Example sentences of "it [adj] [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found it strange that those words had come from the Parliamentary Secretary because , when I read them , I thought that they had been written by the Labour candidate , John Metcalfe , because there was no other indication that that article had been written by a Minister of the Crown who is responsible for this country 's agriculture . |
| 2 | The staff nurse said that she had thought it strange that this statement should have been volunteered ‘ out of the blue ’ moments after her mother had arrived . |
| 3 | of British Rail 's freight business originates in the north-west , is not it strange that British Rail has not talked to the majority of its users already about times and tariffs for the channel tunnel ? |
| 4 | Mr Reynolds believed it possible that inter-party talks on Northern Ireland could resume again , even before May 's local government elections . |
| 5 | Is it possible that some learning difficulties arise from the ways in which schools are organised and managed ? |
| 6 | But is n't it possible that these traits do n't figure that largely in the lives of , at least , young people in Ireland today ? |
| 7 | Is it possible that these cetaceans and odontocetes , hailing from beyond the wave base and thus unfamiliar with the self-generated noise of moving sediment , become disoriented by these acoustic signals on the same wavelength as their own systems ? |
| 8 | I thought it possible that directional sightings could be made from the centre of the tower through the crenellations and was intrigued to find that one of them had disappeared since my previous visit . |
| 9 | That this Conference , while recording its desire to see working men in Parliament on the Unionist side , thinks it undesirable that any distinction should be made between them and other members , and therefore expresses the opinion that all Unionist organizations should select and support with all their power the best candidate they can find to represent their constituency , irrespective of his social and financial status . |
| 10 | I would like to look at the people who are being cared for , the people that we 're talking about , are the elderly , quite often these people have lived through two world wars and given up their young married life , they have brought up their children through the bleak days of the general strike , is it right that these people have to suffer the indignity of charity hand-outs ? |
| 11 | Well no it 's he did n't give two hundred pound for it , and he 'd had it eight or ten years . |
| 12 | Make it glossy and more throwaway |
| 13 | With regard to a Laplace transform function of the form there are values of the complex frequency , , … , which make it infinite and other values , , … , which make it zero . |
| 14 | It will accelerate moves towards quality labelling and higher standards , and despite the sensationalising of what is in fact a minor problem , Watchdog emphasised the good points of fishkeeping , showed an attractive tank and made it clear that one family at least had not been put off fishkeeping by their mishap . |
| 15 | While the nuclear transplantation and other experiments make it clear that all nuclei contain the same genetic information , there are exceptions . |
| 16 | Held , allowing the appeal , ( 1 ) that , although the definition of ‘ family proceedings ’ in section 8 of the Children Act 1989 did not specifically refer to the provisions in Part III of the Act , the section was to be read with section 92(2) of the Act which made it clear that all applications to the justices under the Act were family proceedings ; that , accordingly , the application to the justices for a secure accommodation order under section 25 in Part III of the Act were family proceedings ; and that , therefore , the statements of evidence and the psychiatrist 's report should have been admitted in evidence in accordance with the provisions of the Children ( Admissibility of Hearsay Evidence ) Order 1991 ( post , pp. 91E–G , H — 92A ) . |
| 17 | The judgment on the News International ban made it clear that political censorship , at least , could be fought effectively , and the basis for the defence against censorship was the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 . |
| 18 | And what he has to say makes it clear that young John Titford was not the only one to die in its grip : |
| 19 | This is what has so often happened in the past ; and although the Chancellor has made it clear that low inflation remains his goal , now that the country is out of the ERM there is not a great deal that he can do to prevent it . |
| 20 | This is what has so often happened in the past ; and though the Chancellor has made it clear that low inflation remains his goal , now that the country is out of the ERM there is not a great deal that he can do to prevent it . |
| 21 | The Russian law on citizenship , adopted in November 1991 , extended that privilege not only to the population of the Russian Federation but also to those living in other republics who requested it , and the Russian defence minister , Pavel Grachev , made it clear that fellow nationals would be defended ‘ wherever they live ’ ; Vice-President Rutskoi called more directly for recognition of the Dnestr republic , and the Foreign Ministry intervened when it appeared that the civil rights of Russian speakers in the newly independent Baltic republics were being infringed . |
| 22 | Nor is it clear that increasing sophistication , defined by literacy , or increasing religiosity , as brought for example to some communities by Methodism , made much difference in this respect . |
| 23 | Than Tun continued to call for a national government but made it clear that armed struggle was , for the present , not envisaged . |
| 24 | The EC has made it clear that live animal exports and imports are a fundamental tenet of the treaty and that it is not up to any nation unilaterally to seek to restrict that trade . |
| 25 | Other members of the Community make it clear that Monetary Union is the very centrepiece of Political Union , a symbol and real lever of political integration and central control . |
| 26 | Israel made it clear that such development would be primarily in social and welfare spheres , and would not include any kind of economic development which ran contrary to its interests . |
| 27 | Yet they often make it clear that such folk existed . |
| 28 | The past six months have made it clear that latent isolationism can be inflamed if it is felt that the allies are shirking . |
| 29 | This makes it clear that each pupil is entitled , as a result of the law , to a broad and balanced curriculum which is relevant to his or her particular needs . |
| 30 | In order to minimise doubts as to its scope , Article 1(3) makes it clear that certain matters which are either dealt with in other Conventions , or which might involve the exercise of the Court 's discretion , such as the service of process , the enforcement of judgments and orders , and orders for provisional or protective measures , are excluded . |