Example sentences of "it [adj] [be] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but clearly there , there is an element of that , there is an element that they 'd gone beyond it that 's that that bit is difficult to define and quantify . |
| 2 | The upshot of it all is that Major-General Holomisa has made Transkei a haven of sorts , a thorn in Pretoria 's side , for the ANC . |
| 3 | The one inescapable impression left by it all is that the canal system as a whole was so run down and dilapidated that nothing short of a central canal authority wiling and able to undertake a vast investment programme could have any hope of making the canals profitable again . |
| 4 | The joy of it all is that this is a resort which is peaceful — you can hear the Atlantic waves breaking on the seashore . |
| 5 | The outcome of it all is that Wainwright heads the points table with 55 and is followed by Karen Cross with 48 . |
| 6 | As early as May 1910 , the local WFL organiser , Madge Turner , commented more in sorrow than in anger on the dispute , admitting that " the saddest part of it all is that the majority of women in all the departments are supporting the men . |
| 7 | The remarkable thing about it all is that he had already caused significant bad debts when his Pergamon Press failed in the seventies . |
| 8 | The irony of it all is that Jim does not eat fish . |
| 9 | The implicature we can draw from it all is that Anderson 's enthusiasm for the topic overrides his concern for his positive face , but that the conflict between these two concerns remains , and is visible in the nervous flaws in his linguistic performance . |
| 10 | Yes I am the outcome of it all is that she 's waiting on the wall , getting piles and I 'm going to go down the shop with her . |
| 11 | The upshot of it all was that they wanted me to ask Derek would he come in for a sperm count . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , the end result of it all was that by the '60s Hawaiian music was regarded with pretty much universal contempt . |
| 13 | And the irony of it all was that Fernando had n't planned it that way . |
| 14 | And the worst part of it all was that having him there all the time had n't lessened her longing for him by one tiny jot . |
| 15 | We got on very well together and suddenly began to realise how strange and curious it all was that we had gone to separate schools . ’ |
| 16 | The feature that makes it dreadful is that it is crammed with unattractive tourists throughout the summer months , shambling around 50 feet above sea level in a state of exhaustion , asking everyone if they 're near the top yet . |
| 17 | What makes it worse is that nobody seems to know what happened . ’ |
| 18 | There are hitches and hassles aplenty to contend with now and what makes it worse is that you 're powerless to do anything except grumble and grouse . |
| 19 | What made it worse was that he had a terrible cold at the time . |
| 20 | What made it worse was that Prince Charles seemed less concerned about her predicament than that of his friend Camilla Parker-Bowles . |
| 21 | What made it worse was that his face remained so still , as expressionless as it had been earlier when discussing trivia with the Doctor . |
| 22 | What made it worse was that the infection was traced to some undercooked meat she 'd eaten in England . |
| 23 | That was bad enough but what made it worse was that I had n't the faintest idea what was wrong with them . |
| 24 | What made it worse was that in order to explain the frustrations that I had experienced I found myself making stereotyping judgments about Africans as lazy — not even caring to look after themselves — and as unreliable . |
| 25 | this is rather what what it , makes it difficult is that I had a copy as well farce right , but do n't say farcical . |
| 26 | What makes it manageable is that the carbon-based compounds of which living things are made mainly belong to one of four classes : carbohydrates , fats , proteins , and nucleic acids . |