Example sentences of "it [is] [adj] that [noun prp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It 's odd that Sunday trading has not become an issue of even moderate heat in the book trade . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | it 's great that Barry Grant is running after her . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 ! ’ |
| 7 | IT 'S disgusting that NHS trust managers are thinking of cutting nurses ' wages and replacing many of them with lower paid , undertrained personnel . |
| 8 | It 's disgraceful that Mr Rajiv Gandhi has chosen this path for his exit from power . ’ |
| 9 | But it 's likely that Craig Brown will see out the World Cup qualifying series . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It 's unlikely that Mrs Bottomley will step in to save Standish , unless there 's a major change in Government policy . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In an interview last week on the French radio station France Inter 's RadioCom program , Alcatel Alsthom NV president Pierre Suard indicated he did not rule out taking a stake in France Telecom if the latter is privatised by the next administration : ‘ I do n't think the question has been posed today , but when it is , I can tell you that we will study it very seriously , ’ Suard said — ‘ It is essential that France Telecom has a structure that enables it to extend itself beyond France and I think that can come from a new shareholder ; there is industrial logic in the ‘ world 's number one manufacturer of telecommunications equipment ’ owning a stake in a telecommunications operator , ’ he added — ‘ It is the Anglo-Saxon logic ; AT&T is constructed on that basis , but up to now , it has not been European logic , ’ he said . |
| 14 | It is essential that Mrs G Lomas be kept informed of our deliberations , so that she can incorporate any revision of the Science Plan in her final document . |
| 15 | Opening design and build company Prodescon 's new Duke Street office he said it is essential that Mr Lamont increases public investment to allow his members to ‘ build their way out of the recession . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It is terrible that Alison O'Shaughnessy died in such a brutal way and her family has our heartfelt sympathy . |
| 17 | Smith suffered periodically from gout — in 1720 he wrote that the drawing of a sketch ‘ at this time has occasioned me to make many a wry face by reason I could neither sit nor stand to do it ’ — and in his later years he put on weight : ‘ It is unlucky that Mr. Smith is grown so unweildy , ’ commented Dr George Clarke [ q.v. ] of All Souls College , Oxford , in 1730 . |
| 18 | When the referee finally noticed a North Harbour infringement Hastings missed the kick , but it is inconceivable that North Harbour were guilty of offending against rugby 's laws only twice in the second-half . |
| 19 | It is inconceivable that Edmundo Ros 's maraccas , or Mantovani 's string sound , could have become famous without full-range recording . |
| 20 | It is ironic that Terry Smith 's recent book , Accounting for Growth , which caused quite a fuss ( see also this issue , p 89 ) , completely ignored two major reasons why UK HC accounts are currently so inadequate . |
| 21 | IT IS ironic that Prince Philip was attending a conference of the Worldwide Fund for Nature in Buenos Aires last week while Prince Charles was busy shooting pheasants at Sandringham . |
| 22 | It is ironic that Brian Wilson should make use of the Brigadoon myth . |
| 23 | It is curious that Lord Cross could entertain with equanimity the prospect of an acquittal in circumstances such as these . |
| 24 | ( It is curious that Mr. Cleaver is at pains to accuse Israel of war crimes , when his previous correspondence in the press has shown a soft spot for Nazi war criminals who may still be living in Britain ) . |
| 25 | IT is sad that Wear Valley District Council can not help the family of a three-year-old handicapped boy or Bishop Auckland General Hospital 's £175,000 Echocardiograph Appeal . |
| 26 | Indeed , it is amazing that Sir Leon Brittan should still refer to these ‘ costs ’ long after Pöhl has said quite clearly that they are irrelevant : ‘ the repeated reference to alleged huge savings in transaction costs for the currencies of a single currency area are not in the least convincing ’ . |
| 27 | But it is rich that John Major should talk of earning honours when his own Government is widely regarded as inept in so many ways . |
| 28 | It is disappointing that Mr Marshall seems to be more concerned with his own status and position , and indeed , wealth , than the position of his poor client . |
| 29 | A new Commission is due to be elected at the end of the year , and it is possible that Van Miert may only hold his post until then . |
| 30 | Details are not yet available , but it is possible that Dr Threadneedle turned her into some sort of cyborg death machine . ’ |