Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Samson was the loyal suffragan of Canterbury , but he also expressed the views of the more secularly minded towards the dispute as a whole : it were well that York should submit , but it was undignified for the archbishop of Canterbury to urge his case with such unlimited fervour . |
| 2 | The CML accepted the force of this objection , and proposed instead that any rule , if introduced , should require solicitors simply to inform lenders immediately if it were evident that completion would be delayed by more than 3 days — a view which appeared to be supported by a considerable number of other respondents . |
| 3 | But the following year ( 1905 ) William Hamilton declared to a delegate meeting of the STA that " even if it were true that work would be lost to Edinburgh , it would be better to follow the work and get fair wages than to see the bread taken out of our mouths at home " . |
| 4 | If it were true that research effort in the area of the curriculum promoted teaching commitment , few would quarrel with the proposed obligation on the department . |
| 5 | And I was even more curious as to why it was that Milton Friedman could so confidently assert in his writings a belief in the value of freedom , or Harry Johnson in the value of efficiency or Nicholas Kaldor in the value of equality , if it were true that facts and values could be distinguished so clearly . |
| 6 | After stuffing himself on mince pies and quaffing all that milk , and getting even tubbier , it 's surprising that Santa can carry all the things the 600,000 ask him for . |
| 7 | So it 's surprising that Angels works at all . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's surprising that Belgium has n't joined IBBY — there 's not much else to do in Belgium . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It 's apparent that Morrissey will STOP AT NOTHING to manufacture confrontations with the norm in order that The Smiths remain special . ’ |
| 10 | Surround those splendid three minutes with plenty of screaming , attitude with a capital ‘ TUDE ’ and a song called ‘ Anyone Can Play Guitar ’ and it 's apparent that Radiohead are at least halfway towards realising some worryingly aggressive ambitions . |
| 11 | It 's strange that Father bought it . |
| 12 | It 's possible that Fedorov may have exceeded his authority : I forgot to mention that he 's a madman , though he succeeds in disguising it most of the time . |
| 13 | Well the problem is he has to say he has a licence for you , he has n't so , it 's possible that Terry will be . |
| 14 | It 's possible that wilko has learnt his lesson with Rocky and is showing this with Deane . |
| 15 | Because it was a secret project there were several phases being developed separately , and it 's possible that Professor Liawski did n't like the forms of experimentation that Jenner was using . |
| 16 | It 's possible that trade with China in the Middle Ages and later may have caused the genes of the two types to mix somewhat , but they definitely did mix in another way . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's possible that people are getting a bit of a high from eating hot food , ’ said Dr Prescott . |
| 18 | And er with that in mind , it 's possible that people do want to top up their income , because the one thing I will stress to you is that you do n't want to have to start having to back-pedal er when you retire . |
| 19 | Among smaller firms , it 's possible that Customs changes with respect to the single European market may accelerate the take-up of EDI . |
| 20 | It 's possible that Francis found a kindred spirit there . ’ |
| 21 | In spite of what Eddie said , it 's possible that Angy gave it to Delia but if Eddie 's right , then it looks very much as if Delia — or someone else — took it . |
| 22 | It 's ironic that events up the A19 should steal some of the thunder from Ayresome Park , home of the North-East 's team of the season . |
| 23 | He says that it 's terrible that Britain is importing foreign coal . |
| 24 | She says it 's terrible that people could do this to pensioners . |
| 25 | It 's noticeable that BoP is in version 1.0 , whilst Designer Labels is at version 1.2 , and certainly , Designer Labels is the slicker of the two . |
| 26 | Thanks er , did the provision for er , properties like Penguin and four and a half million for the year , did all of that come in the second half , because it 's noticeable that Penguin is ahead something like what , thirty two percent , second half on second half . |
| 27 | Run-DMC sensibly provided a side order of heavy metal with their rantings and secured crossover success , while it 's noticeable that LL Cool J has resorted to introducing unabashed Radio 2-style ballads into his repertoire . |
| 28 | It 's understandable that Annabel is a little … overwrought . ’ |
| 29 | She feels it 's sad that Frankie died at a time when he was just becoming popular with a younger audience . |
| 30 | It 's impossible that Evelyn could be … but was it so impossible ? |