Example sentences of "it [be] that [pers pn] [verb] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could it be that they do not have the stomach for the hard grind which seems to be necessary to pick up those all important computer points ? |
| 2 | ‘ Can it be that you do not remember me , Mikhail ? ’ he pleaded . |
| 3 | Mostly it 's that they do n't travel well , whatever flightcases you use . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's that it does n't suit you . |
| 5 | Because I would think it 's that I had n't given you the |
| 6 | It 's that I do n't want it . |
| 7 | If Armstrong has a disadvantage , then it 's that he has n't got a passenger seat . |
| 8 | I 'm just asking Professor for my own clarification at this stage , and it is that he does not agree to accept Mr 's addendum . |
| 9 | ‘ The mystery of the coming of a new creature is a great mystery ad incomprehensible , Mrs Virginsky , and what a pity it is that you do n't understand it . ' |
| 10 | And the worst of it is that you do n't even see those people you knock over as you charge along . ’ |
| 11 | Well the problem as I see it is that you do n't know what the variety of this peach is , if it was bought out of greenhouse variety and is reasonably tender then I do n't think whatever you do with it in Preston it 's going to make any difference . |
| 12 | SALESPERSON : Could you tell me exactly what it is that you do n't like the look of ? |
| 13 | You built a little plan , that if I leave at ten past eight , I miss that traffic , or I , whatever it is that you do n't often plan till the holidays , but after a while it stopped being a decision making process . |
| 14 | The Air Force will write to his mother if there 's anything to tell , and the awful part of it is that I do n't know where she lives . |
| 15 | ‘ If I have learned anything , ’ she says , ‘ it is that I do n't believe in justice any more . ’ |
| 16 | If it is that I do not , on the grounds that had I heard about the invitation my justification would have been defeated , you have a duty to give some account of why the ( unknown to me ) truth that my wife has refused the invitation does not somehow redress the balance . |
| 17 | She tried not to dwell on why it was that she had n't . |
| 18 | The pity of it was that she had n't made a bigger part for herself in the night 's scenario ; she was getting polite nods and hellos from people that she already knew slightly , and curious glances from most of the others . |
| 19 | And so it was that she did n't hear Andrew come in and enter the sitting-room , there to see his daughter dressed for going out in her wide-skirted jersey dress , her black hair hanging loose about her shoulders , and wearing , of all things , green-lobed earrings . |
| 20 | With the national debate over the proposals to privatize the electricity industry gathering steam we knew how important it was that it did n't fade away . |
| 21 | The main reason that he was carrying it rather than wearing it was that it did not belong to him . |
| 22 | And then he wondered why it was that he had n't heard that satisfying little clunk the coin usually made as it dropped inside the machine . |
| 23 | Or perhaps it was that he had not wanted to turn Bertha 's disappointment with her daughters into bitterness by seeing him show too much interest in his son . |
| 24 | A very famous Yoga teacher from India came to England and , after observing many Yoga classes , asked the instructor why it was that he did not first teach his students to sit , stand and walk with balance and coordination before teaching them the more complicated postures . |
| 25 | The reason Bohm could get away with it was that he did not submit his theory to this superfluous requirement . |
| 26 | It was n't exactly like he had to have an appointment , but it was that he did n't fit into the structure . |