Example sentences of "[that] it [be] [adj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The otter is one of our most attractive mammals … the fact that it 's disappeared I think suggests that there 's something seriously wrong with the river systems . |
| 2 | And it struck me that it 's those who believe in cock-ups who are ready to believe anything . |
| 3 | So I ca n't see that it 's justified you keep letting your best players go people do get illusioned and people are n't fools , they 're gon na stop away are n't they if they thinking they 're not doing anything to get going anywhere . |
| 4 | Warning us all about this , so well I thought well if they warn us , something must be good here , if they 're warning us that it 's bad you know . |
| 5 | You will no doubt appreciate that letting property today is very complex and governed by so much legislation that it is essential you enjoy a competent Managing Agent . |
| 6 | you 've got to keep your hand moving er but there 's a temptation to try to er put more on so that it is thicker you know , but it does n't work that way you know |
| 7 | All that MacIver shows here , and I think that it is all he intends , is that in certain circumstances , including those where domestic creatures are happily housed , one can argue for the promotion of animals in the hierarchy . |
| 8 | The centre will , however , often ‘ attempt to neutralise the influences of local interests in local states ’ ( Duncan and Goodwin , 1988 , p. 41 ) , and we claim such an attempt has taken place from 1979 to 1988 and that it is this which lies behind the current restructuring of local-central government relations . |
| 9 | The fact is , however , that it is Anglo-Welsh which needs Palatine , to improve its position in the on-trade sector . |
| 10 | Even in his ignorance , Lucien saw at once that it was essential he make a favourable impression upon this man . |
| 11 | As he moved away from the tree it became apparent to Marian that between him and the trunk lay a substantial sack , and that it was this he had been defending so stoutly . |
| 12 | Nails had to admit that it was true he slept in his clothes every night ; he had bits of straw all over him and probably smelled a bit . |
| 13 | But how could I explain to a man shaking with fury that it was candy-floss I did n't like , and crowds , and being with him ? |
| 14 | That it was unexpected I knew . |
| 15 | Later it occurred to him that it was lucky he had Moreau to vouch for him , otherwise his transparent interest in the fräulein might have made him suspect . |
| 16 | The two cardinals were so loudly applauded that it was clear they represented the wishes of the majority . |
| 17 | But in the main her mother had continued to live in her own world and her father in his , and she herself had been waging an inward war of words against the narrowness of her existence and with no hope of seeing a way out : she had given the final ‘ no ’ to Henry Stalwort and convinced Peter Chambers that it was useless him thinking she would change her mind . |