Example sentences of "it is [adj] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is paramount that safety standards are maintained during this period of change . |
| 2 | It is unquestionable that tramps or beggars can not be charged with the political confidence of nations . |
| 3 | IT is obscene that TV Gladiator Hawk eats more than £120 worth of food every week when people in the Third World are dying of starvation . |
| 4 | Of course it is admirable that expectations are high and that women should be given greater autonomy ( and hope for more in the sexual area than their Victorian forebears ) . |
| 5 | It is frustrating that women are expected to be happy with the traditional women 's jobs . |
| 6 | True it is frustrating that Rocastle is n't even on the bench , and it is bewildering why Wilko did n't notice the totally crap defence we 've got as quickly as everyone else did , but that 's no reason to have a go ( the chants were virtually to a man I would say ) . |
| 7 | Thus it is appropriate that horse trials known as ‘ The Military Competition ’ on the continent , should be held in the park . |
| 8 | Maybe it is good that Crilly has not arrived . |
| 9 | It is good that information about antibiotic treatment is given in the article , I feel bound to question the reference made to feeding antibiotics to Koi as a matter of routine without first ascertaining the presence of disease and the validity of a specific antibiotic to deal with it . |
| 10 | Whilst it is undeniable that Strach is a great player he is approaching his 37th birthday — how much longer can he keep it going . |
| 11 | The aim must be to make ferreting as uncomplicated as possible , but it is undeniable that complications can and do occur . |
| 12 | However , it is undeniable that contemporaries , operating with contemporary methods and criteria of accountancy , believed that it was inferior , though of course we can not tell how far the very justified horror of slavery or serfdom biased their calculations . |
| 13 | It is undeniable that artillery was making progress , and that its development was one of the major changes associated with the conduct of war at this time . |
| 14 | It is undeniable that consumers have the capacity to resist the blandishments of advertisers , as borne out by the failure of many products brought on to the market . |
| 15 | It is undeniable that animals intend to do things in the sense that it is often true of them that unless interfered with they will go on voluntarily to perform various actions . |
| 16 | It is odd that organelles , in the cytoplasm , should contain DNA at all unless they originated as complete organisms . |
| 17 | It is odd that doctors accepted this approach because as medical students we were never taught in this way , rather by demonstration and participation . |
| 18 | At first sight there is force in Mr. Howell 's point that it is odd that Parliament should by section 6(3) ( b ) have limited the governors ' ability to apply selection criteria designed to preserve the character of the school in cases which do not fall within section 6(3) ( a ) ( i.e. where the school is not over-subscribed ) but have permitted such criteria to be applied in choosing which applicants are to succeed when the school is over-subscribed . |
| 19 | Although it is dangerous to generalize on the resale value of such a diverse range of items , it is probable that village and nomadic rugs , in particular , will hold their value extremely well . |
| 20 | It is probable that Germany was less wealthy than England in comparison to its size , and that it was easier for Henry I to recruit an army of mercenaries than for Henry V. For whatever reason , the contrast outlived our period . |
| 21 | As we have seen , it is probable that pairs of virtual particles — one of matter , one of antimatter — spontaneously pop into existence all over the Universe . |
| 22 | It is probable that Jesus extended this to mean anyone of any race . |
| 23 | It is probable that Uhuru could have been commercially successful on its own , unlike the Nationalist , which certainly was not . |
| 24 | Both Amis and Eliot can be considered seasoned disapprovers , and it is probable that Amis shares the other writer 's distaste for the biographical critic , whose activities may be responsibly conducted , and are generally acknowledged to have been successful at times , but have often been reckoned to fail . |
| 25 | Why Stirling and Maclean were invited remains a bit of a mystery , but it is probable that Randolph had mentioned them to his father . |
| 26 | Lastly it is probable that Rochester acted as a service centre for the comparatively large number of villas situated in the surrounding countryside . |
| 27 | It is probable that Phylakopi on the island of Melos was similarly adopted , and not actually founded , by Minoans . |
| 28 | Furthermore , it is probable that identification with the aggressor still exists today in young children or those with regressed or fixated ego-development for this very reason : namely , that it has become a part of the genetically inherited behavioural repertoire of our species . |
| 29 | Whether the Minister likes it or not , I believe that it is probable that MacSharry 's notions will be accepted . |
| 30 | However , when the thromboxane generation is suppressed it is probable that endoperoxides can be proaggregatory themselves ( Bunting et al , 1983 ) . |