Example sentences of "it that [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | So why is it that these views exist ? |
| 3 | Why is it that these molecules were n't discovered earlier ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | A more basic defect when used for R&D projects it that both methods assume a finite and predictable outcome from every job . |
| 9 | A more basic defect when used for R&D projects it that both methods assume a finite and predictable outcome from every job . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |