Example sentences of "it is [adv] [that] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | In fact , language , through abstraction , is a much more efficient form or communication and possesses much more control over its interpretation , and it is rather that this difference in evocation is less likely to be evident in artefactual symbolism than in linguistic symbolism . |
2 | When they decide on a particular form of credit , their decision commonly has nothing to do with cost : it is simply that that form of credit is almost automatically part of the buying process that they 're used to . |
3 | One 's reason for doubt lies not merely in the way selection is made : it is simply that those selected have to be very independent indeed to withstand or divert the direction pushed by permanent staff , all of whom seem already to be behaving with unwonted circumspection . |
4 | It is simply that these conflicts , which once would have been more or less wholly contained within the personality , are now becoming externalized and , indeed , are transforming society . |
5 | Judge Donald Herrod added : ‘ This is a very dramatic turn of events and it is right that this prosecution should not continue . ’ |
6 | For it is here that all our strength lies , the last certainty that light may survive in darkness . |
7 | It is here that all his shortcomings in stance , timing , speed , imagination of movement and fight strategy are highlighted . |
8 | All connections to the tablet are at the rear and it is here that one of the differences between Touchmaster and its rivals become obvious . |
9 | It is here that each year graduating students resplendent in academic dress gather with their families and colleagues in attendance to receive their hard-won degrees . |
10 | It is here that any given expenditure will produce the greatest environmental benefit . |
11 | It is here that some of the thorniest decisions arise about choice and independence . |
12 | It is also that those working within those other information- ( or knowledge- ) based areas have ambitions to command the heights too ! ( e.g. from the accounting area [ Estrin ( 1987 ) ] ) . |
13 | I d I do n't mean that 's er er a terribly difficult thing but it is just that that does have to happen . |
14 | The right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) and his team are always ingenious in defending whatever the policy of the moment is ; it is just that that policy is changed so often that it leaves a little bit of a question mark over whether they have any plan or direction at all . |
15 | It is just that some days , and at some times , often in the early hours of the morning , sometimes this is what it feels like ; sometimes it gets me too . |
16 | This is n't superstition , it is just that some people seem to attack computers in a way that brings out the worst in them . |
17 | Well , I certainly will take it up if I get a copy letter , I mean it is obviously that some departments act differently , and I understand that in any case this is only a letter from the secretary , it 's not him , so I mean , I 'm quite happy to take it up if I get the copy of that , and explain that this department act , does rather differently from some of the others . |
18 | America is the closest thing to a financial laboratory for these sorts of questions , so it is there that most of the answers should be sought . |
19 | Denmark is their other northern commitment , and it is there that 2 RRP found itself on 30 June 1989 . |
20 | It is then that all hell has broken loose and we have found ourselves standing alone in the jungle again . |
21 | As the constable quoted above makes clear , it is not that all neighbourhood policemen defuse every situation by the display of patience , sympathy , tolerance , and understanding , it is more that this is their first choice and they use other recipes , by becoming ‘ heavy-handed ’ and resorting to arrests , only when this one fails . |
22 | and I think we must recognise that it is only that many of the questions and questionnaire had they been displayed of what they wanted to propose . |