Example sentences of "it [adj] that [noun] " 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 | I find it strange that people with whom I have been associated should now accept that independent bankers control so much of our destiny . |
| 3 | To conclude , at no time do I write expertises for payment , and I find it strange that Mr Stock should dispute an independent scholar 's freedom of expression . |
| 4 | Is n't it strange that men never seem to wonder whether it 's possible to love two women at once ? |
| 5 | I do not think it possible that datura , Indian or British , or deadly nightshade invaded our menu . ’ |
| 6 | Was it possible that Hurley had forgotten to tell him they were putting in some decent professional equipment at last ? |
| 7 | ‘ Then is it possible that Harry interfered with legend ? |
| 8 | Thinking it possible that London 's streets would contain martyrs cudgelled to death , he wondered if that might be no bad thing . |
| 9 | Even the Communist Party was momentarily shaken by the apparent imminence of war — was it possible that Chamberlain was going to fight Hitler after all ? — but the errant comrades were quickly pulled back into line . |
| 10 | Now an atheist computer has declared its lack of belief in these gentlemen and , to howls of delight from fundamentalists in both Jewish and Christian religions , has made it possible that Ol' Grampa Moses was the culprit after all . |
| 11 | In requesting , A must ( a ) want B to come now , ( b ) think it possible that B can come , ( c ) think B is not already there , ( d ) think B was not about to come anyway , ( e ) expect that B will respond with an acceptance or rejection , and if B accepts , then A will also expect B to come , ( f ) think that his ( A 's ) asking may be a possible motive for B to come , ( g ) not be , or be pretending not to be , in a position to order B to come 4 . |
| 12 | Is it possible that Major would rather go into opposition — with the dangers that would mean for his continued leadership of the Conservative party — than offer PR and Scottish devolution to the Liberal Democrats ? |
| 13 | How was it possible that Ace , world champion , could feel so inadequate in his personal relationships ? |
| 14 | ‘ Is it possible that machinery will banish oppression ? ’ he asked . |
| 15 | Is it possible that bolt in my arm should have been through my heart ? ’ |
| 16 | Was it possible that people were even more complicated than I had imagined , and had Mrs Monro once been young and funny ? |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | In December 1757 he tried to excuse himself ‘ as my abode is at such distance from the place where the Royal Society hold their weekly meetings as to render it not only inconvenient , but unsafe for me to attend them in the winter season. , A month later Ellis countered with , ‘ I scarce think it possible that Mr. Miller should have no one friend in the Society to send him word and , indeed , I had told Rivington to tell Miller I would be glad to discuss the matter at Fulham , and Miller ignored it . ’ |
| 19 | Was it possible that Charles ' previous luck could be repeated and he 'd find the door to the utility room open ? |
| 20 | Was it possible that Barrymore was in fact the man who had been watching Sir Henry in London ? |
| 21 | " Father — is it possible — is it possible that Jennifer and me could be wed before I go with you ? " |
| 22 | Was it possible that Short was part of the conspiracy , that he stood to gain from his own horse being beaten ? |
| 23 | Is it possible that Volkov is this factor ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Is it right that monks can read ? |
| 25 | Ledeen always thought it self-evident that America should re-open contacts with Iran ; it could profit from the political fissures there , and could perhaps exploit the chaos that would undoubtedly follow the end of the Ayatollah 's rule . |
| 26 | Clare did think it odd that Carolyn 's Mum had n't been . |
| 27 | I found it odd that Robert had chosen to distinguish me alone as English and wondered how he saw himself and Lili and I found it odd that Lili had chosen to lay claim to Englishness . |
| 28 | Yet a few of his older parishioners , passing by the rectory wall and hearing the engine of the Suffolk Punch , might consider it odd that grass should be cut by a clergyman on the day of the Crucifixion . |
| 29 | I found it odd that Robert had chosen to distinguish me alone as English and wondered how he saw himself and Lili and I found it odd that Lili had chosen to lay claim to Englishness . |
| 30 | For instance , is n't it odd that World AIDS Day , the theme of which for 1990 was Women and AIDS , has come and gone , with no change for lesbians — no information , no acknowledgement , no nothing . |