Example sentences of "it [is] that the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What angers me about the system goes beyond the unreliability of ‘ proof ’ … it 's that the way criminals are dealt with has nothing to do with rehabilitation and readjusting people who 've stepped outside society 's norms . |
| 2 | If I have a gripe with Hartke , it 's that the reproduction is just a little too clear ; missed , fluffed and dissonant notes are all too easily discernible . |
| 3 | It 's that the class antipathies of black American culture the ‘ rap gap ’ have grown too wide for any one person , star or politician , to bridge . |
| 4 | I think I 'll have to get a new curtain rail it 's that the plastic snapped been on the curtain ring |
| 5 | These days the deal is often struck at the time of divorce ; and usually it 's that the house goes to your wife , for good . |
| 6 | Thus it is that the company is halving its prices , making it clear that the competition with NT will be serious . |
| 7 | It is that the company is a natural or real entity which exists separately and distinctly from the shareholders . |
| 8 | Your otherwise excellent cover version album was sadly marred by a long speech detailing how annoying it is that the price of eggs has gone up in Narodny-Karabakh . |
| 9 | The analysis offered by interference theory is similar , but rather simpler — it is that the existence of these ( within stimulus ) associations will interfere with the ability of the elements to form new ones . |
| 10 | If there is a common theme to liberal political theorizing on authority , it is that the legitimacy of authority rests on the duty to support and uphold just institutions , as , following Rawls , the duty is now usually called . |
| 11 | She then proceeds to whinge about how confusing it is that the Odeon Mezzanine , the Odeon Leicester Square and the Odeon West End are all situated within yards of each other . |
| 12 | We lead her back towards the Odeon Mezzanine and break the ice by saying interestingly how confusing it is that the Odeon Mezzanine , the Odeon Leicester Square and the Odeon West End are all situated within yards of each other . |
| 13 | So it is that the fetish of masculinity is fashioned in men-only milieus — we look to footballers , boxers , soldiers and miners to find our real men . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , the longer you look , the more the qualities and character of the tomb become apparent and the clearer it is that the architect was not simply trying to imitate the Taj and failing . |
| 15 | If he has a regret , it is that the majority of young footballers today know nothing of life outside football . |
| 16 | Modern instrumentalism has adapted this strategy to explain how it is that the election of social democratic parties into government , or the advent of other coalitions orientated in part to working-class voters ( such as Franklin Roosevelt 's ‘ new deal ’ administration in the USA ) , have not qualified the fundamentally capitalist character of the liberal democratic state . |
| 17 | In other areas the general principle is that the greater the judicial element involved the more likely it is that the decision-maker must also hear . |
| 18 | Sometimes the newcomers have settled in without doing the original inhabitants any great harm — and so it is that the rabbit and the fallow deer have become accepted additions to Britain 's fauna . |
| 19 | We are very grateful for their support and their continued interest in our programme and I think they were er conscious of the fact that Vice President Pandolfi was coming here and so they have contacted him saying how essential they think it is that the work should continue here . |
| 20 | You read it very quickly and and it would almost he had it would be he 'd or whatever it is that the word was you know that y you |
| 21 | Those with experience stress how important it is that the carer and the dependant should not become indispensable to each other or never spend time apart . |
| 22 | And I want to stress this morning how essential it is that the link between the Labour Party and the unions be maintained . |
| 23 | It might have been anticipated that the Criminal Law Revision Committee would seek to put an end to this uncertainty , particularly since , if any guiding principle has informed its final report , it is that the law should distinguish firmly between consensual and non-consensual sexual activity . |
| 24 | It is that the person who was best at doing something did n't want to do it — and the person who was available to do it was n't good at it . |
| 25 | Even where you have to answer set questions — as in an exam — a choice between alternatives usually has to be made ; and not only do you have to pick a particular question to answer , but you also have to decide exactly what it is that the question is asking you to do . |
| 26 | So it is that the crossing is made without further ado , ‘ opposite Jericho ’ ( 3.16 ) . |
| 27 | A person drafting any document needs to have in mind at the outset , and keep in mind throughout the drafting process , what it is that the document is intended to achieve . |
| 28 | All four books reveal a steady concern with imitation and interpretation , and to read them together is to be clearer about what it is that the writer intends us to think that he thinks about things . |
| 29 | The basis of it is that the landlord , by letting the premises , confers on the tenant the right of possession during the term and impliedly promises not to interfere with the tenant 's exercise and use of the right of possession during the term . |
| 30 | Erm the gist of it is that the money from the A B C er i you 're not allowed to go over your forty eightieths of your pension with it . |