Example sentences of "it is [adv] [adj] that it " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is certainly true that it is worth ‘ pooling ’ sovereignty in some areas since it makes more sense to do this than to act independently . |
| 32 | On the other hand , it is certainly true that it is harder for specialist literature in German to be accepted . |
| 33 | It is certainly true that it can be used in this way but it is far from being the only way to use video in the classroom — particularly in language teaching . |
| 34 | Since the report is expected to form the basis for an investigation and possible action by the Serious Fraud Office , it is highly unlikely that it will be published in full . |
| 35 | It may be a hybrid — if so , it is highly unlikely that it will produce young . |
| 36 | Article 6 has never been implemented and it is highly unlikely that it would be used in this way , especially as the consequence would be to release the offending State from those Charter principles that were not deemed to be customary international law . |
| 37 | If there is a defect in the title , it is as well that it be dealt with and agreed from early on in the transaction , and if the defect can not be put right , it may be necessary to make arrangements for a defective title indemnity policy . |
| 38 | It is quite proper that it should , for assertions of indispensability are dangerous . |
| 39 | So it is quite true that it is the father that is principally in focus ; but that does not necessarily mean that " mother " is only there by accident . |
| 40 | Although European railway executives see British rail traffic as important , it is quite clear that it is not crucial to plans for the development of a European network which will proceed whatever happens on the other side of the Channel . |
| 41 | It is quite clear that it is too late to introduce new terms by reference to them on an invoice . |
| 42 | My Lords I I 'm to say that this is of course erm a very controversial area and it is quite frank that it should be controversial too . |
| 43 | It is therefore clear that it is the nature of the EM field that organizes the growth of tissue . |
| 44 | Thus , taking the phrase which Bolinger uses as an example , it is certainly not the properties inherent in being a man that are strengthened when one utters a sentence such as : ( 19 ) walking into the bakery , I met the very man The same conclusion is indicated by the fact that it is perfectly satisfactory to use very in conjunction with a word like one ( as Bolinger himself observes ) , and yet this does not express any property which can be intensified , except singularity which is of course intensified by a quite different word ; note the following : ( 20 ) that is the very one ( 21 ) the supermarket did n't have a single one Actually , when very operates within a noun phrase it clearly acts as an intensifier of exactitude , not of quantity , so it is entirely natural that it should focus on the article ; that is , it does indeed qualify a property , but that property is , approximately , the notion " recognizable by my audience " , as expressed in the definite article . |
| 45 | It is extremely probable that it was one of the many plants brought over to Britain by the Roman occupationary army to remind the legionaries , while they shivered in the damp foggy cold , of the warmth and dryness they had left behind at home . |
| 46 | It is extremely unlikely that it would have done so because everyone at the ports authority had always envisaged a 24-hour operation . |
| 47 | The invention of the mechanical clock probably occurred after 1277 , since if it had occurred earlier it is almost certain that it would have been included in Volume IV of the Libros del saber de astronomica . |
| 48 | Once the information is captured in one format it is almost inevitable that it will be the wrong one for a typesetter or publishing company and a whole industry exists to convert both disk and software formats . |
| 49 | As in the case of Sugar , the ORB 's of both of these Squadrons are incomplete regarding ED888 , but it is fairly certain that it completed at least 140 operations . |
| 50 | There was , however , a senior general , Catroux , representing the Free French in Egypt at the time , and it is more probable that it was he who interviewed Stirling . |
| 51 | As a strongly international business it is more appropriate that it appears beside the Big Four rather than with the British consultancies . |
| 52 | It is more likely that it came from Marks & Spencer or from that little boutique round the comer . |
| 53 | While it is quite true that , with exceptional care , a polythene liner is capable of lasting for 10 years or more , it is more likely that it will perish within three , the area between the water surface and ground level being bleached by the sun , cracking and falling away . |
| 54 | The same kind of point is illustrated by ( 19 ) , except here it is more likely that it is the notion of full luminescence which is explained in the more familiar terms given in the reformulation : In these examples , the speaker 's aim in reformulating an utterance is to enrich the hearer 's encyclopedic entries in order to ensure a greater understanding of the surrounding discourse or text . |
| 55 | In deciding whether to give assistance the Commissioner may consider whether the case raises a question of principle , whether it is so complex that it would be unreasonable to expect an individual to proceed alone and whether the issue is a matter of substantial public interest . |
| 56 | In fact , it is so proud that it now boasts at a European level of the cheap U K labour costs and the lack of workers ' rights . |
| 57 | It is so tiny that it can live inside an empty clam shell whence it emerges to seize minute soldier crabs . |
| 58 | Whether it is so curved that it closes in on itself ( like a balloon ) , thus making it possible to do a round trip of the Universe in a straight line , we simply do n't know . |
| 59 | Indeed it is so beguiling that it can lead to an accommodation between the educational right and the educational left . |
| 60 | Now although evolutionary research can lead and indeed has led to major breakthroughs , it is so unlikely that it would not be sensible to concentrate on this type of research , for which in any case there are many potential sources of funds . |