Example sentences of "it [adj] that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Queen thought it strange that such an event should be taking place ; the Emperor , ever tactful , made no comment . |
| 2 | I found it strange that those words had come from the Parliamentary Secretary because , when I read them , I thought that they had been written by the Labour candidate , John Metcalfe , because there was no other indication that that article had been written by a Minister of the Crown who is responsible for this country 's agriculture . |
| 3 | The staff nurse said that she had thought it strange that this statement should have been volunteered ‘ out of the blue ’ moments after her mother had arrived . |
| 4 | Is n't it strange that most of us do not pay the same careful attention to our body ? |
| 5 | When news of the wonderful changes brought about in Kidderminster at this time spread , it won the approval of Anabaptists and Independents who hardly believed it possible that such a work of God could take place through the ministry of a parish church . |
| 6 | Is it possible that this wild boy is hunting at night with a fast , intelligent dog ? |
| 7 | Is it possible that this too will be shifted so that the redistributive goal is not achieved ? |
| 8 | Was it possible that this percipient Norseman had recognised that she was still unviolated ? |
| 9 | Is it possible that some learning difficulties arise from the ways in which schools are organised and managed ? |
| 10 | Is it possible that these cetaceans and odontocetes , hailing from beyond the wave base and thus unfamiliar with the self-generated noise of moving sediment , become disoriented by these acoustic signals on the same wavelength as their own systems ? |
| 11 | But is n't it possible that these traits do n't figure that largely in the lives of , at least , young people in Ireland today ? |
| 12 | Eudoxus initially is shocked by this possibility : ‘ Is it possible that any should so far grow out of frame that they should in so short a space quite forget their country and their own names ? ’ . |
| 13 | Was it possible that those cryptic entries in Elise 's diary referred to — Rob ? |
| 14 | As she went on talking , making occasional references to the length of my fingers or the breadth of my brow , I thought it ironical that this odd woman should be defending me , not from outright attack but from my mother 's protectiveness . |
| 15 | That this Conference , while recording its desire to see working men in Parliament on the Unionist side , thinks it undesirable that any distinction should be made between them and other members , and therefore expresses the opinion that all Unionist organizations should select and support with all their power the best candidate they can find to represent their constituency , irrespective of his social and financial status . |
| 16 | I would like to look at the people who are being cared for , the people that we 're talking about , are the elderly , quite often these people have lived through two world wars and given up their young married life , they have brought up their children through the bleak days of the general strike , is it right that these people have to suffer the indignity of charity hand-outs ? |
| 17 | While the nuclear transplantation and other experiments make it clear that all nuclei contain the same genetic information , there are exceptions . |
| 18 | The product makes it clear that all we are doing , in fact , is to operate with the rows of A in a manner similar to that often used in the condensation of determinants . |
| 19 | Held , allowing the appeal , ( 1 ) that , although the definition of ‘ family proceedings ’ in section 8 of the Children Act 1989 did not specifically refer to the provisions in Part III of the Act , the section was to be read with section 92(2) of the Act which made it clear that all applications to the justices under the Act were family proceedings ; that , accordingly , the application to the justices for a secure accommodation order under section 25 in Part III of the Act were family proceedings ; and that , therefore , the statements of evidence and the psychiatrist 's report should have been admitted in evidence in accordance with the provisions of the Children ( Admissibility of Hearsay Evidence ) Order 1991 ( post , pp. 91E–G , H — 92A ) . |
| 20 | This makes it clear that all reasonable expenses incurred in minimising loss and protecting insured property from further loss will be recoverable under the Marine Policy . |
| 21 | Is it true that Le Pen is to meet a number of Tory Members and , if so , will the Home Secretary make it clear that that would be wrong ? |
| 22 | In many of these cases and in other qualifying transactions ( such as take-overs ) , the firm is allowed not to treat the investor as a customer , if it makes it clear that that is the case ; SFA has suggested the wording for the disclaimer . |
| 23 | And he has er and he has once again once again made it clear , he has once again made it clear that that is particularly important in such areas as standards in education , law and order and the provision of public services . |
| 24 | Her owner died , and she was living rough , so when she bounced into our kitchen and made it clear that that was where she wanted to stay in it was hard to turn her out , even though Fizzy finds a young and very playful cat rather a trial . |
| 25 | Is not it clear that many qualified nurses are not getting jobs in the health service ? |
| 26 | Israel made it clear that such development would be primarily in social and welfare spheres , and would not include any kind of economic development which ran contrary to its interests . |
| 27 | Yet they often make it clear that such folk existed . |
| 28 | When my hon. Friend the Minister made it clear that such a student would be invisible , that a student returning for the summer holidays would not affect that household , I was not sure whether the hon. Lady was pleased or angry . |
| 29 | But immediately Hilton makes it clear that such a life-style involves an active life of its own if the peace that is sought is to be found , for it may not be had : This has been defined earlier as : Such an active component of spiritual endeavour is a concomitant of man 's temporal nature . |
| 30 | While the rules do not prevent this , Home Officer Circular 48/1991 , para 58 makes it clear that such an arrangement involves unnecessary duplication and should only be allowed in exceptional circumstances . |