Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] that [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Yeah well it , it 's probably that he 's just got one .
2 Well really that 's l by and large what groups is all about so it 's clearly that they do and there 's some cases here of sort of cyclists cycling harder and faster when they 've got they 're training with other cyclists or erm when they 're training against the clock .
3 It 's mostly that I ca n't sleep . ’
4 Well yeah , she 's probably gon na be , now , I , no it 's either that she 's going to be well certainly , an introduction to the kind of methods that Donne Donne uses which I , I 'm supposed to follow up on .
5 Obviously it 's right that we should try and persuade the German government to delay matters as much as possible .
6 He does n't think it 's right that he should be told that they ca n't hunt on his farm .
7 It 's simply that we all thought it so unnecessary , Mr Barnett .
8 It 's simply that he wants to create a better atmosphere , and show that after all he 's a reasonable man , and we should n't be too hard on him in these days .
9 " Hazel — dear old Hazel — it 's simply that I know there 's something unnatural and evil twisted all round this place .
10 It 's simply that I 'm not prepared to see him branded a fraud and a charlatan merely in order to prolong your receipt of them .
11 It 's not that I 'm totally assured that this time round I wo n't be quite so foolish , it 's simply that I know it 's possible to progress to that stage beyond ‘ falling in love ’ — if I do n't opt out as soon as he starts to look less like Prince Charming and more like Mr Very Ordinary and Boring .
12 It 's simply that you and I share a father . ’
13 It 's simply that it is not by any means obvious how PR is supposed to deliver all these goodies .
14 It 's just that they were not inclined to help him out .
15 And often it 's not that they never had anywhere to live , it 's just that they could n't cope with the responsibilities and the isolation of living on their own .
16 It 's just that they 'll make such a fuss .
17 I did n't want to quarrel in front of Flora — it seemed humiliating over something so small — so I said , ‘ Well , it 's just that they seemed so happy and fond of each other .
18 ‘ And also , when you meet them , they 're exactly the same people — it 's just that they 've got different accents .
19 The second , does anyone want to say any about that ? it 's just that they probably sent it to the appropriate people .
20 It 's not that they 're his nappies and he wets them — it 's nothing to do with that — it 's just that they 're endless .
21 It 's not that the expressions are n't spontaneous or genuine , Bernice said to herself , it 's just that they 're edited .
22 It 's just that they say if you 're doing physics sometimes you know this might help you
23 It 's just that they 've probably got so tired of putting petrol in each year
24 After all , some dot matrix printers can actually produce a greater number of dots per inch than a page printer , it 's just that they are bigger dots and tend to overlap .
25 It 's just that they should call that part of their work journalism .
26 It is n't that we have n't any standards left in my time ; it 's just that they 're different , do n't you see that ?
27 It 's not er a really a teaching which er is important , it 's just that they know that er we have a Sikh assembly and since then er I have found er they have a type of great moral courage , they 're proud of themselves .
28 No it 's just that they take ages and ages and ages cos Dundee will ask Nottingham , Nottingham will ask us to bring the notes back , then we 'll send them to Nottingham , Nottingham will send them to Dundee , Dundee will send them to your G P .
29 It 's just that they reminded me so much of the poor child my husband killed .
30 ‘ Ah , ’ she said , ‘ it 's just that they bow a lot . ’
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