Example sentences of "[vb past] it [adj] [that] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found it helpful that Mrs McLaren behaved as naturally ( or perhaps as unnaturally ) as her companion had done . |
| 2 | He found it incredible that Mr Adams should issue a statement within hours of the hospital bombing expressing his concern for patients in the granting of trust status to the Royal Victoria Hospital . |
| 3 | Nobody thought it odd that Mother Francis often went up the path past the blackberries to read her Office up by the cottage . |
| 4 | Ferdinando surprised her by having someone write a letter for him towards the end of March which made it plain that Mrs Browning had fared no better in Rome than in Siena and was very ill . |
| 5 | Of course this made it clear that von Neumann 's " proof " needed reappraisal , a task successfully accomplished by John Bell . |
| 6 | The Sejm rejected Bielecki 's resignation offer on Aug. 31 , effectively passing a vote of confidence in the government , but rejected a resolution proposed by one of the Solidarity groups for government by decree , and made it clear that budget cuts would not be passed . |
| 7 | In a step-by-step assault on the softly-softly approach to Europe being peddled by Downing Street , the former Conservative cabinet minister also made it clear that Mrs Thatcher 's hard-line opposition to the concept of monetary union with the other 11 EC nations was jeopardising the chances of London becoming the base for a European central bank . |
| 8 | The daughters-in-law made it clear that Mrs J. had given all of them a hard time over the years . |
| 9 | Myanma 's military-dominated regime , however , which had refused to implement the results of the May 1990 general election won by the NLD , made it clear that Suu Kyi was regarded as a troublemaker and that she would remain under house arrest ; she had refused to renounce political involvement and go into exile . |
| 10 | There were others in the party , however , who made it clear that Mr Taylor 's path to re-adoption would not be easy . |
| 11 | The political state made it clear that Robert Dundas would win his election if two additional nominal voters could be placed upon the roll , but the whole scheme would of course come to nothing should he lose any of his voters , or if Mr. Glassford would not also divide his valuation and make a second vote . |
| 12 | When Michel Rocard was replaced by Edith Cresson on 15 May 1991 , his official letter of resignation made it clear that President Mitterrand had asked him to resign , even though the constitution does not give him the right ( the President is responsible for ‘ nominating ’ the Prime Minister and for approving the Cabinet , but not for dismissing him ) . |
| 13 | Contrastingly , on the final day the journalistic gathering were honoured by a visit from General Zahid Ali Akbar , who made it clear that Mike Gatting would be welcome back in Pakistan if he were chosen for England 's next tour there . |