Example sentences of "is [adv] [adj] [verb] that it " in BNC.
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1 | It is wholly wrong to suggest that it is the European Community alone which has difficulties with the agriculture dossier . |
2 | It should be noted that the trend of an increase in unemployment from about 5% to about 10% over ten years is sufficiently general to indicate that it is not a function of the style of government . |
3 | After a year in which the Treasury 's forecasting failures ( notably that very large trade deficit ) have been rather obvious , it is only fair to recall that it did presciently point out just about every awkward little detail of the poll tax , from its automatic upward impact on inflation to the folly of providing local authorities with a golden opportunity to raise more tax while blaming the Government . |
4 | The Vision 's control fascia is so good looking that it will turn on more than just the gas . |
5 | Many writers have said that English word stress is so difficult to predict that it is best to treat stress placement as a property of the individual word , to be learned when the word itself is learned . |
6 | It is perhaps obvious to state that it is essential for all stories shared to be authentic i.e. not to make up stories — for if stories are fabricated the work of passing on the flame of faith will not happen . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Once a man knows of his right it is more difficult to say that it was not reasonably practicable to give notice within a reasonable time . |
9 | It is probably true to say that it is in this way , rather than in any other , that governments learn exactly where the limits of tolerance lie . |
10 | It is also relevant to add that it has become increasingly easy to report matters to the police as a result of the spread of private telephones . |
11 | It is also important to recognise that it is on the basis of these statistics that important decisions are made by governments in relation to their policies towards crime and its treatment . |
12 | ( Davidson , 1980c , d ; Kim , 1973 ) However , it is as natural to say that it was the fact that the switch was flipped that caused the windscreen wipers to start to work . |
13 | I shall not repeat what I said to the Government of India , but it is perfectly fair to say that it was well taken . |
14 | But it is surely silly to deny that it has thrown politicians and television journalists together in an association that remains totally invisible to the public . |
15 | It is too strong to say that it has been corrupted — after all , James I dished out so many knighthoods ( 2,600 ) that the Venetian ambassador to London thought the knights ‘ no longer distinguishable from common people ’ — but at best it is dull . |