Example sentences of "that it [be] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Me , I 'm miserable that it 's all beginning .
2 What I 'm begging , especially our leaders so to speak , to do is to stop thinking that it 's all kind of a joke that 's being perpetrated by idiots or by of some sort against the public .
3 It 's not only that it 's all money in n it , that 's why
4 This is the , the awkward bit , that it 's all upside down .
5 Erm the Labour Party is absolutely furious that unemployment goes down in this country and they keep trying to say to the public that it 's all hooey and , and , and , and the figures are distorted etc. , etc. , The fact is unemployment is going down , we are overcoming the recession , er faster than any other member of the er European Community or the European union as it 's now concerned and , and these are the facts but having said all that , we on this side er certainly support a continuing strategy whether we 'll er have to continue spending money at this level , er I do n't know , hopefully er the , the recession will be overcome and the spending can be reduced , but the strategy we believe .
6 Th that 's what th the books are saying , that it 's that production of tea in the Soviet Union has gone down .
7 I get the impression that it 's some sort of systematic research , maybe a response to a leak .
8 You must n't think every time you 're tired or ca n't sleep that it 's this thing starting up again .
9 She tilted a defiant chin at him , ‘ From a friend — not that it 's any concern of yours .
10 ‘ And even if he has , I ca n't see that it 's any concern of yours , Dr Kent . ’
11 ‘ I thought , ’ she said , ignoring her father 's advice to treat him with kid gloves , ‘ not that it 's any business of yours , that I might potter into Nice for the day . ’
12 Sonia : Seriously right , if you go to another white teacher or somebody , and tell them that they 're being prejudiced against you , they 'll make out it 's not , that it 's another reason .
13 Keith subscribes to the theory that it 's more luck than judgement .
14 The referral form is physically passed to the social worker or social work assistant in the allocation process , indicating that it is that person 's responsibility to initiate action on behalf of that client .
15 He defined shared values in the 1980s in the broadest sense , But I maintain not only that it is valid to speak about shared values in that sense , but also that it is that commonality that defines us as a society .
16 With Kiesling he argues that it is that femininity signifies inferiority to Thomas , and not femininity as such , which makes a woman unsuitable .
17 What makes The Rape so durably haunting is not its ( rather banal ) conceit of a woman viewed literally as a sex object , but the fact that it is that woman with that neck and that terrifying and terrified hair .
18 When you look more closely at this apparently innocent use of words , it is easy to see that it is all part of a very carefully engineered process .
19 On a fast , gusty launch a wooden glider will treat you to a series of creaks and groans , and occasionally bangs , which are alarming until you realize that it is all pretence and that the structure is not in the least danger of breaking up .
20 Then there is toughened glass , which is homogeneous in the sense that it is all glass , but the outside , which is susceptible to cracks , is put into compression at the expense of a tension in the protected middle .
21 Let us admit that good taste and proper judgement have to be worked out slowly and painfully and personally , and that it is each man for himself .
22 The task here is to make people feel that it is some way superior , " Nothing works faster than Anadin " , is probably one of the best examples .
23 The first contends that the word ‘ appropriate ’ has built into it a connotation that it is some action inconsistent with the owner 's rights , something hostile to the interests of the owner or contrary to his wishes and intention or without his authority .
24 The depression on the ‘ blade ’ and the overall shape suggest to me that it is some sort of agricultural implement , such as a weeding paddle or potato lifter .
25 Er are you saying that it is any part of the Council 's case that this land th it it 's it is er a possibility that having this land as a strategic reserve er can er is of assistance , or are you saying that it is simply er having included it in , it might form part of a strategic reserve ?
26 How can I avoid seeing that it is this kind of government that threatens my grandchildren ? ’
27 They go on to note that it is this feature of the market that necessitates detailed regulation to protect the interests of the shareholders , a principal objective of the City Code on Take-overs and Mergers being , for instance , to ensure a fair distribution of the take-over premium among the members .
28 I believe that each of us has what I term a spirit ( but which I am quite happy for others to call the soul , the higher self , the inner self — or any of dozens of different names ) and that it is this spirit which has a journey to make through several lifetimes .
29 Dora says that it is this originality which is one of the strengths of Le Mystere ; ‘ Most of the women have no real training as singers .
30 In the case of Venus thermal tides make a very large contribution and it can be shown that it is this component of the overall circulation that may drive the 4–5 day zonal circulation and thus speed up the axial spin ( section 4.2 ) .
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