Example sentences of "it [adj] that [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We consider it strange that adults ( teachers , parents , publishers of textbooks and examiners ) behave as if they believe both that manipulating fractions is a useful skill and that most children can acquire this skill . |
| 2 | Is n't it strange that men never seem to wonder whether it 's possible to love two women at once ? |
| 3 | Is it possible that humans might feel overshadowed and surpassed , perhaps attacking the machines in a paroxysm of wounded pride , or , at the other extreme , coming to worship them , as an embodiment of a higher power ? |
| 4 | ‘ Is it right that monks can read ? |
| 5 | But do we find it acceptable that animals should be used , however painless the event . |
| 6 | One might have thought that the context makes it clear that horses is to be interpreted as ‘ stallions ’ ; however , such an interpretation is not available for this type of sentence . |
| 7 | Section 28(6) of the 1988 Education Act makes it clear that governors will not be personally liable in cases of injury or damage if they have acted in good faith . |
| 8 | Thus Regulation 418/85 provides exemption for R&D agreements from the effects of Article 85 , making it clear that exemptions only apply to agreements that do not extend to joint marketing and selling . |
| 9 | In terms of articles 2 and 3 of the Irish constitution , I said when I addressed the Dublin chamber of commerce on Friday in conjunction with Co-operation North that the Irish Government had made it clear that articles 2 and 3 would be on the table with regard to any talks , and that is , of itself , a reason to seek to proceed with the talks . |
| 10 | Attempts to examine survival and replacement rates in rural society and in towns other than London have made it clear that conclusions can at best be tentative . |
| 11 | It makes it clear that solicitors may only breach the duty of confidentiality they owe to clients , whether adult or child , in exceptional circumstances . |
| 12 | Wills make it clear that fathers and sons worked together in the same little workshop , and perhaps the women and girls helped occasionally . |
| 13 | This made it clear that periti might not all be theologians ( 'canonists and other experts ’ were also mentioned ) , and that there was a distinction between conciliar periti and private advisers to bishops . |
| 14 | Paragraphs 474–489 of the Latey Report make it clear that doctors felt difficulty in accepting the consent of someone under 21 ( the then age of majority ) to medical treatment , even though parental consent might be unobtainable or , for reasons of the minor 's privacy , undesirable . |
| 15 | The new legislation , however , makes it clear that clients must be assessed before decisions are made to use donated gametes . |
| 16 | The history of Glasgow Rangers Football Club , for example , makes it clear that riots , violence and vandalism have been well-established since at least the 1870s . |
| 17 | A preliminary exploratory questionnaire study made it clear that subjects find it very difficult to give accident figures unless they have some anchors for their estimates . |
| 18 | The accident estimates from Study 2 as shown in Table 4.6 make it clear that subjects do rely on the precise conditions in the film viewed when making accident estimates for a junction , even though most subjects previously knew the junctions concerned . |
| 19 | At one stage , Fields had threatened to pull out of the arrangement altogether and find a new partner , until the CAA made it clear that Fields would not have a licence without Virgin 's involvement . |
| 20 | This authoritative ruling makes it clear that defects in appearance , if of sufficient degree , can render a vehicle unmerchantable . |
| 21 | The disputes in the councils which followed the election of Sinn Fein representatives in 1985 has made it clear that loyalists are willing to close down councils rather than work with Sinn Fein , and the younger generation of DUP activists has been fully active in the promotion of that position . |
| 22 | He thought it fortunate that improvements in male characteristics were passed on in some measure to women , otherwise the man would have become as superior in mental endowment to women as the peacock is in plumage to the peahen . |
| 23 | Nor is it impossible that bands of laeti or gentiles were settled in some , if not all , during the late fourth century , but unfortunately the relevant chapter of the Notitia Dignitatum , which listed these barbarian recruits to the Roman army in Britain , is missing . |
| 24 | Only in small and relatively unified societies , not fragmented by industrialization and the resultant division of labour , was it likely that citizens would be more aware of their membership of society as a whole than of their particular social , occupational or interest group within it . |
| 25 | The agreement marking use of " you know what I mean ? " seems to be confined to people under the age of about 30 , which makes it likely that misunderstandings , if they occur , will be inter-generational . |
| 26 | However , the dramatic reduction in processing costs which are occurring makes it likely that systems of this power will soon be more widely available . |
| 27 | Nor is it likely that rocks with SiO 2 70% could be derived directly from the mantle . |
| 28 | Chinese doctors consider it incredible that Westerners release unknown side-effects on their children by feeding them drugs . |
| 29 | However , in many instances the arrangement represented the exercise of power and control over the protected State which was in a position of subordination , making it logical that claims should be made against the more powerful State . |
| 30 | A National Consumer Council opinion poll this year found 98 per cent thought it important that consumers should have a legal right to demand a replacement or refund if a product can not be repaired reasonably quickly . |