Example sentences of "that it [is] " in BNC.

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1 Could it be that 't is not the younger prince who has stolen her heart ?
2 But then I 'll be told that it 's not about him at all , in that silly sense .
3 Grilled beef can take any style providing that it 's not too sweet ( as German mustards are ) or flavoured with an unsuitable herb such as dill .
4 I 've explained that it 's the King 's personal property until safely delivered to the addressee , but he does n't seem to understand . ’
5 Being told when you have just turned fifty that it 's time you retired does rather hurt .
6 So many plants thrive on sticky clay soil that it 's no barrier to a beautiful garden , says Nigel Colborn
7 When I do have to evict an intruder , I 've discovered that it 's far better to pull the weeds out rather than hoe them .
8 If your bike is second-hand , or has n't been used for a while , then it 's important to check that it 's safe to ride .
9 I 'll ring up and say that it 's not for me .
10 Their two main disadvantages are that they can discolour with time unless an ultra-violet light stabiliser is incorporated in the plastic , and that it 's difficult to fit security devices to them ( make sure good locks are fitted as standard by the manufacturer and frames are strengthened ) .
11 In some early drafts Raskolnikov commits suicide , and the striking thing here is that it 's never suggested he does so out of remorse or because he thinks he 's going to get caught or even from some vaguer , larger self-loathing .
12 We may even feel , as certainly I do , that some of the later cantos are of such a nature that it 's hard to conceive in any age of a way of encountering them other than the way we 're here embarked upon .
13 Living in a totalitarian system , he said , ‘ you are taught all the time that it 's unbreakable .
14 Reassurance that it 's safe to stick to the policy without losing the next election .
15 One thing he has discovered since his global circumnavigation , is that it 's a big conversation killer .
16 As I close the diary I notice that it 's getting a bit grubby .
17 The trouble about starting a very small business is that it 's difficult to do things of any great originality , because you do n't have the buying power or maybe the manufacturing base to really get the thing off the ground .
18 Finding people and educating and training them without them being aware that it 's being done is very important .
19 But beyond that it 's fair to speculate on a shape closer to the Countach than the Testarossa , making use of juxtaposed flat planes for impact rather than subtly of line .
20 The pragmatists will point out that Rover still exists , that it 's in ( mainly ) British hands and that the current generation of new Rovers is the best in living memory .
21 Try using a smaller amount , massaging it between your fingers before applying hair to ensure that it 's evenly distributed .
22 Then I have a closer look and see that it 's Marie .
23 It ai n't that it 's too noisy — it 's just , you know , like a dentist 's drill or summat — it , s a noise that makes you want to run away from it .
24 ‘ I think that it 's very nice music , ’ Erika said .
25 There are such fantastic , varied shapes on view that it 's more tempting to study these carvings than our books or the laws of God .
26 ‘ Do n't you realise that it 's the last Christmas most of you in here are ever likely to see ? ’
27 Much British cinema does lack emotional punch , and many screen Englishmen conceal their feelings so effectively beneath a stiff upper lip that it 's fair to ask whether they 're really human at all .
28 Filmmaking is such an enormously complex process that it 's almost impossible for the outsider to apportion blame for the success or failure of a particular project .
29 Even before his accident , he 's much given to lighting his pipe , slumping in a chair and arguing that it 's no use pushing against fate .
30 My attitude to ageing is that it 's inevitable so there 's very little you can do about it .
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