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 . |