Example sentences of "it was [adj] that these [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | By the strict and draconian censorship standards of the TCCB it was extraordinary that these allegations were not heavily blue-pencilled . |
| 4 | It was not that she felt a need for approval , but it was disheartening that these people should show so little comprehension of the sacrifice she had made in wedding her life to theirs . |
| 5 | From an early stage in fieldwork I found it necessary to make a special index to notes which recorded what Zuwaya said about the past , for it was clear that these references and descriptions were recurrent themes . |