Example sentences of "it [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.

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1 Andrew says if people find it unbelievable that a nurse could ever kill then they should relise that the situation in Bosnia is unbleievable .
2 I find it strange that a wife , a queen , a princess with responsibilities , who had been informed in no uncertain fashion that her husband was to join her , fails to do anything when he does not arrive .
3 I find it strange that a new name is mentioned despite the fact that we 've just won two away games .
4 ‘ I find it strange that a report is being talked about when no-one was sent off , ’ he said .
5 ‘ Alan is a great player but I find it strange that a Scot is preferred to an Irishman and the more matches I win , the bigger the snub will be . ’
6 ‘ Alan is a great player but I find it strange that a Scot is preferred to an Irishman and the more matches I win , the bigger the snub will be . ’
7 She found it strange and a trifle exciting to sit at the cafe tables , and watch Wehrmacht , Luftwaffe and Nazi naval personnel walking in the leafy boulevards .
8 How then was it possible that a similar contradiction in the social formation of India , China , and Peru had not led to similar development ?
9 How then is it possible that a gesture I saw performed by one person , a gesture that was connected to her , that characterized her and was part of her individual charm , could at the same time be the essence of another person and my dreams of her ?
10 The sense in which we can talk of the meaning of an individual sentence is not determinate enough to make it possible that a sentence be unrevisably true in virtue of that meaning .
11 Is it possible that a body was put in the basin early on Saturday morning and that it remained there until the next high tide without being seen ? ’
12 How is it possible that a black hole appears to emit particles when we know that nothing can escape from within its event horizon ?
13 Was n't it possible that a man of Jamie 's age might be more able to cope with her feminism , her academic success ?
14 Thus , in the case of a general exclusion clause , is it possible that a clause could be enforceable in respect of some classes of liability controlled by the UCTA , but not in respect of others ?
15 He had not thought it possible that an innocent girl like Cora-Beth could think about such things , let alone voice them .
16 The contrast between nature and architecture here was too much indeed for the ungenerous Hippolyte Taine , who came here on his Journey to the Pyrenees in the middle of the last century and wrote that ‘ One finds it grotesque that a bit of hot water should have brought cuisine and civilization into these declivities . ’
17 On the contrary , I think it admirable that a gentlewoman should think seriously of such matters . ’
18 First , is it right that a remedy should be refused because the respondent would have made the same decision even if it had not acted illegally ?
19 A second thing is that a co , is it right that a company of people should be deprived of a sacrament because an ordained minister is not available ?
20 Yet , is it right that an old person should be able to enter residential care to be supported by the state regardless of his or her physical or mental state ?
21 I was thrilled that someone as important as the Archbishop of Canterbury had taken the time to call me , although I could n't help but think it odd that an Archbishop was now leaving messages on the same answering machine as my mum .
22 It is all very well to delay the onset of a retinopathy for a year or two , but to achieve this , is it justifiable that a diabetic has no social life and a poorer quality of life for 20 years ?
23 But the occasional $500m-worth of speculative trading on the Korean Stock Exchange on a single day — as happened on January 17th — and a booming kerb market make it clear that a great deal of loose cash is still swirling around .
24 Both Ken Clarke and my special adviser Nicholas True made it clear that a good speech was ‘ needed ’ at the Party Conference in Blackpool .
25 The invitation should make it clear that a selection procedure is in progress and that all that is required are details , including prices and , if appropriate , samples of products for evaluation , the result of which might be an invitation to conduct trials .
26 If intended as a last step prior to dismissal , such a warning should describe the nature of the offence and make it clear that a repetition will cause you to be dismissed .
27 The judgement of Upjohn , J. in Smeaton v Ilford Corporation , however , makes it clear that a water authority , being a statutory undertaker , will not be liable for creating a nuisance unless it was also negligent .
28 Evidence in favour of this interpretation of the phrase ‘ the physical environment ’ is found in DoE Circular 55/77 ( now withdrawn ) which made it clear that a statement of pollution policy could appropriately form part of a structure plan , albeit necessarily of a general nature since they are policies stated by an authority ( county council ) responsible neither for air pollution control nor for most development control .
29 Condition 13 makes it clear that a claim brought against the carrier by the customer is subject to strict time limits ; in the case of loss from or damage to a package , the customer must advise the carrier of his claim in writing within three days and the claim must be made within seven days .
30 However , the vast difference in cost between current personal assistance schemes and provision of service-based packages of care makes it clear that a fully funded personal assistance scheme would still , in many cases , be cheaper .
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