Example sentences of "it is [adj] that [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is frustrating that so little pottery from settlements has been examined in this manner , although Brisbane ( 1981 ) has proposed a model for various modes of production that may be appropriate for such pottery . |
| 2 | It is probable that little happened for later , several members collectively complained about ‘ one insufferably lazy and inattentive caddie who has no idea how to make a tee ! ’ |
| 3 | Elements of these two types contract any of four " horizontal " relations , belonging to the same level , with other entities or properties or both , as will be described immediately below ( it is probable that exactly one of these relations is specifically linguistic rather than being a relation implied by human mental activities in general ) . |
| 4 | It is probable that elsewhere , too , local interests took priority over the problems of the Angevin family . |
| 5 | Their father 's name was Theunis Krankoor , and it is probable that either he or his father was the first person to take that name too . |
| 6 | If we are tackling a very big warren it is probable that only the most likely of the bolt-holes will have been fitted with purse nets , simply because insufficient nets are available . |
| 7 | erm that 's why er you know really i it is essential that certainly who ever is going to be in that position knows what . |
| 8 | It is essential that very little disturbance is caused in the tank , and therefore it should be planted in an area where the water agitation is minimal . |
| 9 | It is crucial that only pure , unadulterated essential oils are used in therapy . |
| 10 | When applying glottochronological analyses it is crucial that only cognate words are compared , and not words which are coincidentally similar , or which may have been borrowed from one language into another : to include these would give a false high rating of similarity . |
| 11 | Whatever the final conclusion to research underway may be , it is ironical that perhaps the best solution to the problem is the increased use of that other much environmentally criticised energy source , nuclear power . |
| 12 | And it is ironic that just as we are beginning to turn to it for answers to environmental questions , it has begun aspiring to Western ways . |
| 13 | It is ironic that even in the UK the National Anti-Vivisection Society ( NAVS ) urges us in its literature to look to our own self-interest . |
| 14 | ‘ When women in North Africa and the Arab world are struggling so hard for equality and respect , it is ironic that here in France a fundamentalist minority is pushing them to conform to tradition . |
| 15 | It is ironic that often the most severe weather conditions can produce some of the most intricate and fragile sights . |
| 16 | It is surprising that so few people have suggested possible reforms . |
| 17 | In view of the educational importance of explanation , it is surprising that so little research has focused directly on the development of children 's ability to give and understand explanations ; or on how children actually cope with explanations in the classroom . |
| 18 | Given these difficulties in dealing with established monopolies it is surprising that only US antitrust identifies ‘ attempts to monopolize ’ a market as a breach of the rules ( under the Sherman Act ) . |
| 19 | For example , it is surprising that as many as 19% of the top 100 companies provided no notes whatsoever . |
| 20 | It is certain that even those entrepreneurs and managers who seek to act as professional industrialists have to operate in an environment which is hostile to them , and in which the pursuit of marginal returns is an uphill struggle . |
| 21 | But it is certain that even in the thirteenth century the Viscounts did not forget their Cornish connection . |
| 22 | It is apparent that even with the forecast winds used by the crew the flight was undertaken with marginal fuel reserves which were insufficient to take care of possible navigation errors , air traffic control delays , changes of planned altitude or variance in forecast winds . |
| 23 | It is apparent that even where investigations have commenced within physical geography they have often proceeded to become intertwined with other disciplines . |
| 24 | However , if we look at Valerie 's behaviour just before this in the conversation , it is apparent that actually not all this talk is intended for the baby . |
| 25 | Glancing at the animal kingdom as a whole it is apparent that biologically simple organisms regulate their transactions with the environment primarily through a genetic endowment of relatively inflexible action patterns . |
| 26 | the Compensation Fund is a ‘ solid plank ’ of the professions ' reputation ; it is absurd that only solicitors offer the public unlimited indemnity ; |
| 27 | It is extraordinary that even though the Government found an extra £40 million for sport in the last Budget , which is near enough double the expenditure on sport year on year , Opposition Members criticise us and suggest that we are not providing the necessary resources for sport . |
| 28 | It is extraordinary that only last week the Leader of the Opposition confirmed that the Labour party is still wedded to bodies such as the national enterprise board , despite the fact that , of the 102 companies in which that body invested , about 35 went bust , 38 were sold at a loss and only the remainder managed even to return taxpayers ' money . |
| 29 | But that other ‘ landscape ’ , quieter perhaps , but like an underground stream , unconscious and very persistent , never failed to obtrude itself on him : ‘ It is strange that even now prayer is my natural language , ’ he said , in ‘ Lines From My Grandfather 's Journal ’ ( The Spice-Box Of Earth , p10 ) which powerfully reflect his own self-questionings ; the ‘ tyranny ’ was asserting itself . |
| 30 | It is arguable that here Anselm is not thinking of God in terms very different from those of Kant , the severest critic of his ‘ Ontological Argument ’ ( at least in the form in which it was mediated to him by Descartes ) . |