Example sentences of "of course [conj] it is " in BNC.
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1 | Boris Becker recently expressed the view that there was too much money in tennis and that it was ruining the game — a view of course that it is much easier to make objectively once you have £5m in the bank . |
2 | The reality of life is of course that it is the bad news man who should be the most prized . |
3 | In the example quoted , the first line leaves unstated the place to which Israel is to return ; the B-line specifies the full significance of " return " in A. It is true of course that it is not only that the B-line is more specific than the A-line but also that the A is more specific than the B. Such cases do not negate the parallelism of greater precision ; they are a subset of the examples of our feature . |
4 | ‘ The first sign of madness , ’ joke people who have been caught talking to themselves , confident of course that it is not . |
5 | But a lot of people would say of course that it is of such importance , that we really ought to be up to date with exactly what 's going on , after all this is happening on our behalf . |
6 | There are going to be one or two occasions of course when it is likely |