Example sentences of "it [adj] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you ever thought it strange that the curse of the working classes is none other than that beloved boardroom nectar that evaporates executive stress and wins over the most capricious of clients ? |
| 2 | Is n't it strange that the well lit , easily accessible car park is reserved for managers ? |
| 3 | Who a decade ago would have thought it possible that the chief benefactor of bus deregulation would be BR ? |
| 4 | Was it possible that the quest for the historical Jesus , of which Bethune-Baker was a leading representative , was based upon an illusion about the nature of the sources which were used ? |
| 5 | Was it possible that the letter had been written simply that Aunt Louise might use it as use it she had ? |
| 6 | Is it possible that the statue which was scientifically examined was actually the copy , and the original — the only complete Roman bronze statue to have been discovered north of the Alps — was sent off to Spain , never to be seen again ? |
| 7 | It 's only a thought , but is it possible that the person who threw the carton of orange juice and 50p piece at Morrissey at the Madness ( Madness , not Morrissey ) gig was not some National Front yob but someone who felt that draping oneself in a Union Jack — still , like it or not , a symbol of racism — is itself racist ? |
| 8 | Is it possible that the importance of ‘ substantial criminal experience ’ is being exag-gerated ? |
| 9 | A concern with theological questions has sometimes prompted new lines of scientific inquiry , as when Richard Bentley ( 1662–1742 ) , wishing to use the latest science to defend his Christian theism , asked Newton whether he thought it possible that the frame of the world could have been produced , from a uniform distribution of matter , by mechanical principles alone . |
| 10 | " He was convinced " , wrote Tupper , " that the German man-in-the-street was participating in this senseless and savage struggle because the Prussian system forced him to ; the ordinary subject of the Kaiser might be misled into believing his cause just — but he could not conceive it possible that the German sailormen who had been part of our Merchant Service could have anything but hatred for this catastrophe " . |
| 11 | As Mr Wolski ate his usual morning toast and marmalade he was listening to a spokesman from the RSPB saying , ‘ We think it possible that the eagle will try to find high ground . |
| 12 | How is it possible that the distinction between nation and state still escapes intelligent people on the British Left ? |
| 13 | Is it possible that the Drunken Poets ' scene was in the original version of the show ? |
| 14 | This would make it possible that the poison was administered earlier in the meal . |
| 15 | Was it possible that the grasping Miss P had meant the gesture kindly ? |
| 16 | Can the Directors of the Court of the Bank see down from their lofty offices to the struggles that the Bank Assistants endure/ Is it possible that the clouds get in the way ? |
| 17 | Or is it possible that the Government are contemplating a repetition of the 1986 strikes on civilian targets in Benghazi and Tripoli ? |
| 18 | Unfortunately , the very low variability in ratings on this scale makes it possible that the task was not successful in measuring this . |
| 19 | Was it possible that the desire to return to the Vita Apostolica , the simple life of prayer , personal austerity and poverty was reconcilable with the Petrine commission and all the pomp and authority that suggested ? |
| 20 | Is n't it possible that the informant deliberately told the kidnappers I would be there , knowing what the consequences were likely to be ? ’ |
| 21 | A poll of 400 of the world 's leading climatologists organized by Greenpeace has shown that almost half think it possible that the greenhouse effect might reach the point of no return in the near future , and one in seven think it probable . |
| 22 | Is it right that the Secretary of State should hide behind English Tory Members of Parliament who consistently and always seem to have their names at the front of the Order Paper when there are Welsh questions , thus denying Welsh Members the right to put their point of view on behalf of their constituents ? |
| 23 | Is it right that the future of the hospitals should depend on an undignified ideological tug-of-war in the Scottish Office bunker ? |
| 24 | Is it right that the people who reside along this route , particularly Coombe Drive ( which is totally residential ) are to pay through the poll tax for lowering their standard of living ? |
| 25 | Gaullists considered it normal that the state control television , the ‘ shadow in the cave ’ of a growing number of bourgeois drawing rooms and even working-class and peasant breakfast or dining rooms : — ‘ la télévision , c'est le gouvernement dans la salle à manger ’ , remarked one Gaullist minister . |
| 26 | ‘ Is n't it odd that the Wheel has been recovered and not the body ? ’ |
| 27 | Will the Leader of the House confirm that although few people in Britain would expect the Prime Minister to match President Yeltsin bottle for bottle , they will find it odd that the Government insist on increasing or doubling Britain 's nuclear fire power when both the Russians and the Americans see good reasons for cutting theirs ? |
| 28 | I find it odd that the position has so changed compared with 15 months ago when I became Secretary of State , when some Conservative Members were alleging that standards had declined and Opposition Members were denying those allegations . |
| 29 | Linguists will find it odd that the terms semantics and pragmatics are never mentioned in the book . |
| 30 | He found it odd that the church should block a nursery . |