Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adj] that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In retrospect it looks odd that such a massive Conservative majority should have sustained such an ineffective ex-Labour Prime Minster for so long . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , it looks likely that most of the official aid to the repatriation process will be channelled through Guatemalan government agencies , given to the very people responsible for the refugee crisis in the first place . |
| 3 | The number of alumni living abroad is also staggering and it looks likely that more Napier groups could be set up around the globe . |
| 4 | It appears significant that this unraced filly — who has been working well — is the sole survivor of five John Gosden entries in the fillies ' classic and none of her rivals has a similar entry . |
| 5 | This I can not accept : it seems impossible that such a central part , mathematics , of such a political institution , education , should really be politically neutral . |
| 6 | It seems impossible that any mother would be able to find her own babe from among such a throng . |
| 7 | For those who do not have addictive diseases it seems incongruous that some sufferers will pursue their addiction to death , either through the consequences of the addiction or through suicide at the sense of hopelessness that is the hallmark of sufferers from the primary disease , - but that is the nature of the addiction . |
| 8 | In retrospect it seems extraordinary that some of these could be prescribed in the first place . |
| 9 | We therefore believe that all galaxies are composed of quarks rather than antiquarks ; it seems implausible that some galaxies should be matter and some antimatter . |
| 10 | On the other hand , it seems implausible that most male English adults readily consented to having no political rights , as would seem to be the implication of Locke 's arguing that England was a country with government by consent . |
| 11 | Curious in that with the bulk of the country 's youth taking their cultural signposts from America and the more visceral thrills offered by rock'n'roll , it seems strange that such a dated and wrinkly musical form should enjoy such an upsurge in fortunes , particularly when it faced competition from sexier young pups operating in the rock idiom such as Tommy Steele and Cliff Richard . |
| 12 | It seems strange that this great surge of medical interest in dietary fibre should have occurred only in the past decade . |
| 13 | It seems strange that this phenomenon , so necessary both for social cohesion and for the development of real harmony between ourselves and our horses , has been given less attention than pecking order : a reflection , perhaps , on the observer more than on the observed . |
| 14 | It seems apparent that this was a very long process in the Sussex area ; some scholars have argued that the Germanic groups stayed much more distinct for far longer than their counterparts elsewhere in the new England . |
| 15 | It seems certain that all eight have been copied , ultimately from a single ancestral globin gene . |
| 16 | Although ( until its last days ) all votes in both houses of the Supreme Soviet were unanimously in favour of government proposals , both specific and general policy criticisms were made in speeches and it seems certain that these were sometimes seriously considered by party and government in formulating future policy . |
| 17 | It seems certain that this took place at least before the divergence with chimpanzee , and since multiple KOX2-hybridising bands are also present in other apes and monkeys , the duplication event may have been prior to the branch points of most simian primates . |
| 18 | It seems odd that this extra day should suddenly appear every Leap Year but there is a good reason . |
| 19 | It seems ironic that that for me it seemed |
| 20 | It seems unbelievable that this particular aircraft has graced the British and European airshow scene for a whole decade , during which time the warbird movement in Europe has quite literally ‘ taken-off ’ . |
| 21 | It seems probable that all tools were handed on from one generation to the next ; their frequency in Kent may reflect a greater overall wealth and the ability to dispose of such items as grave-goods . |
| 22 | It seems probable that all of this could not have come about had not the superego emerged as a continuation of a trend of evolutionary development which had long since been embarked upon by the ego proper . |
| 23 | This is intended to reflect her costs as ‘ carer ’ of the child(ren) but it seems probable that many people will interpret it as being money for her maintenance . |
| 24 | It seems probable that many of the models outlined above will be found to be applicable to at least some passive margins , but much work remains to be done in this field . |
| 25 | It seems probable that some doctors carry out mercy killings by administering large doses of pain-killing drugs which shorten life significantly , and the law may well protect them from liability . |
| 26 | They probably had a variety of different habits , some no doubt were scavengers , others sediment grazers , and it seems probable that some trilobites were also active hunters , pursuing worms and other soft-bodied prey , which they shredded using the spines on the base of their legs . |
| 27 | Again it seems probable that this experienced pilot had fallen victim to Müncheberg , who claimed one Hurricane at 1306 , reporting ‘ the fighting spirit of the British pilot was fantastic ; he tried , although very badly hit , to still attack a Ju88 ( sic ) . ’ |
| 28 | In an industry expanding in output and where technology increased rather than decreased the demand for adult male labour , it seems probable that this experience was matched on the country 's other coalfields . |
| 29 | ‘ It seems probable that any signings I make will be in the pre-season period when all the lads are back in training . ’ |
| 30 | It seems possible that such a latter unit may well have served briefly on the island at this time , and been involved in this particular combat . |