Example sentences of "it [verb] that [noun] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It adds that inflation is likely to be higher and domestic demand slower than it predicted in its last report six months ago . |
| 2 | It sees that marriage is between two unique persons , whose personhood is acknowledged to come from God . |
| 3 | However , it seems that leave is refused for between a quarter and a third of all AJRs , and this might suggest that the leave requirement is performing some other function such as keeping the number of pending AJRs down so that the delay between the granting of leave and the hearing is not too great . |
| 4 | Instead , it seems that money is to be spent in an almost futile attempt to attract to the bay , at a time of recession , companies and start-up projects that , by rights , should be located elsewhere . |
| 5 | In the light of this it seems that severance is beneficial in that it stops one party acquiring the whole property in the event of the other 's death , but the actual shares of the parties would have to await determination by the Court ( or agreement ) . |
| 6 | It seems that androgyny is psychologically and socially valuable for women ( Jones et al . |
| 7 | In this case , it seems that Creole is being used , perhaps with its " jocular " symbolic value , to comment on the baby and its " cute " activities . |
| 8 | It seems that education is not even essential to happiness . |
| 9 | From the bidding so far it seems that East is sitting over North with a strong and long diamond holding . |
| 10 | It is important not to be inflexible when looking at housing options , although sometimes it seems that dogma is of overriding importance to staff and , indeed , more important than finding solutions which suit individuals . |
| 11 | It seems that symmetry is a useful means of combating a dominant force , such as gravity . |
| 12 | At the moment it seems that Labour is poised to pick up a good swathe of its targets — but not , yet , quite enough of them to put Mr Kinnock safely into Downing Street . |
| 13 | Since the public interest is the foundation of the legitimacy of companies , it follows that society is entitled to ensure that corporate power is exercised in a way that is consistent with that interest . |
| 14 | It follows that society is entitled to insist , for example , that companies are equipped with governance structures adequate to enforce a commitment to profits on the part of management and to promote the efficient operation of the business . |
| 15 | It follows that marking is entirely done on the basis of the police report and is therefore dominated by it . |
| 16 | It follows that information is a resource by means of which the uncertainty about outcomes of decisions may be reduced . |
| 17 | Erm so erm maybe because of the continuity between some forms of abusive sexual practice and erm what we expect of kids , what we train kids to do anyway um it means that abuse is easier to get away with . |
| 18 | Its just the very fact that erm there 's no equivalent to marriage for lesbian 's and gay men , it means that society is looking down on it . |
| 19 | It is not entirely global ; it admits that knowledge is possible , e.g. that you can know that p → q , and indeed uses this fact as a lever . |
| 20 | It can be frustrating when I 'm pursuing some grand design such as building a shed or planting a hedge ; but I suppose it teaches that life is a process of becoming . |