Example sentences of "it that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is something decidedly odd about objecting to it that the mere psychological fact that one alternative is more pleasant than another can not by itself be a reason for choosing it . |
| 2 | Is n't it that the unconscious and the ego comes through |
| 3 | ‘ What is it that the Roman poet Catullus said ? |
| 4 | Whichever of these two ( not very clear ) alternatives we adopt ( see 12. 2 — 3 ) , the point remains that whatever memory does provide is not a separable check on our taking it that the new sensation resembles the old . |
| 5 | Rumour has it that the new product will have two inferfaces — the familiar character-based screen and a GUI lookalike , with button bars and WYSIWYG editing . |
| 6 | Eventually the Irish party was forced to return to Westminster to see to it that the appropriate denominational interests in England were strengthened and to show the Irish political leadership 's compliance with the similarly organized Irish system ( Miller 1973 : 77–85 ) . |
| 7 | As the Temple was desecrated , according to the most probable chronology , about December 1 67 and reconsecrated about December 164 , we must take it that the correct interpretation of Daniel is the latter , amounting to about three years , which is in rough agreement with the " time , times and half a time " of the previous chapter . |
| 8 | " We take it that the crucial time is from six-fifteen when he was last seen alive in his lab , until midnight ? " |
| 9 | How was it that the ancient Hebrew word had drifted up from within her ? |
| 10 | Orientalising wisdom has it that the rural masses know nothing about politics and are satisfied with the new commodity economy generated by the privatisation of land . |
| 11 | If all those taxes have been abolished since 1979 , why is it that the average family , starting out in 1979 with a debt of 45 per cent . |
| 12 | Legend has it that the once-rounded peaks had their tops lopped off by a supernatural force to make a flat-topped bed and table for St Columba when he visited the island in AD585 . |
| 13 | Is it that the overall proportion of Management to staff is too high so the balance is being put right ? |
| 14 | Yes , it 's pricey , but it is still a fairly exclusive instrument ( though rumour has it that the Japanese will be issuing their ‘ 51 Reissue some time in the future ) . |
| 15 | Why is it that the black sheep of the family is often the most likeable . |
| 16 | I take it that the honourable gentlemen are in fact cheering the government , thank you very much . |
| 17 | Or is it that the working class has shrunk to a level which means it can never put Labour into power ? |
| 18 | Now , what 's the difference between Switzerland and Scotland is it , is it that the Swiss have more money ? , is it that the Swiss are more body conscious , is it that the Scot 's are more puritanical , they think that there are more important things to think about , what do you think ? |
| 19 | Now , what 's the difference between Switzerland and Scotland is it , is it that the Swiss have more money ? , is it that the Swiss are more body conscious , is it that the Scot 's are more puritanical , they think that there are more important things to think about , what do you think ? |
| 20 | In the foyer a gambling room operated , legend having it that the young Alessandro Manzoni was discovered there by Vincenzo Monti and beaten so hard by him that he never gambled again . |
| 21 | Why is it that the simple act of purchasing something can often be hell ? |
| 22 | How likely is it that the other staff would volunteer information , especially about practices in which they themselves might have been involved ? |
| 23 | We may take it that the utilitarian in him could accept with Ricardo 's labour theory of value his hostility to landlords , who might be regarded as unproductive and bone-idle , and share with him a reluctance to extend that hostility to master-manufacturers . |
| 24 | Why is it that the psychic gifts often cause apprehension and even fear ? |
| 25 | Michael Land of Sussex University , our foremost authority on invertebrate eyes , is worried , and so am I. Is it that the necessary mutations can not arise , given the way Nautilus embryos develop ? |
| 26 | Why … well pit talk has it that the reigning world champion Ayrton Senna might just be signing for the team next season … if he comes will Nigel go … what 's his future … this is what he told Central South … |
| 27 | That is absolutely incorrect , and I take it that the hon. Gentleman is dissociating himself from Labour Front Bench policy on the Maastricht settlement . |
| 28 | I take it that the hon. Gentleman is referring to reinsurance provided by the private sector through the recently privatised insurance services group , which was formerly in ECGD but is now in NCM Credit Insurance Ltd . |
| 29 | I take it that the hon. Gentleman also has the consent of the Minister . |
| 30 | ‘ If the gods will it that the old man dies in the next six months , he will die , and I will claim the credit . |