Example sentences of "it [be] [adv] that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it were n't that a judge has to decide a case , quite a few of Edward 's legal opinions would probably end in a question mark . ’ |
| 2 | The then Lord Chief Justice in 1980 commented that , If it were not that a high proportion of cases are compromised long before they reach court the administration of justice would soon grind to a halt ; the courts would be overwhelmed by the volume of work . ’ |
| 3 | This conclusion was based on the premises that ( 1 ) it is the duty of the national court to ensure the legal protection which persons derive from the direct effect of a provision of Community law ; ( 2 ) article 30 was such a provision ; ( 3 ) if Wickes is right that section 47 of the Act of 1950 is incompatible with article 30 , it has a current right to open its stores for Sunday trading , and it is the duty of the national court to protect that right ; ( 4 ) in the absence of an undertaking in damages , Wickes will have been restrained from opening on Sundays , without any right to compensation ; ( 5 ) there is no need for this purpose to assess the strength of Wickes ' challenge to section 47 on the basis of article 30 , it being enough that the challenge is not without foundation : see [ 1991 ] 3 W.L.R. 985 , 993 , per Dillon L.J. , and pp. 999–1000 , per Mann L.J . |
| 4 | S so it 's , it 's , it 's either that the cadres are being rightist , they are protecting the landlords so they are keeping too much , or the problem is that the cadres , what we looked at earlier , the cadres are getting in themselves and they are taking too much for themselves . |
| 5 | It 's not that the jokes are not funny , but just that they are about as fresh as a tin of those pineapple chunks . |
| 6 | In fact it 's not that the memory is lost , so much as the person ca n't get out the facts which are stored in the memory . |
| 7 | It 's not that the PLP has anything against men as such . |
| 8 | It 's not that the TV folk like to be topical , it 's because they rarely have the nous to come up with anything original . |
| 9 | It 's not that the first one " speaks badly " . |
| 10 | It 's not that the expressions are n't spontaneous or genuine , Bernice said to herself , it 's just that they 're edited . |
| 11 | It 's not that the show secretary was er at club had not done his job . |
| 12 | It 's not that the bars on his cell have loosened any . |
| 13 | It 's right that the Guildford Four have told their stories now to Grant McKee and Ros Franey and First Tuesday , the programme and the producers who dug away , and did much to keep the case alive . |
| 14 | The parking spaces for the erm bungalow residents erm are are generally spread around in in a , in such a way as to be as close as possible to the bungalows that they serve , they 're not if you like , specific car park , but on this drawing they 're , they 're identified it 's simply that the proportionate parking that the planners require for a construction of new houses is there and then over and above that there is further parking which , if you like , will satisfy the need of the bungalow residents , though they may not necessarily be identified specifically . |
| 15 | It 's simply that the radio is turned up loud . |
| 16 | , D O E. Er I 'm sure that members of the panel appreciate why I 've remained silent during the discussion of item two D , but does anyone in the room who does n't fully understand , it 's simply that the Secretary of State of exercises role in relation to a new settlement . |
| 17 | It 's just that no one ever tells her the truth , so she feels confused . |
| 18 | It 's just that no one ever knows when . ’ |
| 19 | It 's just that a couple of ideas occurred to me , one of which will have occurred to you and one which you probably do n't know about . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's just that a few days ago I heard one of our members say something about Connie . |
| 21 | It 's just that a lot of the heads have worn they |
| 22 | Which was right be had no resemblance to what is commercially thought of a typecasting in any way — it 's just that the mixture was right with Simon Callow . |
| 23 | It 's just that the powers that be treat us teachers like dirt . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's just that the only person who saw her on Saturday was the Minister — Mr Hawick . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ No , it 's just that the pressure is off him now , ’ says Frank Whaley , the standout in Stone 's last box-office hit , Born On The Fourth Of July , and the actor who plays The Doors ' mild-mannered guitarist Robbie Krieger . |
| 26 | The other three more closely fit the latter than the former model : Mrs Mitchell 's daughter wanted her mother admitted permanently to the local psychiatric hospital ( knowing that she would not be eligible for residential care because of the severity of her condition ) ; but she also added — ‘ not that I do n't want her at home too — I love my mother — it 's just that the strain is too much for me ’ . |
| 27 | It 's not really clear whether this is a symbiotic relationship of some kind , or it 's just that the Gobies find the corals a convenient place to sit . |
| 28 | It 's just that the flavour alters during fermentation and consequently becomes reminiscent of other fruits , such as raspberries , blackcurrants or gooseberries . |
| 29 | It 's just that the poor get caught more often . |
| 30 | It 's just that the preceding F&W 's EPs have already lured us to bed with wine and roses and five of the tracks are here ; familiar as those passport photos you keep forgetting to chuck out of your wallet . |