Example sentences of "[coord] it is [adv] [adj] [that] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And it is ecologically unlikely that vegetarian dinosaurs arrived because of growing predatory competition among reptiles , paramammals and mammals for live prey . |
| 32 | The knowledge of poisons and antidotes is one of the eight chief subjects of Indian medical science and it is strongly evident that the Naga Takshaka was looked upon as a patron of the medical profession . |
| 33 | The codes are unique and it is extremely unlikely that a ‘ false ’ signal could be given or received . |
| 34 | Wordsworth 's ‘ swing to the Left ’ may be regarded as part of a general sympathy on the part of English intellectuals towards the French Revolution , and it is extremely unlikely that he was ever regarded as a leader of opinion . |
| 35 | A novel has therefore these two interrelated modes of existence — as a fiction , and as a text ; and , to adapt Lodge 's statement to our own purpose , it is as text-maker that the novelist works in language , and it is as fiction-maker that he works through language . |
| 36 | It would be quite impracticable to carry waste rock any great distance and it is quite certain that ore being produced at Coniston , was machine and hand dressed to as great a concentration as possible , before filling into strong saddle bags for the 20 mile pack-horse journey , over the mountain tops , to the Brigham smelters . |
| 37 | A Minority Government will hardly be able to deal with the situation , and it is quite possible that Your Majesty might be asked to approve of a National Government . |
| 38 | Football has become the focus for a new kind of identity for working-class male youth and it is quite possible that other forms of sport — cricket for instance — will be similarly used . |
| 39 | The antiquarian , Stukeley , noted it in 1740 , and it is quite possible that knowledge of this never died out locally . |
| 40 | Since Roberts 's book focuses on women , she necessarily highlights patterns of exchange which are specific to women , and it is quite possible that both duty and affection were ( and are ) more prominent in exchanges between women than when men are involved . |
| 41 | ( The growing scarcity of Persian village rugs is increasing their price , however , and it is quite possible that even the shoddiest of these will soon fall into the " medium category " ) . |
| 42 | The country had its own rich textile heritage , and it is quite probable that motifs and compositions used in Indian tapestry — , cloth and fabric-weaving were incorporated into Persian rug designs . |
| 43 | This is not the stuff of which marriages are made , and it is quite clear that if United do not improve what Celtic consider to be a derisory offer for the Scotland captain , who has made 50 international appearances , there will be no union . |
| 44 | Air and ground crews did well and it is quite clear that the OCU effort was in no way inferior to that of the operational Canberra PR squadrons . ’ |
| 45 | There is no need to say more here about Anselm 's primatial activity : he certainly thought that the evidence was sufficiently strong for him to make a most uncompromising claim to primatial authority over the whole of the British Isles , and it is quite clear that he did not think that the Canterbury claim to this position rested on a series of specific grants by popes after Gregory the Great . |
| 46 | Kyle , Woll and Llewellyn-Jones ( 1981 ) have described the opportunities available to BSL learners , and it is quite clear that these are less than adequate in relation to decreasing social distance . |
| 47 | The hon. Member for Glasgow , Garscadden ( Mr. Dewar ) has not had the advantage that I have had of studying these applications with very great care , and it is quite clear that he has not addressed the issue in any great substance . |
| 48 | There are now up to twenty Loyalist death squads in activity and it is quite clear that no circumstances given the intensity of their attacks , the geographical spread of their attacks and the reckless abandon of their attacks , there is a very substantial risk to the entire catholic community . |
| 49 | Hawksmoor , who had already had a great deal of experience as an architect , was brought in as clerk of works and it is quite likely that the design was by both men . |
| 50 | Even less is known about the usefulness of books which are located and borrowed , and it is quite likely that many of the titles thought to have answered a subject enquiry are not in fact found by the reader to be very useful at all . |
| 51 | Add to all this the price of a well deserved holiday from it all at the end of your final term , and it is quite likely that you could be stretching your finances to the limit . |
| 52 | Certainly , speakers are free to select from a wide range of surface forms in order to achieve a particular communicative purpose , and it is quite likely that they will do so to attain appropriate levels of politeness , solidarity or social distance . |
| 53 | I understand that this particular problem may be dealt with in the near future , and it is quite obvious that the Rules need urgently to be reconsidered in order to make it clear to circuit judges and to magistrates , who have the problem of dealing with these snatches , that they can deal with it in an appropriate way which is in the interests of the child concerned . |
| 54 | Yet every now and again a student emerges who shows exceptional talent and it is quite natural that a drama school will make sure that his/her ability is given a good stretch in public with a major role , perhaps playing Hamlet or Hedda Gabler . |
| 55 | After an accident it is often found that maintenance work as well as repairs is necessary and it is quite natural that the Policyholder will want both carried out at the same time . |
| 56 | At the same time it must be remembered that the occupations of a quarter of the inhabitants were not stated ; some of them must have been farmers , and it is quite conceivable that many of the omissions were the result of uncertainty as to whether or not to class the persons in question as agricultural or industrial . |
| 57 | My Lords I I 'm to say that this is of course erm a very controversial area and it is quite frank that it should be controversial too . |
| 58 | And it is always possible that unknown to us the present world differs radically from the way it appears to us . |
| 59 | Yet both teachers and children 's librarians have much in common , and it is always desirable that there should be continual personal dialogue between them . |
| 60 | One of the chief characteristics of much serial music is frequent change , and it is therefore fortunate that the method itself favours abundant ideas . |