Example sentences of "it [adj] that [pron] [verb] [not/n't] " in BNC.

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1 I find it refreshing that you do n't talk in the same artsy , pretentious way as some of my sister 's friends — and my friends too , if I 'm honest .
2 Jorden v. Money can be distinguished , because there the promisor made it dear that she did not intend to be legally bound , whereas in the cases to which I refer the proper inference was that the promisor did intend to be bound .
3 ‘ Thinking back on that occasion , ’ Kimberley said , ‘ is n't it odd that we have n't heard a squeak from the frogs about it ? ’
4 No one had thought it odd that he did n't ; he was seldom seen with the horses .
5 John , in the prologue to his Gospel , makes it clear that we do not become God 's children by natural means , that is , by being born as children of a human father , but by receiving Christ as God 's son and our saviour ( John 1:12–13 ) .
6 However , against the demagoguery of the hon. Member for Barrow and Furness , it is important for us to make it clear that we do not intend creating unemployment through a change of policy , which means a more peaceful role for our Government .
7 I thought that I had made it clear that we did not make a profit on the war .
8 Although Glasgow District Council ( GDC ) supported Heatfest , they made it clear that they had not the resources to implement any radical outcome .
9 The arrest on May 13th of Mitsuhiro Yanagitani , formerly branch manager for Daiwa Securities at Kunitachi , in west Tokyo , and Ueki Kenjiro , of its Nagoya branch , makes it clear that they have not .
10 Defries had made it clear that she had n't abandoned her intention to destroy the heart of the Spinward Corporation , even at the sacrifice of her own life , and Bernice stayed alongside her at least partly to prevent her doing something rash .
11 But this same lady makes it clear that she does not know which side is right .
12 Mrs Puri has always made it clear that she does not like Abroad .
13 I refer the hon. Gentleman to his hon. Friend the Member for Derby , South ( Mrs. Beckett ) who , if I have understood her words , made it clear that she did not think that it was a very good idea for people below the lower earnings limit to pay small amounts of national insurance .
14 In Washington this week Mr Ozal made it clear that he does not want either a Kurdish state or a divided Iraq .
15 It is even against the wishes of the Hon. Member for Tayside ( Mr. Walker ) , because he has made it clear that he does not want Stagecoach to succeed in his area .
16 Calls , whether in respect of futures and options funds or any other product , must be terminated immediately if the investor makes it clear that he does not wish the call to continue .
17 While he was not openly aggressive to the strong Barbarossa , he certainly made it clear that he did not wish the emperor to interfere in ecclesiastical matters .
18 ( He later made it clear that he did not wish the letters revealing his generosity to be published . )
19 I tried once or twice to reverse our roles , but he again made it clear that he did not want to talk about himself I said nothing about the glove .
20 Clark had , however , made it clear that he did not wish to continue for a further term and , as a consequence of an Academic Board working party 's recommendation , a permanent post was created and filled externally by the appointment of the author .
21 From an early age , Shah Jehan made it clear that he did not care for his third son , and instead increasingly lavished attention on the more amiable Dara Shukoh .
22 Why , it might still be asked , did Franco go to so much trouble to give the impression that his regime had a basis other than sheer force , when that selfsame exercise made it clear that he did not need to ?
23 Mr Hull made it clear that he did not know very much about the paintings and that he was not an expert in them .
24 The ITC guidelines make it clear that it does n't see ‘ sanitised ’ violence as innocuous and Ferman expresses greater concern about Lethal Weapon 2 than Reservoir Dogs .
25 Heads who are asked where that combination took its origin in their individual histories make it clear that it did not come from training .
26 Of course , you did make it clear that I had n't disturbed a lovers ’ tryst out there by the lake , so I 'm curious to know what did send you rushing through the grounds in such a state of agitation ? ’
27 But , just to make sure you do n't jump to any more ludicrous conclusions , I 'd better make it clear that I do n't ever intend you to get away from me .
28 She had tried to get out of the car when he was driving and he considered it lucky that they had n't been killed , but as he and I were together more I came to admire her resolution and good sense .
29 But I even find it frightening that he did n't do anything .
30 ‘ I felt I was doing everything I could to nourish and protect the baby and I was so sure about the rightness of it all that I did n't want a scan .
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