Example sentences of "it is [adj] [conj] he is " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It is curious that he is dying as picturesquely as he lived , ’ wrote Mr Gosse . |
2 | It is curious that he is commemorated in the ASB simply as a bishop ; for he was seldom if ever present in his diocese during the great Church festivals of the year . |
3 | It is emotional because he is saying goodbye to the last of his kind . |
4 | Beccaria starts by looking at the justification of the right to punish ; he concludes that it is to be found in the social contract whose central tenet he declares to be ‘ the greatest happiness of the greatest number ’ ( it is possible that he is responsible for originating this particular cliché ) . |
5 | Between 1193 and 1201 it is possible that he is to be identified with a master Elias , steward to Gilbert de Glanville , bishop of Rochester [ q.v. ] , a close friend and kinsman of Hubert Walter . |
6 | It is possible that he is the Benjamin Badham , son of John Badham of Pembridge , gentleman , who matriculated at Brasenose College , Oxford , on 8 April 1701 , aged twenty-four . |
7 | However , it is unlikely that he is to be identified with Lothar , colleague of the great Romanist Pillius , whom the convent of Canterbury sought to enlist in June or July 1187 in the course of their great struggle with the archbishop . |
8 | He was licensed to hear confessions in the Lincoln diocese on 11 October 1300 , and it is likely that he is the Thomas Sutton who preached in Oxford on 23 November 1292 , and 1 March and 24 May 1293 . |
9 | Although it is clear that he is committed to making changes , he has taken up fluent corporation-speak surprisingly quickly . |
10 | From his own statements , it is clear that he is word-perfect in his familiarity with the prophetic books of the Old Testament , can quote them at will , can move among them with the facility and expertise of a professional scholar . |
11 | Even without knowing the standpoint of Snowden , it is clear that he is condemnatory . |
12 | It is imperative that he is caught very , very quickly . |
13 | It is sufficient if he is shown to be intentionally using violence or if he is aware that his conduct may be violent . |