Example sentences of "it [adj] that [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | Was n't it possible that a man of Jamie 's age might be more able to cope with her feminism , her academic success ? |
| 3 | Was it possible that the quest for the historical Jesus , of which Bethune-Baker was a leading representative , was based upon an illusion about the nature of the sources which were used ? |
| 4 | Is it possible that the importance of ‘ substantial criminal experience ’ is being exag-gerated ? |
| 5 | How is it possible that the distinction between nation and state still escapes intelligent people on the British Left ? |
| 6 | A concern with theological questions has sometimes prompted new lines of scientific inquiry , as when Richard Bentley ( 1662–1742 ) , wishing to use the latest science to defend his Christian theism , asked Newton whether he thought it possible that the frame of the world could have been produced , from a uniform distribution of matter , by mechanical principles alone . |
| 7 | The contrast between nature and architecture here was too much indeed for the ungenerous Hippolyte Taine , who came here on his Journey to the Pyrenees in the middle of the last century and wrote that ‘ One finds it grotesque that a bit of hot water should have brought cuisine and civilization into these declivities . ’ |
| 8 | A second thing is that a co , is it right that a company of people should be deprived of a sacrament because an ordained minister is not available ? |
| 9 | Is it right that the Secretary of State should hide behind English Tory Members of Parliament who consistently and always seem to have their names at the front of the Order Paper when there are Welsh questions , thus denying Welsh Members the right to put their point of view on behalf of their constituents ? |
| 10 | Is it right that the future of the hospitals should depend on an undignified ideological tug-of-war in the Scottish Office bunker ? |
| 11 | The Government have made it clear that a decision on the site would be premature at this stage . |
| 12 | I agree with Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. that the effect of section 8 is to make it clear that a child of 16 or 17 years of age has the same capacity as an adult to consent to surgical medical or dental treatment which would otherwise constitute a trespass . |
| 13 | The significance of Rookes v. Barnard was that it made it clear that a threat of a breach of contract was unlawful for this purpose but the criticism has been made ( and this indeed was the opinion of the Court of Appeal ) that if intimidation is extended to threats to break contracts ‘ it would overturn or outflank some elementary principles of contract law , ’ notably the doctrine of privity of contract , which holds that one who is not a party to a contract can not found a claim upon it or sue for breach of it . |
| 14 | Evidence in favour of this interpretation of the phrase ‘ the physical environment ’ is found in DoE Circular 55/77 ( now withdrawn ) which made it clear that a statement of pollution policy could appropriately form part of a structure plan , albeit necessarily of a general nature since they are policies stated by an authority ( county council ) responsible neither for air pollution control nor for most development control . |
| 15 | A vast majority of Arab leaders and Arab people have made it clear that the invasion of Kuwait is an issue for the Arab nation to resolve , but to no avail . |
| 16 | George Frank ( Textiles ) Ltd ( [ 1976 ] AC 443 ) the House of Lords made it clear that the Court of Appeal is bound by decisions of the House of Lords whatever its views as to the correctness of those decisions . |
| 17 | Thus it is that the company is halving its prices , making it clear that the competition with NT will be serious . |
| 18 | Hence the company is halving its prices ( see front page ) , making it clear that the competition with NT will be serious . |
| 19 | This document made it clear that the responsibility for determining coordinators ' roles rested with the heads , who were encouraged to choose from the 1985 specification provided by the Authority . |
| 20 | First and foremost he had made it clear that the decision in the imperial affair as to who was the " suitable " ( idoneus ) ruler must rest in his hands . |
| 21 | For instance , rather than The Buyer shall pay the price within 30 days of delivery the terms could provide that The Buyer shall pay the price within a period of 30 days commencing on the date of delivery making it clear that the date of delivery is included in the period or The Buyer shall pay the price within a period of 30 days commencing on the date immediately following the date of delivery if the date of delivery is to be excluded . |
| 22 | Do we need to put anything in the front of our , our quality manual , in the scope of registration , which 'll make it clear that the day to day of our accounts department are . |
| 23 | This was because the terms of the contract between seller and buyer made it clear that the buyer in re-selling the goods was doing so , not for his own account , but as agent for , and on account of , the seller . |
| 24 | But the House of Lords has since made it clear that the scope of judicial review does not depend on any distinction between judicial and administrative functions but on whether the challenged decision affects the applicant 's rights or legitimate expectations and on arguments about the suitability and propriety of judicial review in the circumstances of the case . |
| 25 | At a press conference on March 15 Gen. Suchinda had made it clear that the neutralization of the state-enterprise labour movement had been one of the prime objectives behind the military takeover . |
| 26 | I have made it clear that the cost of running a Trident deterrent will be well below 2 per cent . |
| 27 | 2 If a future Parliament is " hung " with the centre parties holding the balance of power between Conservative and Labour then the Liberals and Social Democrats have made it clear that the price of their giving support to any minority government would be a binding agreement to introduce proportional representation . |
| 28 | Dworkin 's theory of adjudication makes it clear that the function of the courts is limited to that of reaching decisions based upon arguments of principle , that is , arguments which justify a decision by showing that it secures or respects some individual or group right . |
| 29 | This appropriation of European humanism was generous in a way inseparable from its shamelessness : the final manifesto of The Wretched of the Earth makes it clear that the vision for a new humanity which emerges from the appropriation is undertaken on behalf of Europe as well as the Third World . |
| 30 | By killing and dividing the animals the parties to the treaty made it clear that the penalty for breaking the agreement was death . |