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

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1 It 's generally assumed that those who forego the pleasures of the flesh are elderly , but a report in the American Journal of Psychiatry reveals that 75pc are under the age of 38 .
2 It 's generally accepted that oral contraceptives may slightly enlarge a woman 's breasts , but in a few exceptional cases it has had other more alarming side-effects .
3 No crimes are ever reported in the Magic Kingdom — and it 's even rumoured that fatal heart attack victims are smuggled out so their deaths can be recorded off the park .
4 It 's little wonder that this month Patrick Eggle guitars occupy two of the top ten slots in the British guitar sales league .
5 It 's sometimes thought that this type of research takes place mainly in universities and institutes of higher education .
6 And that 's true , but it 's often forgotten that some of us on this side of the fence also play professionally — they say teachers are failed musicians and I suppose many people see music journalists as those not good enough even to teach !
7 It 's often thought that previous attempts have failed because there are n't enough well-trained classical actors in the USA to make such a repertory company feasible , but this is increasingly not the case : American drama students are eager to train in the UK , and the percentage of successful auditions held is relatively high .
8 ‘ You have got to accept it but it 's absolutely maddening that 30,000 people saw a good tackle but the referee gave a foul .
9 It 's now emerged that one of the women was pregnant … her mother says she had everything to live for .
10 Meanwhile , it 's now known that two other people from the Central South region were among the one hundred and sixty seven passengers killed .
11 It 's now estimated that five hundred children in Lothian Region alone are affected by HIV and AIDS .
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