Example sentences of "'s [adv] [vb base] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's little wonder that the naturally shy Morrissey often seeks to retreat . |
| 2 | Gerald has been known to coin such memorable one-liners as the following : ‘ If the joy of the Lord is our strength , it 's little wonder that the church in Britain has been so weak and ineffective ’ ; ‘ There 's no virtue in being ten or twenty years behind the times ’ ; ‘ Most Christians are nicer than God himself ’ ; ‘ It is the unshared areas of our lives where Jesus is not Lord ’ ; ‘ One of the reasons the church in Britain has failed to grow is quite simply because it is full of people who are extremely rude ’ ; ‘ Putting the life of God into institutional Christianity is rather like putting the life of a human being into a kangaroo … . ’ 'You are only a leader if someone 's following you' ( Gerald Quotes ) . |
| 3 | It 's little wonder that this month Patrick Eggle guitars occupy two of the top ten slots in the British guitar sales league . |
| 4 | Add to that the dreadfully long hours that doctors and nurses have to work — sometimes 16-18 hour shifts — and it 's little wonder that mistakes are made . |
| 5 | It 's little wonder that the fax machine is so popular and that dial-up E-mail is such a rare species . |
| 6 | Away to the west towards Memo , Lieutenant D. St. A. Dexter , supported by Turton , blocked the enemy 's eastward push that had overrun Dutch positions , but with the difficult hill country between them and Mape , they were unlikely to link up with the other columns . |
| 7 | But Dalton , who as chancellor of the exchequer naturally welcomed ideas for cuts to overseas commitments , seemed less happy with the prime minister 's further comment that the situation might look very different if the Americans acquired a big stake in Middle Eastern oil and consequently took an interest in the defence of the region . |
| 8 | The newspaper 's further claim that the police funded an Inkatha rally in January 1991 was later confirmed officially . |
| 9 | It 's also proof that quality attracts loyalty , said a spokesman . |