Example sentences of "it [adj] that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew says if people find it unbelievable that a nurse could ever kill then they should relise that the situation in Bosnia is unbleievable . |
| 2 | I find it strange that a wife , a queen , a princess with responsibilities , who had been informed in no uncertain fashion that her husband was to join her , fails to do anything when he does not arrive . |
| 3 | I find it strange that a new name is mentioned despite the fact that we 've just won two away games . |
| 4 | ‘ I find it strange that a report is being talked about when no-one was sent off , ’ he said . |
| 5 | ‘ Alan is a great player but I find it strange that a Scot is preferred to an Irishman and the more matches I win , the bigger the snub will be . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Alan is a great player but I find it strange that a Scot is preferred to an Irishman and the more matches I win , the bigger the snub will be . ’ |
| 7 | How then was it possible that a similar contradiction in the social formation of India , China , and Peru had not led to similar development ? |
| 8 | How then is it possible that a gesture I saw performed by one person , a gesture that was connected to her , that characterized her and was part of her individual charm , could at the same time be the essence of another person and my dreams of her ? |
| 9 | The sense in which we can talk of the meaning of an individual sentence is not determinate enough to make it possible that a sentence be unrevisably true in virtue of that meaning . |
| 10 | Is it possible that a body was put in the basin early on Saturday morning and that it remained there until the next high tide without being seen ? ’ |
| 11 | How is it possible that a black hole appears to emit particles when we know that nothing can escape from within its event horizon ? |
| 12 | Was n't it possible that a man of Jamie 's age might be more able to cope with her feminism , her academic success ? |
| 13 | Thus , in the case of a general exclusion clause , is it possible that a clause could be enforceable in respect of some classes of liability controlled by the UCTA , but not in respect of others ? |
| 14 | He had not thought it possible that an innocent girl like Cora-Beth could think about such things , let alone voice them . |
| 15 | The contrast between nature and architecture here was too much indeed for the ungenerous Hippolyte Taine , who came here on his Journey to the Pyrenees in the middle of the last century and wrote that ‘ One finds it grotesque that a bit of hot water should have brought cuisine and civilization into these declivities . ’ |
| 16 | On the contrary , I think it admirable that a gentlewoman should think seriously of such matters . ’ |
| 17 | First , is it right that a remedy should be refused because the respondent would have made the same decision even if it had not acted illegally ? |
| 18 | A second thing is that a co , is it right that a company of people should be deprived of a sacrament because an ordained minister is not available ? |
| 19 | Yet , is it right that an old person should be able to enter residential care to be supported by the state regardless of his or her physical or mental state ? |
| 20 | I was thrilled that someone as important as the Archbishop of Canterbury had taken the time to call me , although I could n't help but think it odd that an Archbishop was now leaving messages on the same answering machine as my mum . |
| 21 | It is all very well to delay the onset of a retinopathy for a year or two , but to achieve this , is it justifiable that a diabetic has no social life and a poorer quality of life for 20 years ? |
| 22 | But the occasional $500m-worth of speculative trading on the Korean Stock Exchange on a single day — as happened on January 17th — and a booming kerb market make it clear that a great deal of loose cash is still swirling around . |
| 23 | Both Ken Clarke and my special adviser Nicholas True made it clear that a good speech was ‘ needed ’ at the Party Conference in Blackpool . |
| 24 | The invitation should make it clear that a selection procedure is in progress and that all that is required are details , including prices and , if appropriate , samples of products for evaluation , the result of which might be an invitation to conduct trials . |
| 25 | If intended as a last step prior to dismissal , such a warning should describe the nature of the offence and make it clear that a repetition will cause you to be dismissed . |
| 26 | The judgement of Upjohn , J. in Smeaton v Ilford Corporation , however , makes it clear that a water authority , being a statutory undertaker , will not be liable for creating a nuisance unless it was also negligent . |
| 27 | Evidence in favour of this interpretation of the phrase ‘ the physical environment ’ is found in DoE Circular 55/77 ( now withdrawn ) which made it clear that a statement of pollution policy could appropriately form part of a structure plan , albeit necessarily of a general nature since they are policies stated by an authority ( county council ) responsible neither for air pollution control nor for most development control . |
| 28 | Condition 13 makes it clear that a claim brought against the carrier by the customer is subject to strict time limits ; in the case of loss from or damage to a package , the customer must advise the carrier of his claim in writing within three days and the claim must be made within seven days . |
| 29 | However , the vast difference in cost between current personal assistance schemes and provision of service-based packages of care makes it clear that a fully funded personal assistance scheme would still , in many cases , be cheaper . |
| 30 | Paragraph 2.9 of the Code of Practice to the Act makes it clear that a person can be detained on the basis of a known history of mental illness following non-compliance with medication . |