Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] [that] [ex0] " in BNC.

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1 That prior to despatch of the Information memorandum we have the right to renegotiate the fee scale triggers should it be apparent that there has been a significant decline in land values .
2 Nor does it impress Freud to be told that religious propositions are ‘ as if ’ types of proposition , and that one should live ‘ as if ’ it were true that there were gods , or God , for there is nothing to lose this way .
3 I do n't think it 's surprising that there are a few sceptics around . ’
4 ‘ We were all friends before we got the band together , and it 's strange that there 's gon na be changes , ’ continues Greg , with clinical ruthlessness .
5 It 's strange that there are an awful lot of our team who have never played at Twickenham , because the traditional Harlequins fixture at the beginning of the season has now been taken over by League fixtures and they are now played at the Harlequins ground The Stoop .
6 ( 10 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars ( 11 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars and it 's possible that there is no life on Mars ( 12 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars , and in fact it is now certain that there is Now from this set of dilemmas the notion of implicature offers a way out , for it allows one to claim that natural language expressions do tend to have simple , stable and unitary senses ( in many cases anyway ) , but that this stable semantic core of en has an unstable , context-specific pragmatic overlay — namely a set of implicatures .
7 ( 10 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars ( 11 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars and it 's possible that there is no life on Mars ( 12 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars , and in fact it is now certain that there is Now from this set of dilemmas the notion of implicature offers a way out , for it allows one to claim that natural language expressions do tend to have simple , stable and unitary senses ( in many cases anyway ) , but that this stable semantic core of en has an unstable , context-specific pragmatic overlay — namely a set of implicatures .
8 ( 10 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars ( 11 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars and it 's possible that there is no life on Mars ( 12 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars , and in fact it is now certain that there is Now from this set of dilemmas the notion of implicature offers a way out , for it allows one to claim that natural language expressions do tend to have simple , stable and unitary senses ( in many cases anyway ) , but that this stable semantic core of en has an unstable , context-specific pragmatic overlay — namely a set of implicatures .
9 ( 10 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars ( 11 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars and it 's possible that there is no life on Mars ( 12 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars , and in fact it is now certain that there is Now from this set of dilemmas the notion of implicature offers a way out , for it allows one to claim that natural language expressions do tend to have simple , stable and unitary senses ( in many cases anyway ) , but that this stable semantic core of en has an unstable , context-specific pragmatic overlay — namely a set of implicatures .
10 There will be , certainly , and it 's necessary that there be pressures to keep things under control .
11 I think it 's ludicrous that there are some bands who are appropriate and some bands who are inappropriate for me to work with …
12 It 's good that there is competition among the strikers — that can do no harm . ’
13 It 's good that there is competition among the strikers ; that can do no harm . ’
14 It 's good that there 's always a next time for birds — and all that jizz .
15 Just as it 's wrong that there should be so few women M Ps .
16 So those issues about ‘ blood ’ relations as ‘ natural ’ bonds have been dealt with in some grand , melodramatic way in the American soaps and are now also coming into the British soaps , in less melodramatic forms , but it 's significant that there 's a lot of concern , not around motherhood but actually more around fatherhood .
17 Okay , but if , as a general statement , if products erm , are joint products in supply , it 's likely that there 'll be a positive relationship right , between the price of er , the joint product and the quantity supplied of the , of the product in question .
18 It operates however on a very limited basis in the course of nineteen ninety four it 's likely that there will only be eight half day meetings of the full European parliament in Brussels .
19 It 's clear that there is no simple answer to this question .
20 In contrast to Iacocca 's blustery persona , Eaton is relatively reserved but , beneath his calm demeanour , it 's clear that there lurks a tough and gritty leader .
21 And so he got space to build a house and they began it began this part in thirteen sixty although it 's clear that there was an earlier house here , perhaps built at the time when they first got the back in the eleven seventies .
22 From the research it 's clear that there is n't one golden road to these sorts of things .
23 And that 's why it 's important that there needs to be an open debate , both within the union , and there needs to be a proper flow of information from the Executive in these discussions to the branches and to the members to tell them what 's going on .
24 I myself think er as other er speakers in this debate have said , I think it 's important that there should be an absolute majority of elected members serving on the police authority .
25 It 's true that there are plenty of YDO 's , but without the help of teachers in the schools they could fighting a losing battle to take advantage of the favourite publicity emanating from the World Cup .
26 I do n't know , maybe the time was better for making music than it is now , there was less touring , not this hysterical feeling that everyone needs to jump from one place to another , or the lure of too many good orchestras — maybe it 's true that there are now more good orchestras than good conductors .
27 It 's true that there are a few natives here ( known as ‘ Eyeties ’ to the British colonials ) , who are useful to serve as maids , waiters or ‘ chaps to look after the swimming-pool ’ .
28 It 's true that there have been several unpleasant incidents , mostly with young drunks . ’
29 Erm , clearly you need to have a detrusor pressure in order to be behind that flow , and if this pressure is less than fifty then I think it 's unlikely that there 's much in the way of obstruction .
30 Since di Stefano comes from Liverpool , it is appropriate that there should be a survey of his art , thirty-four paintings , seven large woodcuts and other graphic works , spanning the last ten years and taking place at the Walker Art Gallery ( 29 January-14 March ) , which has been curated by Alex Kidson .
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