Example sentences of "it 's [adj] that [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 So it 's surprising that Angels works at all .
2 Among smaller firms , it 's possible that Customs changes with respect to the single European market may accelerate the take-up of EDI .
3 It 's ironic that events up the A19 should steal some of the thunder from Ayresome Park , home of the North-East 's team of the season .
4 She said this week : ‘ It 's crucial that guidelines are backed with training .
5 It 's essential that parents are responsible .
6 She says it 's great that children from special schools have the chance of such a day out .
7 IT 'S amazing that judges can get away with outrageous statements .
8 It 's all that matters .
9 It 's fortunate that skunks and fruitarian bats have meagre appetites , ’ said Marina wryly .
10 It 's outside that things are happening ! ’
11 It 's alleged that details of payments to players between 1984 and 1987 were not fully revealed .
12 ‘ I think it 's good that men are now in this questioning mood , ’ she says , ‘ because it 's only when things are questioned that there 's any possibility of change . ’
13 It 's wrong that families from that area are having to travel miles to the nearest nursery at the moment .
14 DEC already has the incomplete version 1 of the OSF operating system out on its MIPS line , and it 's this that customers are using for their own early development work .
15 But attempted abductions of much younger children are not uncommon and the police say it 's vital that parents are aware of the dangers .
16 Many restrict NHS treatment to children only , but it 's vital that children should be registered with an NHS dentist so they can receive free orthodontic treatment , if necessary .
17 Keep pots moist — it 's vital that roots have no difficulty penetrating them — by sitting them on capillary matting .
18 Sir Paul sympathises with Mr Meeks … but says it 's inevitable that heads will roll .
19 In that household , it 's likely that adults come first by a long way ; children are expected to conform , and tidiness takes precedence over fun .
20 If so it 's likely that children will be given priority .
21 on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day .
22 Whatever the outcome , it 's clear that affairs shake marriages — often to their roots .
23 From the moment you bruise your thighs clambering into the bucket seats and flick the engine into life , it 's clear that compromises are out .
24 It 's shocking that hospitals can deny help to older people , taking age into account when deciding who to admit and who to give anti-clotting drugs .
25 IT 'S sick that organisers of a fair at Manston in Kent should pump a donkey full of laxatives for a fund-raising gimmick .
26 Well I think he felt er as I do that it 's unfortunate that matters have gone this far .
27 Could I just start with the white paper on community care funding because I think , as he said in the introduction , it is a complex subject , erm , and it does involve a lengthy transition period , and therefore in terms of its understanding , I think it 's important that members are aware both how the money is coming to us , broadly what we 're doing with it , and , and how it is that we 've reached the conclusion that there 's a great under-funding in the , in the present proposals .
28 It 's a question that their parents may also be unable to answer , so it 's important that students be given some idea of what it 's like to earn one 's living creatively as early as possible , and so help dispel some of the fear and disbelief that discussions about this ‘ odd ’ way of working always seem to produce .
29 Men have got a bad press in recent years and I think it 's important that women should feel safe and secure with the new contacts they make .
30 ‘ I think it 's important that soaps are not issue driven but do deal with issues because issues are a super way of revealing character and telling good stories .
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