Example sentences of "it [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | She might have found it confusing that , in spite of having been married to the Father , it was God the Son who told her to treat Him as her wedded husband and kiss Him as much as she liked in bed , but Margery took things like that in her stride . |
| 2 | They tend to think of profits as being directly related to the volume of sales and find it confusing that for one year the reported sales are higher than the previous year but the reported net profit is lower . |
| 3 | Today , having given up smoking about twenty years ago , I find it unbelievable that I should have smoked as many as ten cigarettes a day ; but they were one of the things that helped to create a bond with Dana , something we could share . |
| 4 | Andrew says if people find it unbelievable that a nurse could ever kill then they should relise that the situation in Bosnia is unbleievable . |
| 5 | The Queen thought it strange that such an event should be taking place ; the Emperor , ever tactful , made no comment . |
| 6 | I personally find it strange that there is still a stampede to buy any dog that has won anything in Germany . |
| 7 | Is n't it strange that most of us do not pay the same careful attention to our body ? |
| 8 | Is n't it strange that we are taught about many things which may never come to pass and yet most of us are not prepared for the one inevitable occurrence in our lives ? |
| 9 | Personally I prefer port , and I find it strange that after an example set at Cana , in Galilee , churches persist in changing wine into watered down cordial . |
| 10 | I find it strange that a wife , a queen , a princess with responsibilities , who had been informed in no uncertain fashion that her husband was to join her , fails to do anything when he does not arrive . |
| 11 | Sylvia found it strange that her mother had never connected the incident with her daughter 's later distress at being in closed-in places , but I pointed out to her that the awareness of the link between early incidents and later emotional problems was a comparatively recent phenomenon . |
| 12 | I find it strange that a new name is mentioned despite the fact that we 've just won two away games . |
| 13 | Have you ever thought it strange that the curse of the working classes is none other than that beloved boardroom nectar that evaporates executive stress and wins over the most capricious of clients ? |
| 14 | ‘ I find it strange that a report is being talked about when no-one was sent off , ’ he said . |
| 15 | In the future , Suffolk people will reflect on this decade and they will find it strange that at a time when environmental issues were more prevalent than ever both county and borough councils made such an effort to be seen to be environmentally friendly , that so much development took place on the green belt of Ipswich . |
| 16 | To conclude , at no time do I write expertises for payment , and I find it strange that Mr Stock should dispute an independent scholar 's freedom of expression . |
| 17 | I think Americans and Russians find it strange that we are 100% funded by government and over 50% of the cases we bring are against government departments . |
| 18 | The staff nurse said that she had thought it strange that this statement should have been volunteered ‘ out of the blue ’ moments after her mother had arrived . |
| 19 | Recalling my dream , I thought it strange that , having gone to sleep wretched and fretting about Toby , I 'd completely forgotten him as soon as I lost consciousness . |
| 20 | But he let his father talk , finding it strange that only now should they reach this point of intimacy between them ; now when things were darkest , his own life blighted by the failure of his dreams , his father 's by ill health . |
| 21 | ‘ You did n't think it strange that he would be prepared to go to Marseilles to deliver these engine parts ? |
| 22 | We consider it strange that adults ( teachers , parents , publishers of textbooks and examiners ) behave as if they believe both that manipulating fractions is a useful skill and that most children can acquire this skill . |
| 23 | Is n't it strange that men never seem to wonder whether it 's possible to love two women at once ? |
| 24 | For a start she had been the only woman , and her colleagues had found it strange that she should be working with them . |
| 25 | of British Rail 's freight business originates in the north-west , is not it strange that British Rail has not talked to the majority of its users already about times and tariffs for the channel tunnel ? |
| 26 | I found it strange that those words had come from the Parliamentary Secretary because , when I read them , I thought that they had been written by the Labour candidate , John Metcalfe , because there was no other indication that that article had been written by a Minister of the Crown who is responsible for this country 's agriculture . |
| 27 | I find it strange that people with whom I have been associated should now accept that independent bankers control so much of our destiny . |
| 28 | Is n't it strange that you , Benjamin , were the last person to see Selkirk alive ! ’ |
| 29 | I just find it strange that you should be so fascinated . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Alan is a great player but I find it strange that a Scot is preferred to an Irishman and the more matches I win , the bigger the snub will be . ’ |