Example sentences of "[pron] is [adv] [adj] that i " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not surprising that I have not been able to finish them , for I never have a single quiet hour here . |
| 2 | Given my background , as described in the previous chapter , it is not surprising that I should have felt particularly sensitive on this point . |
| 3 | ‘ It is not true that I only play this game for money . |
| 4 | One very urgent and necessary reason for our absence is that next Friday my opera is being performed again and it is most essential that I should be present . |
| 5 | It is most urgent that I speak to him . ’ |
| 6 | It is also true that I disagreed with his choice of menu , but that is hardly cause for murder . ’ |
| 7 | Upon being asked why he shed tears , he replied , ‘ It is indeed true that I do not know a word of the Gita . |
| 8 | And thought : and Floy is going off into the midst of all these and it is perfectly possible that I shall never see him again . |
| 9 | Alexandra said , emboldened by her success , ‘ Then perhaps it is as well that I do n't hunt . ’ |
| 10 | It is quite revolutionary that I have left home to attend college . |
| 11 | For let me tell you something : I 've respected myself far more for doing cleaning jobs well than for doing teaching jobs badly — and it is entirely appropriate that I should do so . |
| 12 | To know that I , as a person , am thoroughly good , intelligent and desirable , and that being so it is only logical that I should love myself passionately and unconditionally is quite a leap . |
| 13 | If you think it should be on my conscience that I take advantage of her ignorance , then it is only fair that I should tell you she has , in the past , been unfaithful to me . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It is only fair that I take the criticism . |
| 15 | It is so simple that I have known clever men misunderstand it completely , thinking that there must be more to it ! |
| 16 | It is so lethal that I cringe in terror every time I have to face it . |
| 17 | It is perhaps inevitable that I think in these terms , since I have more direct experience of leading the British than any other nationality , and I am deeply conscious of our national foibles . |
| 18 | He is also aware that I have a deep regard for Joan de Warenne — and in that I fear he is not alone ! ’ |
| 19 | He is clearly surprised that I do n't want all of it . |