Example sentences of "[subord] it [is] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | In previous generations it was much less likely than it is now that grandparents would have lived to know their grandchildren as adults ( see chapters 2 and 3 ) . |
| 2 | Leeds is now the third largest city in England and the 20th in Europe , so it is right that it should have international ambitions . |
| 3 | America is the closest thing to a financial laboratory for these sorts of questions , so it is there that most of the answers should be sought . |
| 4 | Everyone has some quality they like , even if it is just that you are kind to animals . |
| 5 | I wonder if it is here that the pictures are to appear , worrying that the seats are badly arranged , pointing the wrong way , that we wo n't be able to see them properly . |
| 6 | If it is simply that ‘ our heritage is our power ’ , and women gain strength today by looking to their sisters in the past , if what interests her is the vision of an equality between women and men , Schüssler Fiorenza might well be better advised to look to other communities in the ancient Near East . |
| 7 | However , if it is right that a change is as good as a rest , you should now feel rested and ready to cope with anything . |
| 8 | It is generally possible to isolate at least one compelling selling feature even if it is only that your client 's product is the cheapest . |
| 9 | I do n't know if it 's just that I 'm missing you … |
| 10 | I mean , if it 's just that you 're too close to it and you do n't want me to look at it , there are people I know who 're good at that sort of thing ; they can see the wood from the trees ; they could — ’ |
| 11 | The West Bank terminal was again the focus of job losses yesterday because it is there that the greatest loss of business has occurred . |
| 12 | This is , yes , contact that , this is important , because it 's clearly that there is an increase , there 's some evidence of an increase of these things as a sort of little tail end thing , it would have been perfectly good story but quite the other way round . |
| 13 | We look forward to an hour 's drive to an appointment , because it 's then that we dust off American Pie or Band On The Run or Led Zeppelin II or London Calling and snap it into our car 's entertainment system . |
| 14 | The first problem here is that the brevity of Scaevola 's response ( even by his standards three words is modest ) leaves it unclear whether he means that the debtors are not freed from any liability , or whether it is just that they are not freed from liabilities contracted after the first will was made . |
| 15 | or , or whether it 's just that this is the best case that I can promote . |
| 16 | Even more astonishing are the powers accorded to the government as a whole , for it is here that the primacy of the executive over the legislature is most clear . |
| 17 | In Woonerf-type streets cycling should be strongly encouraged , for it is here that the speed differences between cars and cycles that are so dangerous to the latter are minimised . |
| 18 | This is a pleasant town and a major road junction , for it is here that the road forks up to the pass of Encumeada across the centre of the island — and the way we will return . |
| 19 | It is these allowances which should be studied by the ICC , for it is here that the suspicion of undue leniency remains strongest . |
| 20 | For it is here that all our strength lies , the last certainty that light may survive in darkness . |