Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] that [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If it were true that research effort in the area of the curriculum promoted teaching commitment , few would quarrel with the proposed obligation on the department .
2 Because it was a secret project there were several phases being developed separately , and it 's possible that Professor Liawski did n't like the forms of experimentation that Jenner was using .
3 Among smaller firms , it 's possible that Customs changes with respect to the single European market may accelerate the take-up of EDI .
4 It 's odd that Sunday trading has not become an issue of even moderate heat in the book trade .
5 Maybe she has a point there , though she reckons it 's great that John Smith 's shadow cabinet includes plenty of women and she hopes that 'll mean women will get a better deal in the future .
6 it 's great that Barry Grant is running after her .
7 It 's amazing that Barry Norman , a cosy sort of guy , has ruled the roost on British television for 20 years and there has never been a real attempt to displace him before , ’ says cinema historian and Anthony Hopkins biographer Quentin Falk .
8 ‘ Well , we heard that it 's all that Ian Brown will eat so we reckon it 's the secret of being dead thin and good looking ! ’
9 IT 'S disgusting that NHS trust managers are thinking of cutting nurses ' wages and replacing many of them with lower paid , undertrained personnel .
10 He says it 's vital that drug users have access to supplies of clean syringes .
11 It 's disgraceful that Mr Rajiv Gandhi has chosen this path for his exit from power . ’
12 But it 's likely that Craig Brown will see out the World Cup qualifying series .
13 These source rocks are the peridotites , and since geophysics tells us that the mantle consists of the same kind of material all over the world , it 's clear that melting part of the mantle beneath Hawaii should produce the same kind of rocks as those produced by melting part of the mantle beneath Iceland .
14 It 's clear that behaviour style needs to be appropriate to assertiveness .
15 CS : ‘ You can say all you like , but it 's clear that soul music is more popular than it has ever been , worldwide . ’
16 It 's important that shift times are kept to , because the person you are taking over from ca n't always leave until they are replaced .
17 It 's important that garden steps are both easy and safe to use , especially if they 're going to form a long flight .
18 He wonders why Thorneycroft was pulled out of the student squad and Pepper was not when it 's obvious that openside flanker is a position where England have strength in depth whereas not on the wing .
19 Although occasionally slipping into the realms of standard speedcore and generally tackling some well worn lyrical subjects , it 's obvious that Sofa Head are intrepid explorers venturing into unchartered waters .
20 Although occasionally slipping into the realms of standard speedcore and generally tackling some well worn lyrical subjects , it 's obvious that Sofa Head are intrepid explorers venturing into unchartered waters .
21 With the wisdom of hindsight it 's obvious that Mark Ring , who in his Pontypool days looked as if he might be the answer to all our no.10 prayers , was unfit and a liability in the match against Australia .
22 It 's unlikely that Mrs Bottomley will step in to save Standish , unless there 's a major change in Government policy .
23 Oxford City Council says it 's satisfied that Thames Water is doing all it can to prevent another outbreak of cryptosporidiosis ; the water bug which struck the Oxford and Swindon areas early last year .
24 It is paramount that safety standards are maintained during this period of change .
25 IT is obscene that TV Gladiator Hawk eats more than £120 worth of food every week when people in the Third World are dying of starvation .
26 Thus it is appropriate that horse trials known as ‘ The Military Competition ’ on the continent , should be held in the park .
27 It is probable that oil demand in Canada will fall no further but by conservation and energy efficiency may be kept at its present level to the end of the century without inhibiting economic growth .
28 As it is estimated that 25 per cent of schoolchildren will have a sight problem that needs attention ( Optical Information Council ) it is essential that vision screening procedures should be effective .
29 It is essential that back-up copies of computer programs are made .
30 It is essential that flora writers should make contact with external GIS providers , so that we can choose a system which will be related to their own needs .
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