffective ’ ; ‘ There 's no virtue in being ten or twenty years behind the times ’ ; ‘ Most Christians are nicer than God himself ’ ; ‘ It is the unshared areas of our lives where Jesus is not Lord ’ ; ‘ One of the reasons the church in Britain has failed to grow is quite simply because it is full of people who are extremely rude ’ ; ‘ Putting the life of God into institutional Christianity is rather like putting the life of a human being into a kangaroo … . ’ 'You are only a leader if someone 's following you' ( Gerald Quotes ) . |
| 3 | It 's little wonder that the fax machine is so popular and that dial-up E-mail is such a rare species . |
| 4 | ‘ It is not meet that every nice offence should bear its comment ’ , DC 57 . |
| 5 | Given the prevalence of graphical presentation , it is surely time that the ASB addressed this issue . |
| 6 | And it is surely time that the relatively under-resourced areas of England had a fairer allocation of resources to help fight their manifestly worse health and survival chances . |
| 7 | It is surely time that the old style of letter , ‘ Your patient is doing well and should continue on the same treatment , ’ was consigned to the history books . |
| 8 | It is indeed time that the functions of both English and American literature were taken over by younger and better men . |