Example sentences of "it was [adj] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the Right-Ons , many of whom had committed the cardinal mistake of taking other people 's newspapers too seriously , it was inconceivable that this diet of trash should be allowed to succeed . |
| 2 | He told Daniel about the terrible St Rémy painting of the blasted tree , about noir-rouge , and Daniel said that it was odd that these orchards should be all over the walls of other asylums now , to cheer people up . |
| 3 | It was sad that this feeling of desire and affection — so alien to him — had been wasted on such a creature . |
| 4 | From our interviews and observations it was apparent that many members were experiencing frustration through a lack of sense of direction or achievement in this field ( in the survey 25% of respondents felt that their board had achieved little in any field of activity ) , although they were not clear how this might be improved . |
| 5 | In so far as Japan was concerned , it was apparent that all profits made from their ‘ British ’ made products went back to Japan to boost their economy and to further their influence into the European markets . |
| 6 | As the afternoon progressed it was apparent that any amateur who could play to his handicap in these conditions was going to do very well . |
| 7 | But it was encouraging that some journalists were genuinely interested in trying to help and did feel that what had happened to John could have easily happened to them . |
| 8 | It was crucial that Soviet leaders came to trust non-Marxist and not necessarily pro-Soviet Finnish political forces to abide by the military provisions of the 1948 Finnish-Soviet Friendship and Cooperation Treaty which met Soviet security needs in the direction of Finland comprehensively and permitted the expression of the Finnish brand of neutrality . |
| 9 | It was ironical that ten days before he had seen Shiva at Heathrow . |
| 10 | They noted , however , that it was possible that excessive protectiveness could result from having an abnormal child rather than the reverse . |
| 11 | They concluded , however , that it was possible that social networks have a modest association with mental health even though they offer little protection against acute stress . |
| 12 | The Bank maintained in 1980 that although targets were set , it was possible that structural change and financial innovation may affect the relative growth rates of the aggregates , but that the problem was not insuperable ( Green Paper on Monetary Control 1980 ) . |
| 13 | It was possible that these men were nothing but a strong feint designed to draw the allies towards Charleroi while the real French thrust , fuelled by the Emperor 's presence , attacked twenty-five miles to the west at Mons. |
| 14 | The 30-year-old champion from Croydon pulled himself up at nine with seemingly no more than a split second to spare and it was possible that American referee Rudy Battle , handling his 57th world title fight , gave him the benefit of the doubt . |
| 15 | Mr Justice Stegmann , who sentenced her in May , said that it was possible that another court might reach a different verdict . |
| 16 | It was possible that this ineptitude revealed incipient senility . |
| 17 | On 2 October 1990 the inspector requested accounts of and details of transactions with one of the plaintiff 's subsidiaries , B ( Pte ) Ltd ( a Singapore company ) , as it was possible that this information would lead to the amendment of existing assessments . |
| 18 | The public consultation exercise that was part of that erm Greater York study , and quite clearly the Greater York study was not a statutory plan , it was an informal plan , but it was the only way really that progress could be made in the absence erm of adopted local plans in Greater York , it was essential that that document was pursued to give a framework for the preparation of district local plans er and the greenbelt local plan , and the resolution that followed the consultation and the long body of work , and I 'll read it out , was that the development strategy for Greater York from ninety six to two thousand and six should be based on agreed sites within and on the periphery of the built up area , and that the residual requirement be met for the development of a new settlement or settlements located beyond the outer boundary erm of the greenbelt , a quite clearly there 's a major policy implication there that a new settlement was not acceptable within the greenbelt but would have to be er outside the outer boundary of the greenbelt , and the public consultation on that er study er attracted widespread support for a new settlement strategy in Greater York , all six authorities agreed that that was the direction er that had to be taken , it also had another benefit in that it enabled work on the York greenbelt local plan erm to proceed and that has now been taken forward to the stage where the enquiry terminated in May , it 's a joint enquiry in the greenbelt local plan enquiry , with a Southern Ryedale local plan enquiry in April ninety three , and we would hope that the inspectors report on that six month enquiry , when he considered all the objections to the er greenbelt proposals of the County Council , largely supported by the er District Council will be available er in the near future . |
| 19 | Vieira said on May 13 , 1990 , that the PAIGC had begun the process of creating conditions for the introduction of a multiparty system , adding that it was essential that this process developed in a spirit of dialogue and on a non-tribal basis . |
| 20 | If the Emperor was to make any progress in pursuing the English alliance , it was essential that some way be found to produce a common enemy against whom a common front could be established and in the mid-19th century Britain 's only apparent enemy , that is the only one which seemed to threaten her interests , was the Russian Empire . |
| 21 | Yet it was undeniable that such formulae were available for certain special quintic equations ( for instance the five roots of unc are each radically expressible ; see exercise 4.6.6 ) . |
| 22 | It was undeniable that low wages as well as unemployment were a major cause of poverty . |
| 23 | In this atmosphere , it was understandable that commercial television should be placed under the close scrutiny of a licensing body , empowered by what is now s4(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1981 to ensure : ( a ) that nothing is included in the programmes which offends against good taste or decency or is likely to encourage or incite to crime or to lead to disorder or to be offensive to public feeling … ( b ) that due impartiality is preserved on the part of persons providing the programmes as respects matters of political or industrial controversy or relating to current public policy . |
| 24 | There was little difference apparent between more- and less-frequent walkers , but it was noticeable that particular sub-groups stood out as experiencing more than their share of problems . |
| 25 | Whatever Ja'bari 's strength in the area south of Jerusalem , it was probable that any growth in his power would be strenuously opposed in , say , Ramallah , Nablus or Tulkarm . |
| 26 | The secretary-general of the Democratic Union , Piotr Nowina-Konopka , criticized the decision , saying that it was unacceptable that one twin should be responsible for defence and national security while the other , as head of Walesa 's presidential office , was advocating the dissolution of parliament and wanted to organize public pressure to this end . |
| 27 | By the strict and draconian censorship standards of the TCCB it was extraordinary that these allegations were not heavily blue-pencilled . |
| 28 | The familiar fraction " ½ " " is a much more common answer for lower attainers than 0.5 , and in the section on number it was evident that many pupils find it difficult to go from the fraction to the decimal even in this the most familiar case . |
| 29 | It was evident that total resources allocated to the initiative were never great . |
| 30 | Secondly , it was evident that young women did have a number of strategies of resistance . |