Example sentences of "[adj] it [be] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | How hard it was to resist that look ! |
| 2 | Yes , and my parents had booked the audition for the Central School and found me a bed-sit in Swiss Cottage and being completely naive it was assumed that this was where I would be going . |
| 3 | How comforting it is to know that Charles can communicate so well with people who are 40 or 50 years older than himself . |
| 4 | While yesterday 's purchase price was kept confidential it is believed that Mr Arkley paid between £150,000 and £200,000 for each of his new pubs . |
| 5 | ( c ) Court order and completion of abstract It is recommended that a copy of the original court order marked as examined against the original be lodged with the title documents . |
| 6 | In Swain v West ( Butchers ) Ltd it was held that an employee , having learnt of detrimental behaviour of another employee , which was relevant to his employer 's business , was under a duty to report that fact to his employers . |
| 7 | Since only one card was available it was agreed that others could obtain goods with written permission from the holder . |
| 8 | From the start of welfare provision for the disabled it was recognized that social workers would have a key role to play in putting the handicapped in touch with the provision available . |
| 9 | In general it is felt that investigations into specific problems have been more valuable than wide ranging background investigations . |
| 10 | In general it is expected that the engineer shall be fair and reasonable in the way he or she administers the contract . |
| 11 | In particular it was felt that swifter and more decisive action on the part of the SCB in response to warnings passed by concerned solicitors and local law societies ought to be effected . |
| 12 | ( In particular it was emphasised that the protection of green belts ‘ must be maintained as far ahead as can be seen . ’ |
| 13 | ( iii ) In respect of count 1 it was submitted that section 2(1) did not apply to the facts of this case ; in particular it was submitted that in order to contravene section 1(1) and therefore in turn section 2(1) it was necessary to establish that the offender had used one computer with intent to secure unauthorised access into another computer . |
| 14 | In Tuesday 's Northern it was reported that Celia Williams , aged 63 , photographed with Dr Iestyn Williams , was his wife . |
| 15 | But , unless the proviso can be invoked , one must adopt the maxim that the more difficult ( short of impossibility ) is the defending advocate 's task , the more vital it is to see that he does not labour under an unfair disadvantage . |
| 16 | How very difficult it was to accept that I did need it and to show that I needed it . |
| 17 | How solemn it is to believe that Jesus is the son of God , the saviour of the world , and yet to reject him . |
| 18 | As you are now aware it is anticipated that the site which holds the forestry conservation non-commercial exhibitors may well be extended to include land between it and the western entrance gate of the showground . |
| 19 | To make the model more realistic it is assumed that the trains do not always arrive on time , and that the frequency distribution of the differences between the actual and timetabled arrivals of the trains follows a normal ( Gaussian ) distribution with a mean of zero ( Chapter 3 ) . |
| 20 | In the American context Wade asks how politically realistic it is to assume that a President would willingly preside over an ‘ overtly contentious and competitive bureaucracy ’ . |