Example sentences of "[vb -s] it [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , he reckons , has never been more true than in the Unix software arena and he reckons it likely that just one big company will seize control of the Unix world , and its subsequent dominance of the market will result in software prices going up . |
| 2 | In retrospect he finds it extraordinary that , with all the drinking he did , Philby was able to maintain his double life . |
| 3 | The contrast between nature and architecture here was too much indeed for the ungenerous Hippolyte Taine , who came here on his Journey to the Pyrenees in the middle of the last century and wrote that ‘ One finds it grotesque that a bit of hot water should have brought cuisine and civilization into these declivities . ’ |
| 4 | What was even more interesting was when he went on to say that he ‘ finds it unacceptable that member states continue to negotiate fifth freedom rights with third countries ( the ability to uplift and carry passengers onward to a third country ) as these should be considered Community assets ’ . |
| 5 | He finds it sad that the USM and fund markets have not developed in the way that they were expected to at the outset . |
| 6 | Burrows believes that smacking is as necessary as kissing and cuddling , and finds it ironic that the same kind of arguments about parents not knowing when to stop are used to undermine our instincts in both cases . |
| 7 | If he finds it amusing that he did not unfreeze acquisition grants even in the years when he had the money to do so , he is in a bad way . |
| 8 | On the one hand , she finds it true that ‘ the definition of ‘ Almighty ’ means that there is no evil out of which good can not be brought' , while on the same page she writes that , ‘ if those theologies who assert that God is in total control of His creation are right , I can not worship Him ’ . |
| 9 | Otherwise , he says , he finds it incredible that the cardinals , monks , nuns , Swiss Guards and the ascetic curates of the Sistine Chapel should be managing per head , per day , 3 lb of beef , the equivalent of 12 large beefburgers . |
| 10 | Ballesteros worries about such heavy defeats because he finds it incomprehensible that he has been unable to repel the thrusts of those opponents . |
| 11 | The hon. Member for Garscadden said last week that he finds it incomprehensible that many properties may stay in the same band in perpetuity . |
| 12 | That this Conference , while recording its desire to see working men in Parliament on the Unionist side , thinks it undesirable that any distinction should be made between them and other members , and therefore expresses the opinion that all Unionist organizations should select and support with all their power the best candidate they can find to represent their constituency , irrespective of his social and financial status . |
| 13 | Although statistics on dietary fibre intake were not recorded until 1919 , the Royal College of Physicians thinks it probable that it has halved in Britain since the middle of the last century . |
| 14 | Everyone , bar a few ascetics , thinks it desirable that jobs and housing and education and medical care should be available to all . |
| 15 | If he thinks it advisable that the complainant should ask for an investigation by either of those other Commissioners he may inform him of the steps necessary to do so . |
| 16 | FRANK WARREN , who manages both Gary Stretch and Chris Pyatt , thinks it unlikely that the two light-middleweights will meet in a world title eliminator . |
| 17 | Hatcher , by contrast , prefers a 1377 figure in the 23/4–3 million range , and thinks it unlikely that this was exceeded until the second quarter of the sixteenth century . |
| 18 | It seems to imply , for one thing , that if someone has very strong preferences about what happens beyond his own person he thereby renders it important that certain things be done or left undone which have little or nothing to do with his personal life . |
| 19 | One oil company , for instance , considers it essential that details of every crude oil futures trade done anywhere in the world reach its head office computer system within two minutes of the trade 's being concluded . |
| 20 | I 've already said this morning that the District Council does not consider that it can accommodate any further dwellings within the Southern Ryedale area without adversely affecting the character of the settlements that are already there , or compromising greenbelt objectives , erm , so therefore to meet the Greater York total , the District Council considers it essential that there is a new settlement to take that amount of housing that can not be accommodated within the Southern Ryedale area . |
| 21 | The European Council " considers it necessary that the governments and parliaments of the member states should act clearly and unambiguously to counter the growth of sentiments and manifestations of racism and xenophobia . " |
| 22 | While suggesting the possibility that , as a result of the war , children may become more aware of and more knowledgeable about geography , he considers it obvious that School Certificate examinations should continue to give credit only to about half the candidates . |
| 23 | The NSPCC considers it outrageous that children in the greatest need are denied the help they need because of the bureaucratic delays of an inefficient legal system . |
| 24 | Consideration of the genetic lesions in any one tumour makes it apparent that carcinogenesis is a heterogenous process . |
| 25 | The apostle Paul , answering the anxious questions of Christians whose loved ones had died , reminded them that Jesus ' own victory over death makes it certain that those who have come into a close relationship with him will share his new , full life which goes beyond the grave . |
| 26 | The context makes it certain that political power was implied . |
| 27 | The fact that some deaf people appear to use a completely different form of coding just as effectively , makes it essential that some re-assessment of the models be made . |
| 28 | An important part of that letter which impinges directly on new clause 5 , and makes it essential that the new clause is accepted , was that the right Hon. Gentleman said that before British Rail made any investment plans for rural areas is should consider bus substitution . |
| 29 | I want to be taken seriously , which makes it galling that when I 've got a brain , certain types of men try to treat me like some empty-headed bimbo who … ’ |
| 30 | That makes it clearer that someone else who assents to ( or dissents from ) the statement is expressing their belief ( or disbelief ) that it is raining . |