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

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1 But then , Bella 's home-help came out of the bungalow and it was no use any more trying to pretend that it was n't happening … .
2 It was no doubt less advanced in its industrial organisation than Lancashire , where the last of the surviving handloom weavers were absorbed into other employment in the 1850s , but it would be unrealistic to claim that it was not industrial .
3 Nor is it sensible to wish that it were otherwise , since raptures , aesthetic , erotic , intellectual , mystical , in which the spontaneous floods the whole of consciousness , can lift us to heights of awareness beyond our ordinary capacities .
4 It would be wrong to conclude that it is simply because women live longer than men .
5 Whether or not that was the intent of the regulations — and I am willing to believe that it was not the Minister 's intent — that has been the net effect of the way in which the three-week period was cut off due to the way that the regulations were tabled .
6 For the purposes of analysing intonation , a unit generally greater in size than the syllable is needed , and this unit is called the tone-unit ; in its smallest form the tone-unit may consist of only one syllable , so it would in fact be wrong to say that it is always composed of more than one syllable .
7 To change from Mozart to Shostakovich in seven or eight hours , travelling to different country to do so — it is n't absolutely needed , but it 's not easy to understand that it 's not needed .
8 It 's easy to forget that it 's over eight years since Pepsi and Shirlie first sang with Wham ! and Shirlie still laughs at the memories : ‘ When we started out I had one dress and I wore it to every photo session — I could n't afford any more ! ’
9 It is easy to forget that it was here , millions of years ago , that our forebears first appeared .
10 The Countryside Stewardship Scheme and other environmental protection measures are to be applauded but it is sobering to realise that it is not a new problem .
11 She had the joint X-rayed on Wednesday night and was somewhat relieved to learn that it was merely a bad case of bruising .
12 Acquiring this kind of expertise brings its own rewards and it is gratifying to discover that it is often easier to explain a subject to others when you have had some difficulty mastering it yourself .
13 As Queen Victoria rises from her throne to address the audience it is hard to believe that it is not real flesh and blood !
14 The family historian who visits such a place would find it hard to believe that it was once the home of a mere waggoner if he had not seen old photographs that show its condition before the First World War .
15 Alfred 's shop looked as though it had been closed and deserted for months ; it was hard to believe that it was only three days since a few people , at least , had been entering through the rickety door with its small glass panes to buy patent medicines or seek advice .
16 The hon. Gentleman and I might be able to agree that it is not unadjacent to the fact that so many inner London authorities are controlled by the Labour party .
17 But they are nevertheless able to agree that it is sometimes possible to elaborate functional relations of the sort we have considered .
18 But it is important to realize that it is only relatively recently , especially during the 1980s , that the full picture has begun to emerge .
19 Thus a member that protests from the outset of institutional action that is not sanctioned by the constitutive treaty should be able to claim that it is not bound by that action .
20 They are also happy to accept that it is only because we have these mental states that we behave as we do .
21 Disruptive behaviour has a direct and , at times , devastating impact upon teachers , but it is important to establish that it is not a recent phenomenon .
22 When wearing crampons it 's important to remember that it 's very easy to spike yourself and trip up .
23 It is important to remember that it is not the spelling of individual words that you are trying to teach , but the basic spelling patterns , so that pupils can spell correctly words they have n't been taught but want to write .
24 It is important to remember that it is often not possible to say with certainty whether a speaker has pronounced a syllabic consonant , a non-syllabic consonant or a non-syllabic consonant plus .
25 It is important to remember that it is never too late and no one is beyond help .
26 It was important to remember that it was only a few hours since Floy and Snodgrass had left Tara , the Shining Citadel , the Bright Palace , and that there was not very much that could have gone wrong for them in those few hours .
27 The example of the Delphic treasuries shows that it is not safe to assume that it is actually earlier in date , but it probably is so .
28 Many of the farmers on the committees , whether council or ministerial appointees , are conservationists too and it is perhaps important to stress that it is not the quality of the individuals involved that is of concern .
29 It is important to understand that it is never treatment in the abstract which can be described as ‘ extraordinary ’ , but only treatment in the context of the particular patient being cared for .
30 It is important to understand that it was essentially a political war .
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