adjective + TO infinitive + THAT clause – English Grammar Profiler
“It’s important to note that” is a phrase that introduces a significant or relevant point in an argument or discussion. Some common collocates are:
This structure:
adjective + TO infinitive + THAT clause
is probably B2 or higher because it catches things like comment/viewpoint adverbials and complex reporting. There are other similar structures in the English Grammar Profile, related to modality, focus, hedging, and emphasis at the B1/B2 level that do not mention a following clause.
A search in NOW corpus for:
_JJ to _VVI that_CST
1 IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT 34354
2 PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT 23166
I‘m pleased to announce that, along with colleagues at Stanford and Caltech and UCSF,
we‘re currently starting an initiative to explore biological dark matter for the existence of new forms of life.
TED
3 FAIR TO SAY THAT 17305 4 SAFE TO SAY THAT 15637 5 IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT 15177 6 HARD TO BELIEVE THAT 10625 7 INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT 8304 8 EASY TO FORGET THAT 5568 9 SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT 5445 10 HARD TO IMAGINE THAT 5324 11 IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT 4778 12 SAFE TO ASSUME THAT 4509 13 PROUD TO SAY THAT 4468 14 IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT 3776 15 GOOD TO SEE THAT 3683 16 GOOD TO KNOW THAT 3680 17 PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT 3514 18 HAPPY TO REPORT THAT 3420 19 PLEASED TO SEE THAT 3415 20 PLEASED TO REPORT THAT 3348 21 HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT 3289 22 HAPPY TO KNOW THAT 3242 23 SURPRISED TO FIND THAT 3172 24 HAPPY TO SEE THAT 3124 25 DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT 3083 26 NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT 3011 27 PERTINENT TO MENTION THAT 2957 28 IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT 2879 29 REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT 2824 30 GREAT TO SEE THAT 2800 31 WRONG TO SAY THAT 2736 32 HAPPY TO SAY THAT 2723 33 NICE TO KNOW THAT 2705 34 QUICK TO ADD THAT 2662 35 SURE TO CHECK THAT 2501 36 POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT 2400 37 SURPRISED TO SEE THAT 2378 38 PERTINENT TO NOTE THAT 2367 39 NICE TO SEE THAT 2283 40 DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT 2272 41 SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT 2249 42 HARD TO ARGUE THAT 2155 43 PLEASED TO KNOW THAT 2150 44 SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT 2119 45 GLAD TO SEE THAT 2108 46 PLEASED TO SAY THAT 2042 47 EASY TO SEE THAT 2035 48 EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT 2016 49 HAPPY TO HEAR THAT 1901 50 BEST TO ENSURE THAT 1895 51 IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT 1853 52 ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT 1808 53 HARD TO ENSURE THAT 1683 54 EASY TO SAY THAT 1634 55 IMPORTANT TO RECOGNISE THAT 1621 56 PLEASED TO HEAR THAT 1589 57 GLAD TO KNOW THAT 1524
58 NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT 1509
Needless to say, I never went near it again.
listen
59 INTERESTING TO SEE THAT 1493 60 RIGHT TO SAY THAT 1471 61 IMPORTANT TO STRESS THAT 1467 62 DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT 1446 63 INSTRUCTIVE TO NOTE THAT 1435 64 QUICK TO NOTE THAT 1416 65 SORRY TO SAY THAT 1389 66 WILLING TO BET THAT 1386 67 HAPPY TO NOTE THAT 1374 68 TRUE TO SAY THAT 1373 69 KEEN TO STRESS THAT 1372 70 FAIR TO ASSUME THAT 1345 71 EASY TO ASSUME THAT 1317 72 PLEASED TO NOTE THAT 1290 73 GLAD TO HEAR THAT 1278 74 DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE THAT 1256 75 REASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT 1248 76 IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT 1195 77 CORRECT TO SAY THAT 1187 78 SAD TO SEE THAT 1185 79 KEEN TO ENSURE THAT 1171 80 COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT 1149 81 IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT 1135 82 CLEAR TO SEE THAT 1108 83 SURPRISED TO DISCOVER THAT 1105 84 HARD TO SEE THAT 1092 85 IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 1085 86 HEARTENING TO SEE THAT 1076 87 DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN THAT 1052 88 IMPORTANT TO REALISE THAT 1023 89 BOLD TO SAY THAT 1021 90 EASY TO THINK THAT 1015 91 ACCURATE TO SAY THAT 1009 92 GREAT TO KNOW THAT 1006 93 IMPORTANT TO STATE THAT 1005 94 SORRY TO HEAR THAT 998 95 QUICK TO SAY THAT 994 96 SAD TO HEAR THAT 986 97 HARD TO DENY THAT 978 98 PLEASED TO CONFIRM THAT 967 99 WORTHY TO NOTE THAT 967
100 HARD TO SAY THAT 963
*Because some of the above entries contain the infinitive of purpose, we have added the verb ‘BE’ to the following search:
_VB _JJ TO _VVI that_CST
1 IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT 18263
But it’s important to note that it‘s not all bad.
TED
2 IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT 16929 3 ‘S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT 10402 4 ‘S SAFE TO SAY THAT 8851 5 ‘S FAIR TO SAY THAT 8623 6 ‘S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT 7404 7 IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT 5438 8 ‘S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT 5266 9 IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT 4495 10 IS FAIR TO SAY THAT 3831 11 IS SAFE TO SAY THAT 3644 12 ‘S EASY TO FORGET THAT 3082 13 ‘S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT 2708 14 IS PERTINENT TO MENTION THAT 2651 15 IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT 2555 16 BE SURE TO CHECK THAT 2445 17 ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT 2339 18 BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT 2318 19 IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT 2091 20 IS PERTINENT TO NOTE THAT 2000 21 BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT 1959 22 BE FAIR TO SAY THAT 1868 23 IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT 1780 24 ‘S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT 1777 25 ‘S SAFE TO ASSUME THAT 1734 26 BE PLEASED TO KNOW THAT 1691 27 IS IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT 1689 28 ‘S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT 1665 29 BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT 1640 30 ‘S GOOD TO KNOW THAT 1588 31 WAS QUICK TO ADD THAT 1585 32 ‘S NICE TO KNOW THAT 1508 33 BE WRONG TO SAY THAT 1490 34 ‘S GOOD TO SEE THAT 1480 35 ‘S GREAT TO SEE THAT 1433 36 AM PROUD TO SAY THAT 1416 37 AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT 1292 38 IS HARD TO IMAGINE THAT 1279 39 ‘S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT 1232 40 ‘S HARD TO ARGUE THAT 1208 41 ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT 1208 42 ‘S NICE TO SEE THAT 1204 43 IS SAFE TO ASSUME THAT 1192 44 WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT 1192 45 ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT 1168 46 IS INSTRUCTIVE TO NOTE THAT 1104 47 IS EASY TO FORGET THAT 1094 48 BE GLAD TO KNOW THAT 1091 49 IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT 1071 50 WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THAT 989 51 AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT 974 52 ‘M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT 942 53 ‘S EASY TO SEE THAT 935 54 BE REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT 925 55 ‘M PROUD TO SAY THAT 908 56 AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT 899 57 IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT 881 58 IS GOOD TO SEE THAT 869 59 IS IMPORTANT TO STRESS THAT 864 60 IS IMPERATIVE TO NOTE THAT 858 61 AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT 855 62 IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNISE THAT 840 63 IS DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT 835 64 ‘M HAPPY TO SAY THAT 833 65 ‘S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT 825 66 WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THAT 793 67 IS REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT 781 68 WERE SURPRISED TO FIND THAT 771 69 AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT 765 70 BE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT 761
71 IS WORTHY TO NOTE THAT 754
It is worthy to note that the graduates of this institution will not only be useful to serve the Nigerian Navy
but the nation in general.
dailypost.ng
72 IS IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT 750 73 IS PLEASED TO REPORT THAT 735 74 IS GOOD TO KNOW THAT 728 75 IS IMPORTANT TO STATE THAT 701 76 ‘S EASY TO SAY THAT 700 77 IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT 698 78 IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT 684 79 ‘S HARD TO DENY THAT 682 80 IS DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT 681 81 ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT 676 82 BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT 668 83 ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT 665 84 IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT 663 85 BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT 647 86 BE PLEASED TO HEAR THAT 636 87 AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT 631 88 ‘S HARD TO SAY THAT 628 89 IS EASY TO SEE THAT 619 90 ‘M PLEASED TO SAY THAT 602 91 ‘S EASY TO ASSUME THAT 596 92 IS SAD TO NOTE THAT 582 93 BE SAFE TO SAY THAT 580 94 ARE PLEASED TO SEE THAT 577 95 IS GREAT TO SEE THAT 567 96 ARE PLEASED TO REPORT THAT 564 97 ‘S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT 555 98 ‘S GREAT TO KNOW THAT 541 99 ‘S ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT 533
100 ‘S EASY TO THINK THAT 532
B2: assume, deny, ensure, imperative, state
C1: acknowledge, needless, worthy