Example sentences of "it is [adv] [vb pp] that [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thomson is state-owned and though there has been no overt policy statement from the French Government , it is widely accepted that its attitude towards the merger will be at least coloured by the MoD 's decision . |
| 2 | However , among their ranks it is universally believed that their leader — Rabbi Menachem Schneerson — will fulfil the Messianic prophecy . |
| 3 | For those who love labels , then , modern British literature in that aspect might conveniently be called Aristophanic — provided , that is , it is well understood that its novelists and playwrights can not be assumed to have taken any attentive interest in ancient Greek comedy , and that coincidence is all it is . |
| 4 | ‘ Lady Isabella , ’ Cranston said smoothly , ‘ it is well known that your husband had strange tastes and foibles . |
| 5 | Rolls-Royce spokesman David Preston said : ‘ It is well known that our sales have been 50 per cent down on what they were in 1990 so any reduction is welcome . ’ |
| 6 | For it is often supposed that his attitude towards women stands in stark contrast to that of the surrounding society . |
| 7 | It is sometimes said that our ‘ constitution ’ is now under stress as major changes occur far more rapidly than before in its written and unwritten parts . |
| 8 | These costs of consent to political authority suggest that , on instrumental grounds , consent can only be held binding if it is so qualified that its effect is almost entirely confined to reinforcing independently existing obligations to obey . |