Example sentences of "it is that [noun] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The pity of it is that Araminta will get the Lodge after all .
2 It is that Fincara will send me and my sisters into the last battle between the light and the dark ; and that we will conquer .
3 The further in-service training occurs , literally and metaphorically , from their school base the less likely it is that teachers will be able to sustain personal changes and motivation for innovation .
4 It is that Russia will pay too high an economic price for winning it .
5 One wonders why it is that Lewis could see the reality of this divine drama dancing throughout the pages of the scriptures even though many notable theologians could not .
6 Rather than only training women to take on roles that have been shaped by men over the centuries , would it not be far more interesting , more expansive , to look into the questions of priestesshood , to find out what mystery it is that women can touch on , and how they can communicate it to the human world ?
7 Otherwise it may be difficult to appreciate how very natural it is that things should have turned out as they did . )
8 ‘ BCCI has emphasised how vital it is that auditors should speak plainly and freely to the Bank , ’ Chancellor Norman Lamont said .
9 The clearer the disclosure and the description given of the effect of the loss of protections , the more likely it is that SFA would regard the customer as having sufficient understanding to qualify ; and ( 3 ) The customer must normally give consent in writing after getting a proper opportunity to consider the warning .
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