Example sentences of "it [that] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I take it that that support , those non , those support non fee earning staff are , me and Nola , er the clerical staff in P Way , works , B E S |
| 2 | And you think when , when you get one that 's not as good , you think well why do they why is it that that speaker ca n't give such a good talk , why is he giving a talk ? |
| 3 | That 's a conditional gift divorce makes it that that gift is revoked but she may still survive therefore the condition would apply and therefore the subsequent er provisions that you 've made in a will do n't apply because they can only apply if the wife survives twenty eight days but that 's ignored ! |
| 4 | Why is it that those countries can accept basic , decent minimum standards for their people whereas this Government will not accept them for the British people ? |
| 5 | Certain governments established their own papers and then saw to it that any opposition papers were starved of the advertising they needed in order to stay in business . |
| 6 | So why is it that these views exist ? |
| 7 | Why is it that these molecules were n't discovered earlier ? |
| 8 | to , to , I mean when I first had the er plaster off , which was for ten days it was , I could not believe it that these fingers were not going but I 'm told that that 's quite usual . |
| 9 | Maori tradition has it that these words were spoken by chief Ngatoroirangi when he first arrived in New Zealand from Polynesia in the great Arawa canoe : I arrive where unknown earth is under my feet ; I arrive where a new sky is above me . |
| 10 | If you have a look at the four versions of the videos , I hope what you 'll do is have in front of you er the advocacy criteria guide , which we 'll speak a bit more about in a moment , and actually look and see well , how is it that these people meet , those things , they do n't necessarily but how , how are they persuasive advocates ? |
| 11 | So valuable is it that some scientists regard it as a scent and as soon as they detect it , they know that they are on the right track . |
| 12 | Once we have put aside such relatively easy observations as the tendency or requirement for long or complex adjective phrases to occur postnominally , there are two fundamental questions which badly need to be asked about the grammar of postnominal attributives : ( a ) What is the difference in effect or value obtained by the speaker who uses postnominal position when prenominal position is equally grammatical ? ( b ) Why is it that some adjectives ( and some adjective phrases ) can occur quite easily in postnominal position while others , apparently comparable , are limited to prenominal position ? |
| 13 | Why is it that some people find it so difficult to accommodate the idea that providing immediate relief to human suffering can go alongside campaigning for longer term solu-tions ? |
| 14 | However , from our present perspective it is actually more pertinent to turn the question round the other way and ask : why is it that some people , despite having a strong genetic disposition for psychotic illness do not actually break down — or , even if they do , are partly protected from its more devastating effects ? |
| 15 | That is , why is it that some people rather than others who experience the type of disparity described above become committed to a movement for moral reform ? |
| 16 | Why is it that some people have more energy to give to their careers than others ? |
| 17 | Events like redundancy , divorce , bereavement , family and work problems , debts , separation , illness , may be stressful for most of us , but why is it that some people can go through crisis after crisis and never suffer the effects of stress ? |
| 18 | Why was it that this man had the ability to bring tears to her eyes ? |
| 19 | Why was it that this man was such a pleasant and knowledgeable companion , and yet so hard and ruthless when it came to getting his own way ? |
| 20 | How is it that this problem seems only to have emerged in the last few years . |
| 21 | If we look at a relationship or any type of commu mean taking a bit of a different look at things thinking well what is it that this person wants from me and what is it that I want from this person ? |
| 22 | Had the man who wrote the foreword been at No. 10 in those days he would doubtless have seen to it that this cricketer who displayed such honourable patriotism and high personal standards was given some decoration or other . |
| 23 | Why is it that this country puts money before anything else ? |
| 24 | Why is it that this machine c c could trim it on all sides ? |
| 25 | There is no doubt about it that this programme is an Irish Republican Army programme sponsored and inspired by Communism . |
| 26 | He looked upwards now at the bunting stretched across the girders of the platform , then said , ‘ With a little imagination you know I could dismiss the Coronation and take it that this show of affection was all for my being twenty-one today . |
| 27 | A more basic defect when used for R&D projects it that both methods assume a finite and predictable outcome from every job . |
| 28 | A more basic defect when used for R&D projects it that both methods assume a finite and predictable outcome from every job . |
| 29 | ‘ You 've been seen around London lately with both John D. Hansom and Roderick Luckey , and rumour has it that both men want to marry you . |