Example sentences of "it is [adv] [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is pretty certain that , in term of what adults mean by ‘ longer ’ the children do not really think that the pencil is longer ; but why do they say this ? |
| 2 | It is pretty certain that the watercourses which ran down down to the lake were pretty foul in those days , although , it is quite possible that excrement was utilised to a fair extent as a garden fertiliser . |
| 3 | It is pretty odd that whilst playing croquet they do not use ordinary equipment , instead they use flamingoes as their mallets and hedgehogs as their balls . |
| 4 | However , Washington is urging exiles to ‘ interest the media ’ , acknowledging privately that ‘ it is pretty clear that whatever we do will have no impact on the Banda government . ’ |
| 5 | It is pretty clear that while big business is being done in local area network hubs and routers , the market is very overcrowded , and in those circumstances , the outcome is usually that the rich get richer and the poor get taken over or go bust : observers reckon that in that context , the richest of the rich is Cisco Systems Inc , Menlo Park , which did $340m in the year to last July and is estimated to have at least 45% of the market and maybe as much as 50% ; Wellfleet Communications Inc is thought to be number two , with anything from 12% to 20% , with 3Com Corp third at around 10% , but in the hub sector alone , SynOptics Communications Inc is thought to have about 33% and Cabletron Systems Inc 15% , although the latter says the two are neck and neck . |
| 6 | It is pretty clear that the reason Z fails in Z6 is that 6 is a composite integer . |
| 7 | It is pretty clear that Labour believes that it can not get a majority for those policies domestically and therefore wants to achieve a situation in which they can be imposed on us by a majority of continental countries . |
| 8 | If you let your eye rove over the map , it is pretty obvious that one of the new towns should be near the Channel Tunnel and another near the new Stansted Airport . |
| 9 | If you think about it , it is pretty unlikely that , if you yourself were reading a magazine , even if you looked quite hard at an ad , you could give a very detailed description of the ad even quite soon afterwards . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , with all their drawbacks , panels are interesting ways of collecting information and it is rather surprising that they have not been used more in academic research where ideas rather than pin-point accuracy of measurement may be the desired goal . |
| 11 | Actually , it is rather surprising that the labour cost has n't gone up more , especially in view of the national rates . |
| 12 | Given the revival of interest in local radio and the fact that this is occurring within a general context of economic and financial difficulty in the country as a whole , it is rather surprising that so little attention has been paid to the potential role of radio in contributing to local economic development . |
| 13 | Mind you , it is rather surprising that McDonald , a top session man turned star performer , has not established himself as a big noise in Europe . |
| 14 | It is rather strange that so little attention has been given so far to the mechanical properties of biological materials , though perhaps in human terms it is understandable . |
| 15 | It is rather ironic that we continue to run down our coal industry and sterilise billions of tonnes of coal . |
| 16 | It is rather sad that due to the subsequent rather narrow defeat of the motion that we find that such a large complement of Northern Labour MPs absented themselves from such a vital environmental vote due to prior engagements and by doing so thus failed to support their Labour colleague Kevin McNamara , the sponsor of the Bill , and failed to contribute to ending once and forever this sickening , depraved social pastime . |
| 17 | Erm again I , I ca n't help but s er er getting slightly digressed but it is rather interesting that John Major this year decided to go for a general election before the local elections . |
| 18 | It is rather suspicious that the label ‘ illogical ’ has been used to disparage other subordinate groups ' language as well as women 's . |
| 19 | ‘ It is rather regrettable that candidates have to use their energy on this sort of thing , instead of working to get elected . ’ |
| 20 | It is rather unexpected that most of the values obtained are even . |
| 21 | It is rather peculiar that no national parks exist in Scotland . |
| 22 | It is however noticeable that while on the point of history he was directly opposed to Liberal Theology , his appeal to a ‘ spirit ’ somehow detachable from the Jesus of history , and his practical application of it , run very much along similar lines to the Liberal approach . |
| 23 | It is however apparent that differences in comprehensive income measured in this way do not necessarily correspond to differences in ability to pay , defined in terms of opportunity sets . |
| 24 | It is however true that a depreciation in share values will be of concern to management , because of possible repercussions in the market for corporate control . |
| 25 | It is however clear that whatever percentage holding is regarded as indicating minority control , the figure selected will be somewhat arbitrary . |
| 26 | While this terminology may be ambiguous , it is however clear that the duty excludes the various managerialist objectives considered earlier , and hence to that extent is consistent with the general interest , as so far understood . |
| 27 | It is however important that the opening position adopted by the buyer is credible . |
| 28 | It is however evident that it would be necessary to weigh carefully all the costs and benefits before any categoric policy recommendation could be made . |
| 29 | It is however unlikely that the move will be blocked when MPs vote on the rule changes next year . |
| 30 | It is however significant that blood relationship and peculiarities of speech , the criteria noted in the last paragraph , were both mentioned . |