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

  Next page
No Sentence
1 It 's curious that the Bloch Symphony for trombone and orchestra is rarely played — one would have thought that trombonists , starved of repertoire , would air it at every opportunity .
2 It 's annoying that though in n it ?
3 It 's fantastic that the boy is back . ’
4 IT 'S fantastic that hardened TV newsman Mike Nicholson listened to his heart and took such a tremendous risk to smuggle Bosnian orphan Natasha into Britain .
5 It is going to be a great atmosphere and it 's fantastic that between us we have sold 70,000 tickets .
6 ‘ From what Valesio 's widow has told me , it 's dear that her husband 's contacts with the gang began with a telephone call that was simply a signal for him to go to some prearranged meeting-place .
7 So it 's surprising that when we 're staying in a guest house on a walking holiday we 're content just to order ‘ a packed lunch ’ , and hope for the best .
8 After stuffing himself on mince pies and quaffing all that milk , and getting even tubbier , it 's surprising that Santa can carry all the things the 600,000 ask him for .
9 So it 's surprising that Angels works at all .
10 I do n't think it 's surprising that there are a few sceptics around . ’
11 It 's surprising that Belgium has n't joined IBBY — there 's not much else to do in Belgium . ’
12 Perhaps it 's surprising that in some cases the learning outcomes and performance criteria were not being assessed or applied — all the National Certificate publications stress that these features are at the heart of the competence-based system and that they can not be varied under any circumstances .
13 However , it 's surprising that in on representative government utilitarianism barely surfaces and that almost no mention at all is made of utility apart from in a very general way .
14 ‘ Do n't you think it 's surprising that she could n't recall delivering twins for Lilian , when it happened at the same time as Donna , almost ?
15 Well looking at it carefully , as I have done , it 's surprising that if you take the whole of the last forty years and look across the world there are really only about eight major what you can call disasters — I call the calamities , because they are not really disasters — that have occurred with medicines .
16 Oh it 's brilliant that is .
17 He says he finds it 's galling that that animals have suffered and they need not have .
18 It 's apparent that Morrissey will STOP AT NOTHING to manufacture confrontations with the norm in order that The Smiths remain special . ’
19 Surround those splendid three minutes with plenty of screaming , attitude with a capital ‘ TUDE ’ and a song called ‘ Anyone Can Play Guitar ’ and it 's apparent that Radiohead are at least halfway towards realising some worryingly aggressive ambitions .
20 For example , it 's apparent that each has a detailed grasp of the content and purpose of the information he is being asked to package for the page .
21 And the early reading of P P G seven it seems to me it 's apparent that the principle messages are that the development in open countryside should be strictly controlled , and I would underline that point strictly controlled , and that the countryside should be safeguarded for its own sake and non-renewable and natural resources should be afforded protection .
22 Erm , if they start to have an illness and it develops we 'll obviously be talking to their doctor , I mean if it 's apparent that they 're blind on the form , well then , obviously we would looking the amount we paid , or , or , erm , basically come to some agreement on that .
23 I mean it 's awful that they 're doing this , you know I ca n't believe they 're carrying on .
24 The commission says it 's adamant that the public will have the final say .
25 It 's extraordinary that you still find performers assaulting the audience , commenting on ‘ anarchy and art ’ .
26 The news was greeted with astonishment by Christopher Mason , leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrat group : ‘ It 's extraordinary that a ‘ caring , sharing ’ council told its employees only eight days ago that they would be offered redundancy or redeployment . ’
27 It 's ironical that only last week the National Association of Private Residential Homes were saying that they will be going bust as a result of inadequate funding .
28 Erm in my experience it 's quite normal for erm a period after the close of the enquiry to be erm given to erm the planning authority or authorities to on other matters which are outstanding at the close of the enquiry , whether it 's two weeks , whether it 's whether it 's very very common , it 's it 's reasonable that the authority should have that opportunity to .
29 It 's strange that the Germans have not attacked us with tanks .
30 It 's strange that two quite different words can mean the same thing .
  Next page