Example sentences of "it 's [adv] [adj] that " in BNC.

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1 But it 's rather surprising that is n't it cos er a a lot of these er songs that you sing actually came from America .
2 WITH ALL THIS BRAVADO it 's rather ironic that none of the performers would tell me their real names .
3 It 's rather ironic that , over a quarter of century later , we 're still relying on a charitable organisation to meet most of our preschool provision needs .
4 Therefore , it 's rather ironic that one of the clubs who pipped them for promotion to Division I , West of Scotland , reckon the very reason they are going up is down to their New Zealand lock , Gordon McPherson .
5 At a matter of fact , it 's rather interesting that because somebody actually had a go at Peter about this , he 's a B B C er and we er , we should n't enter into politics about this , but you know the background of Peter .
6 It 's rather interesting that the only two management er training courses I did last year , were er stress management and time management and I seem to cocked them both up
7 Well if th if there 's somebody whose listening in the Derby area who can help us with a street lamp that 's out and it 's rather important that it get put on , and it 's been out for six weeks now
8 It seems unlikely that a Tibetan would have got up there to take them , but then it could be argued that it 's equally unlikely that a yeti was the culprit .
9 It 's equally important that goods do n't get damaged on their way to the shop floor , or when they arrive there .
10 It 's already remarkable that the eyes of every animal examined to date , vertebrate and invertebrate , use rhodopsin type photochemistry .
11 If we are going to deliver to the people to whom we as elected members owe the highest duty , that 's the people who are in receipt of our services the sort of quality service that we , that they deserve then I have to say that we can have as many reports of this nature as we like , but you have got to acknowledge the need to change and you have got to stop resenting the rights of parents and governors to run schools , you 've got to stop being obstructive to competitive tendering and you have got to stop arguing for the retention of services where it 's patently obvious that there 's over provision .
12 Yes Chair , th th that 's right , as I understand it , there is no reason why C should not be discussed next session , indeed it 's probably right that it should be , but it 's a matter for members to decide whether they can usefully do so before considering B.
13 No it 's probably right that you do n't bully the youngsters .
14 And while it 's clearly undeniable that they are no longer lovelorn newlyweds , I am not totally convinced that these pictures — coupled with the comments of anonymous ‘ friends ’ and ambitious biographers — are proof of their estrangement .
15 DROP DEAD FRED is produced by Working Title , whose films we are celebrating throughout the Festival , so it 's particularly appropriate that their latest success opens the Festival .
16 It 's particularly disappointing that he 's gone to another English club .
17 It 's not certain that driver fatigue did contribute to this latest accident .
18 " Oh Mum , it 's not like that The exhibits all arrive in plastic bags with identifying tags .
19 But it 's not good that wants to be really tested .
20 Yeah but it 's not good that I 'm clocking , slugging my heart out .
21 I agree with you that it 's not feasible that Harley is on some kind of drug — even beta-blockers would n't help a golfer that much .
22 Well it 's not impossible that er that that developments er can take place erm without erm without having some effects , but what what I 'm basically saying is that erm it it er it would n't be a serious effect acceptable in normal planning terms .
23 ‘ I mean , it 's not impossible that the police 'll get a search warrant for my place .
24 It 's not essential that you should do this , but it will save some cutting of blocks in situ .
25 Judging by the number of dead Germans in front of the Commando positions around the village , it 's not surprising that they had stopped their frontal attacks .
26 With such a lot riding on the snip of a scissor , it 's not surprising that the breast beneath the hairdresser 's gown is heaving with unrealistic expectations and conflicting emotions of hope and fear .
27 IT 'S not surprising that the miners have chosen camouflage as their symbol of solidarity .
28 When the working people in this country — whose only national newspaper , USA Today , reduces all its non-cold war international news to an eighth-of-a-page column called ‘ Elsewhere in the world ’ — begin to discuss the issues of international capitalist exploitation , it 's not surprising that the media portray the strike as some petty industrial dispute in the backwoods of the Appalachians .
29 It 's not surprising that Koons began his career as a salesman , selling memberships for the Museum of Modern Art in New York in the late Seventies , following a stint of art school in Baltimore and a relatively nondescript youth in a small Pennsylvania town , where he listened to Led Zeppelin and ‘ chased after women ’ .
30 In view of its excellent track record , it 's not surprising that Campbell Freight Agencies Limited has received four prestigious awards within the past three years … two , presented by the UK Institute of Freight Forwarders , for being ‘ Freight Forwarder of the Year ’ and two ‘ Link ’ charity awards , presented by British Midland , commending the company for organising free shipments of essential foods and goods to Ethiopia .
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