Example sentences of "it [adj] [noun] [that] " in BNC.
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1 | Well it 's been a discussion — if we can put it that way that 's been going on more or less throughout the nineteen eighties |
2 | Was it that guy that crashed before ? |
3 | so I says it 's going , now as far as the , er , what they call it that fella that come to did that job |
4 | Is it right doctor that you made a , an attack on professional confidence of , other than in a relationship the erm profecting of the order |
5 | Yes , it some Constable that come too . |
6 | Peter had grown afraid of emotion ; he considered it messy stuff that could lead one into a fatal labyrinth of self-forgetfulness . |
7 | In fact even if one succeeds in dissociating oneself from some of the more romantic claims that are made on its behalf it 's easy to get the discouraging impression that communication without words is after all a residual topic and that once orthodox language has been subtracted all that is left is a rubbish heap of nudges , shrugs , pouts , sighs , winks and glances — or to put it another way that non-verbal communication is simply the behavioural exhaust thrown out of the rear end of an extremely high-tech linguistic machine . |
8 | Or if you look at it another way that is men and women are equal and we have n't yet got round that they are very different but they are equal . |
9 | And over it another sound that was Carey 's breathing . |
10 | Is n't it high time that his local Party found another candidate ? |
11 | Nor was it mere coincidence that I arranged my holiday for a special part of September . |
12 | Is it mere coincidence that , over a period in which the observed unemployment rate rose almost fivefold , the estimate for NAIRU rose almost fourfold ? |
13 | ‘ Tell me , my lady — is it mere courtesy that makes the bells ring , that makes moonlight of a sudden more desirable than sunlight and makes one yearn for this Twelfth Night to be of the past ? |
14 | This is mainly what we are concerned with here , as it these areas that can cause us problems when designing and then transferring to the console . |
15 | This fact is of great importance , for it carries within it irrefutable evidence that whatever definition of ‘ god ’ is finally accepted , mankind must be , if not the sole architect of it , then at least to have had a very considerable influence on it . |
16 | Is it morbid fascination that holds your attention ? |
17 | If he had read the report , he would have found in it powerful evidence that his partisan ideological commitment to abolish the scheme is foolish . |
18 | Against such a background Mr President , is it any wonder that our nation faces enormous social problems ? |
19 | Is it any wonder that we are nervous about having a campsite , to which anyone can come , located so close to members of this community . |
20 | So was it any surprise that the Syrians we met that hot day in the Bekaa wanted only to maintain Lebanon 's Maronite-dominated institutions , to restore the sovereignty of the Lebanese government , to stay not one hour , not one minute longer than necessary ? |
21 | Is it any surprise that some people took that example and ran up horrendous debts ? |
22 | Is it any coincidence that pharmaceutical companies have found medicines ( which we have to keep taking and paying for ) rather than a vaccine ( which we would only have to take once ) ? |
23 | In verse 27 we also learn this concerning those who will share eternity with Christ ‘ there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth neither whatsoever worketh abomination or maketh a lie . ’ |
24 | Add to it any points that you may be particularly anxious to get right and discuss it together . |
25 | Oh God did you talk to him about la was it last night that he got shagged off ? |