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

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1 Finally , with respect to language issues , a variety of debates are still in progress and it is premature to draw firm conclusions ; however , there is some evidence to suggest that bilingualism may actually enhance educational performance ( Houlton , 1986 ) , that in the case of Afro-Caribbean pupils there may well be ‘ dialect interference ’ , although it is clear too that some of the problems here may derive from the negative attitudes of teachers towards Creole ( Edwards , 1979 ) , and that in the case of some Bangladeshi pupils lack of familiarity with English may be an obstacle to academic achievement ( House of Commons Home Affairs Committee , 1986 ) .
2 ‘ What is important is that international financial assistance is well-packaged and well-planned and that it is visible so that people feel that international aid really helps . ’
3 There was a thermometer on the wall displaying the temperature , ensuring that it was constant so that the paintings were preserved correctly .
4 However , pH can influence the outcome of competition , with acidic conditions selecting for acetogenesis , and it is possible therefore that the luminal pH in the colon is important in this respect .
5 It may well be that the sons of barons and knights jostled with Sceva and Ollo in the markets of the twelfth century ; and it is likely enough that there were more rich men 's sons than poor men 's sons wearing the alderman 's robes .
6 The Sophronia in the poems , however , is unmarried , and it is likely therefore that she was a housekeeper or a relative .
7 Hugh was still there , and it was natural enough that Earl Robert should be called into conference as a matter of courtesy where the law of the land and King Stephen 's writ were concerned .
8 A cat inhibits the desire to chase the bird until it is ready so that it has the highest chance of success .
9 But it is notable enough that the deal is worth 3.6 times the annual $125m sales value of these products .
10 The contemporary evidence is fragmentary , but it is clear enough that the strike was the occasion for certain master printers to revive the idea of employing women .
11 This would certainly simplify equation ( 6.3 ) to yield : but it is clear intuitively that we can not completely fill the file , as the last available storage position would on average be half the file area away from the last record 's computed address .
12 But it was plain afterwards that the Israelis had not moved one tiny step closer to accepting the United Nations Commission of Enquiry into the Temple Mount killings last week .
13 While it is clear enough that by 1519 the Household system badly needed reform , it is less clear that the Edwardian system existed only on paper .
14 If he failed to come up with explanations to put everything right then , and then only , would he have to face the consequences himself , for it was clear now that she would have to leave — disengage herself from him , as Marc had so succinctly put it — but she had given her word and she would wait until the whole matter could be discussed openly .
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