Example sentences of "it [adj] that this " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Is it possible that this wild boy is hunting at night with a fast , intelligent dog ? |
| 3 | Is it possible that this too will be shifted so that the redistributive goal is not achieved ? |
| 4 | Was it possible that this percipient Norseman had recognised that she was still unviolated ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Like so much else in these cantos , the last line is midleading , since it suggests it was by an edict of Henry III that the Magna Charta was sent to all cathedrals and read four times a year , whereas Coke 's Institutes make it clear that this was on the contrary an enactment of Edward I. ‘ Selinunte ’ and ‘ Akragas ’ ( the old name of Agrigento ) are ancient Greek cities in Sicily . |
| 7 | In the slow introduction Tennstedt made it clear that this was to be a reading of high , dramatic contrasts , and that led to an account of the Vivace which with its sprung rhythms kept relaxing into pastoral moments without loss of pace or power . |
| 8 | Samuel Rudder 's description of Fromebridge mills in 1779 makes it clear that this was a busy and important place . |
| 9 | But later on he makes it clear that this is so , at least in part , because the supposedly inevitable outcome of that choice is not really neutral : |
| 10 | He made it clear that this was his target when he said yesterday : ‘ Put it this way , if there was a chance of winning the championship and I did n't think I might just do it , then I would n't be normal , would I ? |
| 11 | Although he talked about how ‘ we , as communists , essentially intend to work in harmony with nature ’ , he made it clear that this meant ‘ understanding and controlling the laws of nature … to place them at man 's service ’ . |
| 12 | After all , if it were to be something to mark the beginning of a new stage in her life , then she could make it clear that this new life would n't involve any further outings with him . |
| 13 | We would like to make it clear that this delay was not caused by any default on the part of the defendant who is charged with their murder nor by his legal advisers . |
| 14 | Dictionary phrases defining adventure as ‘ a hazardous enterprise or performance ’ or ‘ a novel or exciting incident ’ make it clear that this is a kind of fiction offering surprise rather than confirmation , strangeness rather than familiarity . |
| 15 | The convention speaks of ‘ the freedom to send judicial documents , by postal channels , directly to persons abroad ’ , but makes it clear that this is subject to any objection by the state of destination . |
| 16 | He decided in favour of Balliol , but made it clear that this was only the appointment of a figurehead : he himself was the true monarch . |
| 17 | ( The terms used make it clear that this was an explanation of the social system of the author 's time . ) |
| 18 | Subsequently he was to make it clear that this is not the language of " linguistics " but a form of " preverbal " communication . |
| 19 | Dover Wilson makes it clear that this is an interpretation , since the second Quarto gives ‘ too too sallied ’ and the first Folio ‘ too too solid ’ ( Dover Wilson , 1934 ) . |
| 20 | Our work in Belfast , however , and that of colleagues in other cities , makes it clear that this can not be convincingly demonstrated . |
| 21 | As in much self-conscious fiction , we are constantly being reminded of the fictionality of the novel , but Verbivore makes it clear that this fictionality also applies to the ‘ simulations ’ of the media which its ‘ fictions ’ purportedly replace . |
| 22 | To avoid confusion , the advocates of cost reduction through pursuing quality ought to make it clear that this applies after the product design has been set . |
| 23 | Even Weick does n't make it clear that this dilemma is not found only at the action level . |
| 24 | If , faute-de-mieux , it has to be accepted , notice should immediately be given to the company , making it clear that this is a notice which it can not disregard in relation to any lien it may claim , and an attempt should be made to obtain information about the amount , if any , then owed to the company . |
| 25 | Criticisms within and without Parliament made it clear that this audit model of control was beginning to falter in the post-war period . |
| 26 | If the Policyholder does not wish the item replaced but requests a cash settlement , we must make it clear that this is not really a policy entitlement and our offer should be restricted to the price it would have cost us to replace taking into account any discount we would have obtained . |
| 27 | He has also asked us to make it clear that this plan is in no sense intended to be fixed and final . |
| 28 | We will be able shortly to debate those matters more fully in the House , but we have on many occasions made it clear that this Parliament will decide on the single currency issue at some date well into the future if and when it should arise . |
| 29 | Bearing in mind the fact that Prince Metternich eventually left Vienna disguised in a laundry basket is not it clear that this incident is in the highest diplomatic tradition ? |
| 30 | Robert had still not been able to discover the headmaster 's first name , although on occasions Malik had asked to be addressed as Abdul , while making it clear that this was not his name . |