Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] [adj] that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems unlikely that a Tibetan would have got up there to take them , but then it could be argued that it 's equally unlikely that a yeti was the culprit . |
| 2 | I must say it 's pretty funny that a chap like him ends up playing a Jesuit priest having doctrinal disputes in the rain forest . |
| 3 | It 's also true that a company is judged by the people it keeps . |
| 4 | It 's quite remarkable that a mere three years after liquifying helium he , he erm had got this tremendously important erm effect . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's terribly important that a proper alternative market for the smaller and medium-sized business is now found . |
| 6 | Rumours have been circulating that they wanted to hold it to tie in with Aliens 3 , although with that still way off in the future , it 's more likely that a full-scale theatrical release of The Special Edition is planned for the distant future . |
| 7 | It 's very rare that a swimming pool do actually |
| 8 | Because as I 've said to you before , I think it 's very important that a new settlement is provided somewhere within Greater York . |
| 9 | And we are moving into an age , I think it must be recognised , where some of the traditional jobs for girls , for example , secretaries , shops , things of this sort , are actually being decreased because of the technological revolution , so bearing in mind that something like seventy per cent of women are actually in employment , it 's very important that a girl , at the age of thirteen or fourteen , does not decide to cut herself off from the possibility of employment in these technological , engineering fields . |
| 10 | I think it 's fairly obvious that a lot more suffering goes on in the name of love than the little happiness you can squeeze out of it . |
| 11 | It is however true that a depreciation in share values will be of concern to management , because of possible repercussions in the market for corporate control . |
| 12 | Hence it must be obvious that the cure of those diseases must depend on the same principles as the former : from which it is likewise evident that a regular education is necessary to the Farrier ’ . |
| 13 | It is particularly ironic that a ruler in the age of Machiavelli should have caused such obsession with personal morality , or immorality — not least because her reign produced the first politician in the British Isles , her secretary William Maitland of Lethington , who was described as ‘ machiavellian ’ . |
| 14 | It is most unlikely that a mother or father looking at a new-born child will be saying : — ‘ We have here a potential villain , who could , in a few years time be getting a living by robbery , violence or some other criminal activity . |
| 15 | At the present stage of scientific development , it is surely sad that a healthy human fetus should be destroyed merely because it is not of the sex the mother prefers . |
| 16 | It is even possible that a few councillors were sufficiently worried by the prospect for them to advocate a protectorate as a way of blocking Woodville pretensions . |
| 17 | It is even possible that a few councillors were sufficiently worried by the prospect for them to advocate a protectorate as a way of blocking Woodville pretensions . |
| 18 | In a number of countries including France and Italy , it is also apparent that a good deal of prominence attaches to the central union federations . |
| 19 | It is arguable that this is a practical necessity given limited time and resources , but it is also arguable that a discontinuity in teaching methods and learning experiences is likely to result . |
| 20 | We envisage that the path would be mainly used for recreational cycling at weekends and by touring cyclists during the season , but it is also possible that a few commuters from Kirkliston would use it during the week . |
| 21 | We envisage that the path would be mainly used for recreational cycling at weekends and by touring cyclists during the season , but it is also possible that a few commuters from Kirkliston would use it during the week . |
| 22 | While both these objections have truth to them , it is also clear that a range of critical writings which share more preoccupations than differences has emerged and that it can be contrasted to other forms of writing about texts and history . |
| 23 | The situation may therefore be one of predominantly increased production of VLDL ; however , it is also likely that a clearance defect is operative , as the rate of disappearance of intravenous Intralipid was reduced in a study of Type 2 diabetics , possibly due to low fatty acid incorporation into adipose tissue ( Lewis et al , 1972 ) . |
| 24 | It is also likely that a veto would produce severe strains in the relationship between Edinburgh and London . |
| 25 | It is also vital that a targeted desirable behaviour is taught to the child to compete with the punished behaviour . |
| 26 | It is just possible that a diet too low in certain foods will produce iron and calcium deficiency . |
| 27 | further , it is intuitively likely that a clock that is becoming less strong is also becoming less accurate . |
| 28 | For a handwriting recognition system it is obviously desirable that a recognised word be displayed soon after it is recognised . |
| 29 | It is very unlikely that a solar panel would chop your hand off if you accidentally put it in the wrong place , but the 36 in ( 91cm ) span of the larger wind generators can be deadly . |
| 30 | It is very unlikely that a Labour Prime Minister would be deprived of his seat in this way , but it deserves to be noted that , however unwittingly , a piece of machinery has been created which could be used locally to deprive a Labour Prime Minister of his seat . |