Example sentences of "is [adv] [vb base] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is optimistically forecast that women will become freer from household burdens as a result of these technological innovations . |
| 2 | It is not fear that impedes us , but how we handle our fears . |
| 3 | All the same , solitary bucks — if they can find no existing holes to make use of — will sometimes scratch out short tunnels for shelter , although it is not work that they tackle at all seriously . |
| 4 | It is not anger that causes violence , but the attempt to block it ! |
| 5 | Then again , if it is not love that puts a bit of sparkle in your life , it will be some other form of much sought after success or happiness . |
| 6 | That is not say that those whom it is hoped to benefit are in any sense undemanding or unsophisticated . |
| 7 | It is not wonder that Mr Chatrier seems ready to throw up his hands in despair . |
| 8 | ‘ It is not meet that every nice offence should bear its comment ’ , DC 57 . |
| 9 | Yeah , I would like to do is just mention that it 's so surprising really that er the resources used are out of all proportion to what we used to er do on it , on the other central panel . |
| 10 | It is probably time that this was reconsidered ; in secondary schools it has led to absurdities like the daily dose , the thirty-five minute lesson , and the conviction that , though all subjects are theoretically equal ( hence the standard four period per week allocation ) some ( English and maths ) are more equal than others , and need a longer allocation . |
| 11 | Given the prevalence of graphical presentation , it is surely time that the ASB addressed this issue . |
| 12 | And it is surely time that the relatively under-resourced areas of England had a fairer allocation of resources to help fight their manifestly worse health and survival chances . |
| 13 | It is surely time that the old style of letter , ‘ Your patient is doing well and should continue on the same treatment , ’ was consigned to the history books . |
| 14 | It is surely time that students , as adults in part responsible for their own higher education , were formally accorded the rights and academic respect they deserve , and the social relations between teacher and taught were made more equal . |
| 15 | It is surely time that this process was reversed : cheap capital should be allowed to lead to higher productivity , which in its turn should push a liberated sterling upwards . |
| 16 | It is indeed time that the functions of both English and American literature were taken over by younger and better men . |
| 17 | But what you have to do is actually realize that Jesus died for you you have to be sorry for all the things that you 've done wrong and you need to ask him to come into your life and to be your own saviour . |
| 18 | Lord Home ordered his agents in Scotland to seize Brown as soon as he landed and to impress upon him ‘ what is very trew that if he oppose me he will dissoblige Prince Waldeck and all his officers ’ , and thus presumably ruin any chance which he might have of advancement . |