Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adj] that [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of alumni living abroad is also staggering and it looks likely that more Napier groups could be set up around the globe . |
| 2 | It seems impossible that any mother would be able to find her own babe from among such a throng . |
| 3 | For those who do not have addictive diseases it seems incongruous that some sufferers will pursue their addiction to death , either through the consequences of the addiction or through suicide at the sense of hopelessness that is the hallmark of sufferers from the primary disease , - but that is the nature of the addiction . |
| 4 | We therefore believe that all galaxies are composed of quarks rather than antiquarks ; it seems implausible that some galaxies should be matter and some antimatter . |
| 5 | It seems strange that this phenomenon , so necessary both for social cohesion and for the development of real harmony between ourselves and our horses , has been given less attention than pecking order : a reflection , perhaps , on the observer more than on the observed . |
| 6 | It seems probable that all tools were handed on from one generation to the next ; their frequency in Kent may reflect a greater overall wealth and the ability to dispose of such items as grave-goods . |
| 7 | This is intended to reflect her costs as ‘ carer ’ of the child(ren) but it seems probable that many people will interpret it as being money for her maintenance . |
| 8 | It seems probable that some doctors carry out mercy killings by administering large doses of pain-killing drugs which shorten life significantly , and the law may well protect them from liability . |
| 9 | They probably had a variety of different habits , some no doubt were scavengers , others sediment grazers , and it seems probable that some trilobites were also active hunters , pursuing worms and other soft-bodied prey , which they shredded using the spines on the base of their legs . |
| 10 | In an industry expanding in output and where technology increased rather than decreased the demand for adult male labour , it seems probable that this experience was matched on the country 's other coalfields . |
| 11 | ‘ It seems probable that any signings I make will be in the pre-season period when all the lads are back in training . ’ |
| 12 | However , as items that were merged on word-lists were commonly differentiated in conversational styles ( and speakers sometimes actually commented on that fact ) , it seems possible that some speakers may favour the flip-flop rule in casual style and the merger in word-lists . |
| 13 | It seems possible that this material originates from rare mucosal endocrine cells expressing the gastrin gene . |
| 14 | There is sixteenth-century orthographic evidence , which we shall further discuss in chapter 5 , that suggests some distribution of low vowel realizations for /Ε/; in London English of the period : it seems possible that this pattern of lowering of historic short vowels has been overtaken in recent standard English and Central Scots by a pattern of raising and ( in the latter case ) lengthening . |
| 15 | Miss Lamb , of Worsley Crescent , Marton , Middlesbrough said : ‘ It seems incredible that these people are allowed to market them quite openly . |
| 16 | But it seems unlikely that many customers will rely solely on the private network , instead using it in tandem with British Telecom 's lines . |
| 17 | It seems unlikely that many cases will occur now in relation to the old law , and therefore it is omitted from this book . |
| 18 | But it seems unlikely that many GLC councillors had foreseen such a public debate between different lesbian and gay ‘ communities of interest ’ , when they approved the funding for the centre . |
| 19 | It seems unlikely that many librarians have the time or the flair for effective judgement of style in this sense , and sampling of the text of ‘ serious ’ novels or other works of literature is unlikely to prove a worthwhile activity . |
| 20 | It seems unlikely that many readers will find themselves as first member ( that is , in the x-place ) of any element of R3 . |
| 21 | It seems unlikely that such reductions could make a significant impact on either the number or severity of accidents . |
| 22 | Some prisoners have been paid compensation — for example when the prison authorities have failed to protect them adequately from fellow prisoners — but it seems unlikely that any actions based on generally bad conditions will ever succeed in the courts . |
| 23 | Whereas it seems unlikely that these concerns have penetrated school syllabuses , it is possible , given the much greater autonomy of institutions of higher education , that they have had a greater influence on higher education syllabuses . |
| 24 | It seems unlikely that these differences are the result of ageing ; rather they probably illustrate the effect of historical time and the differing general , social and cultural attitudes towards the cause of health and illness at varying points in time in Britain . |
| 25 | With the changes in housing association operation as a result of the 1988 Housing Act , it seems unlikely that these organizations , in the past an important supplier of accommodation for older people , will be able dramatically to increase their share of provision . |
| 26 | The final phrase carried a suggestion that they might be willing to fight for the League , but it seems unlikely that this thought had crossed the minds of many of the young gentlemen who voted for it . |
| 27 | The report estimates that most universities need maintenance costing several million pounds , and it seems unlikely that this money will be forthcoming . |
| 28 | Though we did not measure reticulocyte counts in our patients there was no evidence from the blood films of significant reticulocytosis or polychromasia and it seems unlikely that this explanation might have contributed to our results . |
| 29 | In short , it seems inevitable that most PC software will need some kind of re-write to run on the Portfolio , and some of it will never fit at all . |
| 30 | In the light of these points and Benyon 's claims mentioned above , it seems inevitable that any insider analysis of policing seems destined to alarm . |