Example sentences of "[noun] it [is] [v-ing] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since most versions of legal theory are at least partial visions of law it is unsurprising that the criminal law will throw up both confirmations and refutations of most legal theories . |
| 2 | Under the circumstances it is astounding that people managed to reach agreement so quickly . |
| 3 | In one argument it is pronouncing that huntsmen are having fun , while five sentences later it is saying they are cruel and wicked . |
| 4 | In the passage just cited for example it is striking that Cixous includes the Hegelian dialectic in the forms of political oppression which she describes . |
| 5 | With such a carefully organised operation it 's puzzling that Langan 's should be so unwelcoming . |
| 6 | In a changing world it is reassuring that some things never change . |
| 7 | None can work well in isolation and for that reason it is reassuring that the CBI , in pressing its case for the TECs to be the local regulators of vocational training , stresses the importance of the young person 's ( and the adult worker 's ) " personal file " , building on the existing good practice of records of achievement in schools . |
| 8 | So that although these are er fairly different relatives in terms of bacteria it 's striking that the ETEC organism has been able to acquire in some way almost exactly the same gene that 's present in choleri . |