Example sentences of "[conj] it is [adj] that he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thomas seems to have reconsidered his allegiance by 1471 , although it is possible that he actually died on Warwick 's side and that his inclusion among those remembered springs from his father 's later links with Gloucester . |
| 2 | Thomas seems to have reconsidered his allegiance by 1471 , although it is possible that he actually died on Warwick 's side and that his inclusion among those remembered springs from his father 's later links with Gloucester . |
| 3 | Although it is true that he understood the distinction between a logical argument about the truth — falsity of religious propositions , and an empirical analysis of who holds which beliefs , in which groups — Freud 's explanatory theory is based on a judgement about the rationality or otherwise of religious beliefs and practices . |
| 4 | I have no doubt that the hon. Gentleman accepts them — although it is true that he has surprised me more than once in the past by failing to agree with the most obvious proposition . |
| 5 | Although it is clear that he is committed to making changes , he has taken up fluent corporation-speak surprisingly quickly . |
| 6 | His biographer attributes the protracted proceedings there to Hamo 's unwillingness to bribe the cardinals ( although it is clear that he retained at least Cardinal William Testa at the curia ) , as well as to the proliferation of other candidates with royal support . |
| 7 | Rizzo maintains no more than that it is possible that he wrote the poem . |
| 8 | ‘ If we find that it is true that he made these deals he could lose his permit , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Both his grandfather and father were stationmasters in Great Eastern Railway territory so it is suitable that he should produce a pictorial survey of British railway stations . |
| 10 | However , one of the main reasons Petrey gives for his admiration of speech act theory is its superiority to cognitive accounts , so it is odd that he never spells out where this superiority lies . |
| 11 | BILL KOCH 'S personal and business life is the stuff of a page-turning book and a movie , so it is fortunate that he has had the foresight to bring his own biographer and film maker into his campaign to defend the America 's Cup for his country . |
| 12 | If he is doing what is against conscience , he is injuring his soul — remember that the Chancellor is an ecclesiastic — and it is better that he should be prevented from inflicting such injury on himself . |
| 13 | That maintenance was continued so long is probably due to the fact that Gordon Thomas , its instigator , had by this time become General Manager of the Grand Junction Company , and it is understandable that he would have been reluctant to preside over the disintegration of the lift , his most original and spectacular achievement . |
| 14 | These three have worked together harmoniously and with some notable successes since Reilly took charge early in 1987 and it is certain that he would want them alongside him again for the hard year ahead , in which Great Britain play 10 Tests , including three World Cup games . |
| 15 | These three have worked together harmoniously and with some notable successes since Reilly took charge early in 1987 and it is certain that he would want them alongside him again for the hard year ahead , in which Great Britain play 10 Tests , including three World Cup games . |
| 16 | Robert III may have been born in Dundonald Castle and it is certain that he spent much of his life there before he became king . |
| 17 | And it is probable that he then left them again , taking his believing wife with him , and lived by the gospel . |
| 18 | With his junior staff loyally taking the blame and trying to pretend he knew nothing about it ( despite his signature on the 17 January presidential order ) , Reagan began to believe he had known nothing about it and it is possible that he did not know what he was signing . |
| 19 | He is not easy at the hostel and it is possible that he will have to return to hospital , but at the moment he is not certifiable . ’ |
| 20 | It may be that Aethelwald 's genealogy does not survive because his family did not claim descent from Ida and it is possible that he was descended from Oswine of Deira . |
| 21 | But Mr Bellford works very hard , and it is possible that he has amnesia . |
| 22 | At the time of his arrival , the prohibitions of lay investiture and clerical homage must have been fresh in Anselm 's mind , and it is unimaginable that he should not have discussed the whole question with one of the main agents of the new policy . |
| 23 | THE STUDENT The student must make sure he understands what is required of him at every point — what the tone marks mean , what basic attitude the tone group reflects — and it is important that he always keeps this in mind . |
| 24 | Writing these articles increased Marx 's interest in the nature of these societies and it is clear that he read widely , especially about India . |
| 25 | In this he was only following in Lanfranc 's footsteps , and it is clear that he expected the king to exercise more authority in ecclesiastical affairs than the more ‘ advanced ’ ecclesiastical theorists of his time thought tolerable . |
| 26 | Gloucester was much in demand as an arbiter and as a source of legal redress , and it is clear that he took the matter seriously . |
| 27 | It has been said that he provided no leadership and lacked control of the episcopate , and it is clear that he waited on events in 1326–7 , only casting his lot with Isabella and Mortimer when the king 's cause was obviously lost . |
| 28 | He is also said to have been a good Greek scholar and a poor preacher , and it is clear that he was retiring and modest . |
| 29 | It is interesting that he should have first obtained benefices in the north ; in the late thirteenth century very many royal clerks were beneficed in the province of York , and it is clear that he was in the king 's service by 1262 , acting as a proctor for Henry III in the French court . |
| 30 | Gloucester was much in demand as an arbiter and as a source of legal redress , and it is clear that he took the matter seriously . |