Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [adj] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We consider it strange that adults ( teachers , parents , publishers of textbooks and examiners ) behave as if they believe both that manipulating fractions is a useful skill and that most children can acquire this skill . |
| 2 | Chinese doctors consider it incredible that Westerners release unknown side-effects on their children by feeding them drugs . |
| 3 | They believe it essential that farmers should remain in the far north , however uneconomic their agriculture , lest half the country become depopulated . |
| 4 | For that matter , I find it sad that Arbroath smokies , the most delicate , expensive and rare of all the smoked haddock tribe , should be subjected to such treatment . |
| 5 | I find it sad that Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie , Britain 's number one tennis players do not apparently feel the same way . |
| 6 | I find it sad that Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie , Britain 's number one tennis players , will not be at the Olympics |
| 7 | ‘ I find it inconceivable that Philippe Le Roux lined his pockets from his dealings at Norton , ’ comments one senior Norton executive who was there before Le Roux arrived and remains there today . |
| 8 | I find it surprising that Nigel Bruce , in his letter today in support of euthanasia , should use as an argument the character and actions of a God in whom , as a humanist , he does not believe . |
| 9 | I find it surprising that Opposition Front-Bench spokesmen wish to exclude spouses because of whom they happen to be married to when they have good records of public service . |
| 10 | To conclude , at no time do I write expertises for payment , and I find it strange that Mr Stock should dispute an independent scholar 's freedom of expression . |
| 11 | I find it strange that people with whom I have been associated should now accept that independent bankers control so much of our destiny . |
| 12 | I find it appalling that Warwick , who are now well established in this country , are not apparently concerned with after sales service to the extent that it is at the moment impossible to get spare parts without sending off to Germany . |
| 13 | I find it amazing that Shakespeare 's still as popular as ever , and I started by asking Tony why this was the case . |
| 14 | I find it amazing that Shakespeare 's still as popular as ever , and I started by asking Tony why this was the case , and why after all these years people still seem to be able to find something new to say about him . |
| 15 | I find it amazing that reader Mrs J. took the time and effort to castigate another community Norris Green for fighting to keep an asset in an area that is one of the most socially and economically deprived in this city . |
| 16 | Considering the occurrence of IgA anti-lactoferrin antibodies in some cases of Crohn 's disease in the present study , we find it interesting that IgA ( but not IgG ) anti-hsp-65 antibodies have been reported in Crohn 's disease . |
| 17 | ‘ … we find it unfortunate that Upjohn failed to respond at all readily to requests made by the Licensing Authority as early as 1990 , that they should carry out a new post-marketing surveillance study ’ . |
| 18 | Changeable conditions and the active nature of skiing make it essential that designs should not only look good but also be functional . |
| 19 | As regards property , it should be noticed that law and practice , to a large extent , make it unlikely that property of any considerable value will come into the direct ownership of an infant . |
| 20 | Wills make it clear that fathers and sons worked together in the same little workshop , and perhaps the women and girls helped occasionally . |
| 21 | Make it clear that fidelity is important . |
| 22 | They usually deny feeling sorry for themselves — ‘ No , everything 's fine ! ’ — but they make it clear that life is tough for them . |
| 23 | These measurements also make it clear that Mercury is a good deal more spherical than the Moon , perhaps because it has not been subjected to the tidal forces of a nearby planet . |
| 24 | Paragraphs 474–489 of the Latey Report make it clear that doctors felt difficulty in accepting the consent of someone under 21 ( the then age of majority ) to medical treatment , even though parental consent might be unobtainable or , for reasons of the minor 's privacy , undesirable . |
| 25 | What is more , both incidents make it clear that Jesus has a sizeable following . |
| 26 | The Gospels themselves make it clear that Jesus had a brother named Jude or Judah or Judas . |
| 27 | By contrast , I make it clear that Labour believes it is right and just and should be the first priority for pensioners to get an increase of £5 a week for a single pensioner and £8 a week for a married couple , given the mean and miserable way in which they have been treated over the past decade . |
| 28 | ‘ What is new in the book is that we 've produced surviving British intelligence officers of senior rank who make it clear that Popov had this information and was specifically sent to the US to impart it . ’ |
| 29 | The accident estimates from Study 2 as shown in Table 4.6 make it clear that subjects do rely on the precise conditions in the film viewed when making accident estimates for a junction , even though most subjects previously knew the junctions concerned . |
| 30 | These details make it clear that Beveridge regarded young workers as constituting a separate source of labour supply which required specialized provision and that he agreed with the ASEA and the ‘ boy labour ’ reformers in wishing to see the transition from school to work treated as an educational matter ( though not necessarily one controlled by the Board of Education ) . |