Example sentences of "[vb base] it [adj] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They tend to think of profits as being directly related to the volume of sales and find it confusing that for one year the reported sales are higher than the previous year but the reported net profit is lower . |
| 2 | Twelfth-century romances make it plain that for a noblewoman to suckle her own child implied a quite exceptional degree of love . |
| 3 | Whatever the explanation , episodes of this nature make it plain that in peacetime the purpose of Soviet forces is not just to ‘ be there ’ but to be used . |
| 4 | In fact I think it possible that in the context of hi-jacking we are developing the anti-tank weapon — one which is largely a moral weapon and lies mainly in the hands of political authority . |
| 5 | I am not convinced that even in theory this is an accurate reflection of section 2 , for I think it possible that in many cases the investigation will have concluded at an earlier stage . |