Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.

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31 His reasons for adopting Indirect Rule were never , in fact , made very explicit , though it appears that scarcity of administrative manpower , usually considered the determining factor , was not of major importance .
32 The CEGB disclosed the escalation in nuclear costs as it announced that operating profits are £603 million lower than expected at £355 million .
33 Stephen 's voice had risen , as it had that morning in the garden , and again Kate thought that he was trying not to cry .
34 Any festival would be proud of a comment such as that above , showing as it does that Nikolai Demidenko 's first great success in the West was with us .
35 Then , just as it seemed that sleep was a compulsion he could no longer resist , Lucien heard a noise in the room .
36 This request gives rise to an action for the coheirs to obtain Titius ’ share of the estate in so far as it exceeds that sum .
37 The father was on for the whole of the second act of The Hooded Owl , and never had that part of the play passed as slowly as it did that evening .
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