Example sentences of "it [adv] [adj] that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Business men find it especially odd that the Labour party intends to introduce a minimum wage with one hand while with the other hand it would remove our tax cuts for the lowest paid . |
| 2 | I can not comment on the evidence , but the Lord Advocate has made it extremely clear that the criminal proceedings are the result of an extremely brilliant , thorough and painstaking investigation by the Scottish police services and their colleagues , to whom I also pay tribute . |
| 3 | But all literary conventions have their origin in life ; is it not possible that the wild men were psychotics driven out of towns and settlements by a society unable to cope with them ? |
| 4 | Question directly relating to that point though is it not true that the Eastern Arts withdrawal of the ten thousand pound grant last year was directly related to criticisms made in both in the nineteen eighty six appraisal and subsequently and repeated both to The Star recently what with was that the marketing of the playhouse was drastically inadequate . |
| 5 | Is it not likely that the healing powers are continually trying to maintain order in the system but once the external stresses reach a certain level this can no longer be done ‘ passively ’ but the very attempt to keep a balance produces outward signs which we generally find uncomfortable and so call disease ; which is literally a lack of ease or disease . |
| 6 | Is it not clear that the substantial staged increases in respect of the existing bridge are being imposed simply to provide money for the second , privatised bridge ? |
| 7 | Given the record of the European Commission to interfere in every nook and cranny in this country and others throughout Europe , is it not clear that the foreign policy of this country and the European Community should continue to be developed by the Foreign Ministries of the Twelve ? |
| 8 | Is it not clear that the northern Cypriots are afraid that if the troops go they will simply be overrun ? |
| 9 | Is it not clear that the welcome improved prospects for an effective United Nations are due to the Soviet Union 's abandonment in the late 1980s of the aim of intimidating western Europe into submission and expanding its power generally ? |
| 10 | Is it not clear that the so-called social measures that he rejected would have led to unemployment and the loss of jobs ? |
| 11 | Is it still true that the hon. Gentleman is an anti-European although his party is now pro-Europe ? |
| 12 | The fact that there are several persons in addition to the group leader who can reflect and provide feedback about such negative attitudes and behaviours makes it more likely that the individual member will take such information seriously and do something about it . |
| 13 | If we avoid facing up to it we then make it more likely that the next time the situation , or a similar one , is encountered we will avoid it again . |
| 14 | In the United Kingdom and France Letters are transmitted through their own Central Authorities , a procedure which has the advantage of making it more likely that the formal requirements of the Convention will be fully complied with . |
| 15 | I would have thought it more likely that the ferric taste of blood was the reason . |
| 16 | Is n't it also true that the European union or community or whatever you like to call it , is also intending to introduce a compulsory identity card in the form of a smart card carrying details of the citizen 's health , but which would have ample room to put all sorts of other things on . |
| 17 | Is not it also true that the Prime Minister claimed that he was concerned about third-world debt ? |
| 18 | They regard it as significant that the eighth and ninth century saw an increasing volume of exchanges not initiated by the state , but " privately-generated " ; and they look for the new wealth-creators among lords and peasants , finding in rural markets crucial mechanisms of exchange . |
| 19 | ‘ I say , is it really true that the French artillery had to fire on their infantry ? ’ |
| 20 | But this , and the look of disdain on Sandra 's face when I mention the Material Girl as one of the consummate Eighties pop stars , makes it fairly certain that the two are no longer official Best Friends . |
| 21 | This makes it increasingly probable that the recent surge in the yen will mean a fourth consecutive year of declining profits for corporate Japan . |
| 22 | I thought it particularly strange that the Labour party should label its new policy , ’ Made in Britain ’ , when its strategy is to ensure that British policy is made on the continent . |
| 23 | ‘ The persistent concern to increase councillor calibre through reorganization ’ , he says , ‘ makes it equally clear that the essential object of reorganization has been to make local government more functional for dominant interests , by restructuring it so as to facilitate their direct control of its expenditure and interventions ’ ( 1979 , p. 245 ) . |
| 24 | The award of an Admiralty contract to Oliphant 's laboratory for the production of centimetric wave ( CW ) transmitters made it virtually certain that the principal topic of research would be the klystron , a then recent brilliant invention by the Varian brothers of California . |
| 25 | Nor is it quite certain that the ordinary law Courts are in all cases the best body for adjudicating upon the offences or the errors of civil servants . |
| 26 | I also find it quite interesting that the National Rivers Authority are urging people not to overreact to the problem . |
| 27 | Public NME takes a dim view of types who persecute innocent human beings who just happen to enjoy the feel of women 's lingerie against their bollocks , but did find it quite funny that the be-wigged ‘ bomb victims ’ were so convinced it was an aerial attack they raced into a nearby hotel to beat up a perfectly innocent couple snogging on a balcony . |
| 28 | In that interim period of that work the draft P P G three came out , and made it quite clear that the new settlement would have to lie without beyond the outer edge of the greenbelt , and that was a fur a further consideration . |
| 29 | At the press conference at the end of his visit , Mikoian made it quite clear that the Soviet Union did not want a show-down with the United States over Cuba ( Dinerstein : 1962 , p. 69 ) . |
| 30 | Well , a few weeks ago , on your behalf , I attended the National Policy Forum of the Labour Party and we made it quite plain that the Labour government in its manifesto will have full employment rights for all from day one , so no one can abuse workers ' rights . |