Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [that] it is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to argue that it is reasonable to believe in God . |
| 2 | The application of the reasonableness test is examined in more detail later at Chapter 6 , 2 ; for the present , suffice to say that it is difficult , if not impossible , to predict what clauses will satisfy the reasonableness test , but a clause which appears reasonable is less likely to provoke a challenge than one which appears less reasonable . |
| 3 | Does the hon. Gentleman really wish to imply that it is difficult for young children to buy cigarettes from a local corner shop ? |
| 4 | They need to know that it is possible to find alternative accommodation for the individual or themselves . |
| 5 | People need to understand that it is possible to promote the welfare of mentally abnormal offenders while at the same time protecting the public at large . |
| 6 | Those responsible for implementing RMI need to ensure that it is these latter opportunities that are projected and not an attack on clinical judgement . |
| 7 | Children have to learn that it is easier to start at one end of a line of objects and finish at the other . |
| 8 | Winch 's contention is that to conceive of the relation of an act to the person who acts in terms of the Kantian maxim ‘ acting for the sake of duty ’ is mistaken since ‘ there is no general kind of behaviour of which we have to say that it is good without qualification ’ . |
| 9 | Winch 's claim , already referred to , ‘ that there is no general kind of behaviour of which we have to say that it is good without qualification ’ , is relevant here . |
| 10 | ‘ Speaking for the PA , I have to say that it is regrettable that some booksellers feel that the Book Club Regulations have been stretched . |
| 11 | think Well that 's ninety , but you need to say that it is ninety because it 's the angle in there . |