Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [subord] it [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | A priori this latter feature might be thought somewhat undesirable as it implies that the higher the rate of growth of wealth the lower the share of the total portfolio held within the UK . |
| 2 | It is clear , however , that in this case the contracting company felt extremely nervous when it found that representatives of a safety committee had gone straight from the employer to the ultimate operator in the field . |
| 3 | Detection of a semantic anomaly is highly informative because it indicates that an error may have been made either in understanding the context , or in perceiving the new unit . |
| 4 | This innovation is especially significant as it suggests that Marx did not believe there was necessarily one set scheme of evolution which applied for the whole of mankind , the view which was held implicitly by most of Marx 's contemporaries . |
| 5 | It was imperative , as he knew , not to get embroiled in politics , and he had been utterly furious when it appeared that architect Rod Hackney had done it for him . |
| 6 | The little insert in the middle of the article , which I take it is not down to Sir Nicholas , is even more misleading because it suggests that the income eligibility limit on civil cases would be reduced from £3,060 to £2,293 . |
| 7 | Later we go to sleep with the noise of rain on the flysheet , that noise that is at one time both infuriating because it means that tomorrow 's enjoyment may be curtailed , and soothing in a strange way . |
| 8 | It was not , perhaps , as improbable as it sounds that McCarthy should have made a target of the Army . |
| 9 | The Stylesetter Award is particularly gratifying as it confirms that Stoddard Templeton is continuing to lead the way in carpet development through its design expertise . |
| 10 | This shows that the actualization of the infinitive 's event is not what such sentences express , an analysis supported by Coates ( 1983 : 100 ) , who gives a similar argument for the meaning of can in her discussion of She can swim , and Palmer ( 1977 : 5 ) , who has pointed out that a sentence such as ( 12 ) is impossible because can " is not used to imply actuality in the past " : ( 12 ) * I ran fast and could catch the bus , Example ( 13 ) however is quite acceptable because it implies that the event did not take place , being seen merely as a possibility in the past ( i.e. a potentiality ) . |
| 11 | In fact , it was about the time that David and I both auditioned for Hair and we were both turned down which I thought was quite funny because it seemed that just about everyone else in London got the part , but we were very much the kind of solo singers and perhaps the wrong type . |
| 12 | This approach is potentially useful since it suggests that women 's under-representation in public politics can be seen not simply in terms of women 's lack of interest in politics but of the ability of men to prevent women 's issues entering politics . |
| 13 | So in fact a high score is , is quite good because it means that you recognize what your preferences actually are . |
| 14 | The minimalist interpretation is too weak since it assumes that people are never bound by authority regarding issues on which they have firm views . |
| 15 | Social learning theory can be applied in many cases but is too extensive when it says that nothing in the human being is innate and that everything must be learnt . |
| 16 | Therefore the structures seen in ( 1a ) are acceptable ( where boldened material = expanded dip ) : whereas the structures seen in ( 1b ) are debarred : The treatment of these expanded dips is very plausible since it shows that the distribution of elements within the verse-line can be derived from phonological behaviour : verbal prefixes , for example , are exempted from the constraint on expanded dips , just as they are labelled as extra-metrical in word-stress derivations . |