Example sentences of "it is [adj] that he " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is appropriate that he should be the one with the empty belly addressing his friend . |
| 2 | Both his grandfather and father were stationmasters in Great Eastern Railway territory so it is suitable that he should produce a pictorial survey of British railway stations . |
| 3 | However , one of the main reasons Petrey gives for his admiration of speech act theory is its superiority to cognitive accounts , so it is odd that he never spells out where this superiority lies . |
| 4 | She could not say it in front of him , nor he in front of her , even though it is probable that he too would prefer to try living the next life differently , without Agnes . |
| 5 | That fear was a very real one and , in view of his connections at a high level , it is probable that he was aware of what was going on . |
| 6 | And it is probable that he then left them again , taking his believing wife with him , and lived by the gospel . |
| 7 | Eliot wrote back and discussed the matter ; he was already formulating his own ideas on the general subject — he gave a paper on " The Christian Concept of Education " at a conference in Malvern in January 1941 — but , since they were markedly different from those of Pound , it is probable that he was only humouring him . |
| 8 | These accounts are contradictory but not incompatible : it is probable that he was indeed in a state of shock , since the nature of shock is to suspend ordinary or familiar reactions . |
| 9 | , Sir William ( 1745–1816 ) , vice-admiral , had obscure origins : neither his place of birth nor his parents are mentioned in the Naval Chronicle 's report of his death , but it is probable that he went early to sea , since on joining the Dolphin on 8 July 1766 he was rated able . |
| 10 | It is probable that he was the young man of that name from Farnham in Lower Nithsdale , Yorkshire , accused of homicide late in John 's reign , who was arrested but later released into the military household of an unnamed Yorkshire magnate . |
| 11 | It is essential that he spots the oncoming fish while it is still far away from him . |
| 12 | However that may be , it is essential that he should be served promptly so that he is able to consider whether he should exercise his right of appeal . |
| 13 | If a reader ever expects to do more about the stringing of an old keyboard instrument ( or a modern instrument designed after one ) than replacing broken strings , it is essential that he or she is familiar with this book . |
| 14 | If someone is to be tried for matters as serious as those for which Mr. Beck was tried and to receive the condign punishment that Mr. Beck received , it is essential that he should have a fair trial and that he should be given every opportunity to deploy his defence . |
| 15 | If he is doing what is against conscience , he is injuring his soul — remember that the Chancellor is an ecclesiastic — and it is better that he should be prevented from inflicting such injury on himself . |
| 16 | For surely it is true that whosoever will understand British politics before all things it is necessary that he comprehend the events of 1931 . ' |
| 17 | But if it is inconceivable that he could successfully shepherd nervous unionists through new talks with their nationalist counterparts and Dublin , equally his head can not be sacrificed in a Labour-Unionist deal to take Neil Kinnock to Downing Street . |
| 18 | For instance when in c.438 ( p. 89 ) Phormio made an alliance with the Akarnanians in north-west Greece ( Thuc. ii.68 ) it is inconceivable that he awaited approval from Athens . |
| 19 | It is inconceivable that he should proceed in reliance solely upon the consent of an under-age patient , however ‘ Gillick competent , ’ in the absence of supporting parental consent and equally inconceivable that he should proceed in the absence of the patient 's consent . |
| 20 | ‘ I think it is great that he bothered sending their records to us . |
| 21 | ‘ He has had his problems this season with a knee injury to overcome but it is great that he has got where he is at the moment , ’ said Dalglish , who would not even confirm that he will give Paul Warhurst , his £2.7 million signing from Sheffield Wednesday , an Anfield debut . |
| 22 | ‘ He has had his problems this season with a knee injury to overcome but it is great that he has got where he is at the moment , ’ said Dalglish , who would not even confirm that he will give Paul Warhurst , his £2.7 million signing from Sheffield Wednesday , an Anfield debut . |
| 23 | Thus it is ironic that he more than once offers a cold-hearted appraisal of the junior hobbits ' utility . |
| 24 | BILL KOCH 'S personal and business life is the stuff of a page-turning book and a movie , so it is fortunate that he has had the foresight to bring his own biographer and film maker into his campaign to defend the America 's Cup for his country . |
| 25 | It is surprising that he attended Hall 's conclave as he had a well-known dislike of competitions , but it is less surprising that he was selected to be a judge in view of his connections with two of the other judges and the probability that he would not wish to enter the competition himself . |
| 26 | But it is certain that he , like the Jews of old , knows that , ‘ we are the Adam of our souls ’ ; each has its own opportunities , each its own triumphs , failures and guilts . |
| 27 | These three have worked together harmoniously and with some notable successes since Reilly took charge early in 1987 and it is certain that he would want them alongside him again for the hard year ahead , in which Great Britain play 10 Tests , including three World Cup games . |
| 28 | These three have worked together harmoniously and with some notable successes since Reilly took charge early in 1987 and it is certain that he would want them alongside him again for the hard year ahead , in which Great Britain play 10 Tests , including three World Cup games . |
| 29 | Robert III may have been born in Dundonald Castle and it is certain that he spent much of his life there before he became king . |
| 30 | Although Sontag ( 1979 ) may have been guilty of exaggeration in her claim that Benjamin 's most important influence came from surrealism , it is certain that he was enthusiastic about surrealism both as a movement in the arts and as often explicit politics . |