Example sentences of "is [adv] [noun] that " in BNC.

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1 It is rather Britain that has chosen the Italian road and opted for a one-party state that may soon have more difficulty in government than it imagines .
2 Taken together and assembled into relevant groupings , they become information , which is basically data that has been analysed , summarised and interpreted for the benefit of the potential user , in this case a manager .
3 What we seek is merely evidence that Pound did n't go to Sicily with a closed mind .
4 It is only tradition that has persuaded people otherwise .
5 As yet , there is only speculation that Charles will relinquish his birthright .
6 It is only justice that the laws should be altered in their favour .
7 But I knew he might not take this view — it is only hindsight that makes you take it , and he was not old enough for hindsight .
8 Secondly , it is only right that your doctor should know , because if there is a significant change in your condition with homoeopathy , he will ascribe it to the wrong treatment if he does not know that other therapies have also been given .
9 I would like to share with you a burden for prayer as I feel it is only right that all Christians should know about anything that would deny us total freedom .
10 Reg Davis , Wimbledon 's commercial manager , added : ‘ If damage was caused , then it is only right that we should be sent a bill for the repairs .
11 Charles Donmall , in this period the secretary of the BBBC , justified the discrimination by pointing out that : ‘ It is only right that a small country such as ours should have championships restricted to boxers of white parents — otherwise we might be faced with a situation where all our British titles are held by coloured Empire boxers ’ ( quoted by Henderson , 1949 , p.340 ) .
12 It is only right that we should analyse and debate the internal workings of the trade and its infrastructure , but let us not forget who pays our wages — the consumer .
13 ‘ She summoned you here , and it is only right that you should know the reason , albeit she is too unwell to see you herself .
14 When the Government introduce complicated legislation , it is only right that people should have access to those with basic information about it .
15 It is only right that we should put forward modest proposals to ensure that there is access to interpreters .
16 Today 's photocopier is so food that there is often little to choose between a photocopy and a print produced by a conventional printing press .
17 It is entirely coincidence that we have now given up pies for Lent .
18 There is thus evidence that UK corporate annual reports are more likely to include graphs which will present a more favourable view of the company 's financial performance than would be given by a more even-handed approach .
19 It is not surprise that ‘ deep green ’ environmental groups , closer to the first view , find it difficult to communicate their concerns to businesses and governments who feel more at home with the second .
20 There is not doubt that certain classes of drug can increase aggression , sharpen awareness and dull the pain arising from injuries , but they are all banned .
21 There is not doubt that the behaviour of the police and the courts , as well as the wider public , will be influenced by their image of female crime .
22 There is not evidence that diet plays any part in acne .
23 The authors argue that this is not evidence that their model is incorrect or inapplicable to treated cases , but that , to a certain extent , the factors which make women vulnerable to depression also make them less likely to receive psychiatric help .
24 In the book , author Suzi Leather says it is not ignorance that forces many families to cut their food bills , but the impossibility of paying for all essentials out of ‘ woefully inadequate ’ state benefits .
25 It provides a check on the arithmetical accuracy of the double entry , but it is not proof that the transactions have been correctly recorded .
26 Accordingly , we agree with Morgan that ‘ it is not sentences that have topics , but speakers ’ ( Morgan , 1975 : 434 ) .
27 It is not countries that go to war , but men .
28 ‘ It is not art that needs new roses , ’ said Zeinab , ‘ it is the way men see women . ’
29 ‘ It is not truth that comes out of the Black Comedy 's darkness , but only sight gags .
30 It is not weight that is lost , but self-esteem .
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