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

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1 And er with that in mind , it 's possible that people do want to top up their income , because the one thing I will stress to you is that you do n't want to have to start having to back-pedal er when you retire .
2 It 's disappointing that Butman does n't ask these questions , let alone provide answers .
3 ‘ Frankly , it 's amazing that Labour did n't make more of the current economic difficulties , ’ he said , expressing vigorous dissatisfaction at the intellectual content of the election campaign .
4 It 's inconceivable that Andrew did n't eventually know what was going on .
5 It 's part of an enormous cave system , the deepest in Europe at 1,000ft so it 's important that people do n't wander in and out at random , even if they 're experienced cavers .
6 It is probable that Sheffield did make a start , for a fresh lease was issued to him on 5 December 1806 for the remaining 18 years of his term by Lady Anne Frederica Elizabeth le Fleming — Sir Michael had died .
7 Nevertheless , it is probable that ownership does contain within it the potential for direct and indirect control .
8 It is surprising that London did not industrialize and that the population continued to grow at such a rate .
9 Given Hoving 's long-standing jealousy of John Walsh , a former curator in the European paintings department who is now the director of the J. Paul Getty Museum , it is surprising that Walsh does not come in for more snide brickbats than a conversation Hoving cites with Getty , where the eccentric billionaire asks him if he would become the director of his museum .
10 It is surprising that markets did not react sooner to this .
11 Given the propensity of the Academy jury over the years to equate serious acting with stars ' willingness to make themselves unattractive , it is surprising that Dustin did not win hands down .
12 Given the Lam exhibition 's focus on the artist 's Cuban sources — a twenty-one-year-old Lam left the island in 1923 and returned in 1942 to spend a decade there — it is curious that Cuba does not figure among Lam 's celebrants .
13 It is noticeable that John does not . )
14 It is possible that parents do convey to their children that they themselves do not judge and relate to people on the basis of their skin colour , but they should also tell the child that many people in the society do .
15 Green was fulsome in his praise for Barker 's determined and generous efforts to reach an equitable settlement and it is possible that Green did acquaint the Chairman of the RAC with the unhappy position in Bedfordshire .
16 It is true that Simenon did n't , as he predicted , win the Nobel Prize in 1947 , or indeed in any year .
17 It is true that Pound does not readily conceive of a reader who is not also an aspiring writer — something that led Leavis astray when he tried to retort to How To Read ; but there is no harm , and much profit , in letting the student of the history of poetry suppose that he or she is in due course going to write poems .
18 . It is significant that Hitler did not dare to speak on January 30 !
19 However , it is important that after-care does not become a substitute for attendance at meetings of the Anonymous Fellowships or for actually working the suggested 12 Steps of recovery or for establishing a continuing relationship with a sponsor .
20 My Lords , the , the point made by the Noble Lord is that it is an important one erm it is important that teachers do feel comfortable with this subject and to that end the erm grant for education support and training is making money available and religious education has been added to the number of subjects for which it can be made available to help with er improving specialisms in schools , but also pr improving co-ordination for religious education in schools .
21 It is important that acts do n't just send in exactly the same tapes time and time again .
22 It is important that dogs do not become accustomed to sleeping in your bedroom .
23 And it is important that children do not get the impression that they are .
24 It is obvious that sovereignty does not mean dictatorship .
25 It is unlikely that employers did pick your school .
26 He wrote to his fellow-employees : ‘ It is unfortunate that business does n't allow us time to talk .
27 It is unfortunate that Dustin did not similarly mime the songs he sings while strumming a guitar ( an instrument he studied for the part ) , because his singing voice is strained and uncomfortably high .
28 It is noteworthy that Schuman did not contact Britain in advance of his announcement .
29 Although it is likely that weeding does ( if properly carried out ) usually increase use of stock , the point is often a hard one to prove , since so many other factors bear upon stock use .
30 Sometimes it is clear that siblings do not like each other .
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