Example sentences of "it be [adj] that it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm confident that the scheme wo n't cost anything like as much as the estimate , but I 'm , I 'm sure it 's right that it 's been , having having done some background work to see how many people might claim it I 'm confident that that we 've erred on the safe side here by a substantial amount , and that 's why I 'm sure it can be met from the overall budget . |
| 2 | Assistant Chief Constable John McKenzie Moore said : ‘ It 's worrying that it turned up . ’ |
| 3 | He was loved so much , it 's unbelievable that it 's happened . |
| 4 | If you want the earth to move for you , it 's best that it starts with small tremors and works its way slowly up the Richter . |
| 5 | I see well it 's convenient that it comes at the end of a week 's holiday is n't it ? |
| 6 | One local MP says it 's outrageous that it costs two thousand pounds a week to keep the boy at the centre . |
| 7 | As a producer , MacCabe is naturally enough dismayed by this pro-directorial bias : ‘ If you look at what 's been happening to British cinema over the last 10 years or so , then it 's clear that it has tended to be production-led — names like Working Title , Palace Films or Zenith are as important as those of any individual director . |
| 8 | I 'm , I 'm , if there any question over it , the reason why I said ten days I 'm already sitting in London for , until the end of next week and therefore if there were any question , it 's obvious that it came before me , and that |
| 9 | It 's true that it seduces us with its pulse-quickening thrill , but it also serves as a privileged glimpse into the paranoia , loneliness and tunnel vision of the male survivalist . |
| 10 | And I kept telling him , yeah , Oliver , but the day that , you know , some Nicaraguan unity group appears and it 's evident that it 's got everybody in it … that 's the day I 'll begin to believe that this thing has a future . |
| 11 | But it is proud that it eschewed the now-or-never mentality that drove others to make acquisitions in the run-up to Europe 's single market in financial services . |
| 12 | Since Malinowski made no secret of his earthy , materialist view of man 's motives it is odd that it has taken modern exponents of transactional analysis and game theory so long to recognize his pioneering achievements in this field . |
| 13 | In fact it is probable that it has been repopulated several times . |
| 14 | For internal audit to carry out these responsibilities it is essential that it operates with adequate independence . |
| 15 | However , as it diverts resources from historical and current expenditure items and therefore continuing provision , it is essential that it rests on the establishment of carefully planned priorities which are important to the school 's development . |
| 16 | For an agency with such a visible creative profile it is refreshing that it claims no philosophies or advertising theories as its own . |
| 17 | It is not official information , it is better that it goes directly to a department that can deal with it . |
| 18 | He forecast : ‘ This Treaty will end in tears it is better that it ends in tears now than it ends in very bitter tears in five , ten or 15 years . ’ |
| 19 | point of view when the information 's been com when so it 's coming in and being sorted it is better that it 's done at that particular time |
| 20 | Neither Taskopruzade nor Mecdi gives any clue concerning the date of Molla Arab 's appointment to the Muftilik ( beyond the fact that it is implicit that it occurred in the reign of Bayezid II ) , although both state that he died as Mufti of Istanbul in 901/1495–6 . |
| 21 | It is ironic that it has taken until the dawn of the 21st century to realise that the best methods of utilising — and hence preserving — our woodlands are those employed a millennium ago . |
| 22 | It is ironic that IT makes fundamental change both essential and possible , but — to repeat — we need the change anyway . |
| 23 | The pattern of enrolments in school exercises so much potential effect on the selection and ordering of material that it is surprising that it causes so little apparent concern to curriculum planners . |
| 24 | It is extraordinary that it took so long for the importance of this to be realised in Britain . |
| 25 | I did , and came to the conclusion that it was the best sauce for lobster ever invented ; and it is extraordinary that it has remained for so long buried in the cookery books . |
| 26 | It is arguable that it did . |
| 27 | However , it is disappointing that it concentrates quite so much on the more traditional aspects of coloration , especially the coloration of textiles . |
| 28 | ‘ It is disappointing that it has not fallen , but the level of 4.1pc is a measure of how we are starting to attack the fundamentals of inflation ’ Paul Briggs , Northern chairman of the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 29 | She had chased it out of the house in February when one of her grandchildren was visiting ; and it is possible that it spent the night in the house during the week of the March sighting , as there was a very strong smell in the dining room the following morning . |
| 30 | It is possible that it came from the east of the Frankish confederacy , rather than the Rhineland . |