Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] [v-ing] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it 's equally unsurprising that he receives a steady stream of unsolicited portfolios from eager aspirants searching for their break . |
| 2 | I always reckon it 's tremendously flattering that viewers want to talk to you when they meet you in the street . |
| 3 | It 's perhaps fitting that the Services and Communication Department should bring up the rear in this group of presentations , because one of its key priorities is to provide a coherent professional support service to the organisation as a whole . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | Do n't think that because it 's actually ringing that it 's somebody ringing , or whatever . |
| 6 | It 's project engineering Roger but it 's actually saying that the project manager needs to be trained to ferret out certain information . |
| 7 | Jackie had finished racing by the time I got involved in the sport , but it is utterly fitting that this collection of drivers ' portraits should begin with Jackie : not only because he was a great champion , not just because he changed the course of the sport , but because he 's really never been away . |
| 8 | It is thus fitting that nowhere has pop been so active as in that area so firmly delineated as ‘ private ’ by the dominant culture and woe betide those who , like politicians in sex scandals , mix the public and the private , or otherwise transgress the narrow boundaries — namely those of sexuality and gender . |
| 9 | It is particularly fitting that Underwood should have chosen to step down in a year when the president of the Rugby Football Union is Peter Yarranton , himself a former England player and RAF pilot , who will be at today 's game . |
| 10 | It is particularly fitting that we should have the debates on education and employment on the same day , because education is a continuing process throughout life upon which employment is heavily dependent . |
| 11 | It is particularly striking that some of these reviewers , when discussing recordings by English ensembles , praise what they assume to be the impeccable musicological credentials of what they are hearing , so clear does it seem to European eyes that early-music performance in England is conducted under the vigilant eyes of scholars . |
| 12 | It is surely fitting that this should happen since nearly every member of the congregation contributed in some way to the result . |
| 13 | And it is especially fitting that her statue should stand so close to the parade ring , the scene of such joyous pandemonium at Cheltenham after she had completed her unique double in March 1986 . |
| 14 | Perhaps it is indeed learning that there is no escape from the shock — and such learning may be very important to its subsequent behaviour . |
| 15 | ‘ It is absolutely staggering that while the Ministry of Defence was deploying soldiers in the Gulf , the Department of Trade and Industry was allowing British companies to supply equipment that could be used for munitions to the enemy , ’ he said . |
| 16 | It is precisely timing that should be the topic of discussion , said Ben Verwaayen , president of Koninklijke PTT Telecom Nederland NV , which is scheduled for privatisation next year . |
| 17 | It is therefore unsurprising that such seizures are sometimes confused with panic attacks . |
| 18 | It is entirely fitting that Dawn Run should share the statuary honours with the other two Cheltenham legends , for she was the first — and to date the only — horse to win both the Champion Hurdle and the Cheltenham Gold Cup . |
| 19 | But it is deeply revealing that in neither of these paintings are the revolutionary perspectival implications of the Demoiselles explored or developed , or indeed more than hinted at , and that in the Basel painting figures have been transformed into still life . |
| 20 | Role ‘ It is only fitting that the standard of his office should reflect his role . |
| 21 | After all in an age where everyone is becoming more environmentally aware , perhaps it is only fitting that even artists are getting into recycling . |
| 22 | Before any committal warrant is issued , the magistrates court must hold a means inquiry , and it is only following that that a warrant can be issued . |
| 23 | It is perhaps unsurprising that the matter should have been challenged in the courts , given that it was an affront to the requirements of even the most basic conception of the rule of law . |
| 24 | In the light of these concerns , and the dismal outlook of many , it is perhaps unsurprising that only 28 per cent agreed that helping older people to live as long as possible should be a priority issue . |
| 25 | It is perhaps fitting that he was carried to his pauper 's grave by the stonemasons then engaged in restoring Camborne Church . |
| 26 | It is perhaps reassuring that they at least recognised utter nonsense when they wrote it , if disappointing that this was essentially a confession of failure by a Ministry whose central function had been to coordinate energy policy . |