Example sentences of "is that it [is] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second objection that will be brought is that it is odd to treat another as a rational being , in the Kantian sense , in erotic relations , of all places . |
| 2 | Yet the central point is that it is absurd to assume that any woman is less competent to direct her life than any man she marries . |
| 3 | If you provoke anger in others in this way , part of the explanation is that it is possible to use provocation as a means of releasing your own tension by way of another person . |
| 4 | One of the advantages of a quantitative study of this sort is that it is possible to view at a glance a collected set of responses . |
| 5 | All I am trying to show is that it is possible to improve your general health and your sense of well-being by paying greater attention to what you put into your mouth and body . |
| 6 | What has not been appreciated until recently , however , is that it is possible to see many of the land boundaries of the territorial divisions and ‘ estates ’ of this period on Dartmoor . |
| 7 | The implication of this perspective is that it is possible to give only a limited and provisional legitimacy to strategic nuclear weapons deployed as a second-strike ‘ deterrent ’ threat . |
| 8 | Our experience is that it is possible to persuade unconvinced people to do something as drastic as this , but it is unwise and can lead to disaster . |
| 9 | A converse implication of the " dress of thought " view is that it is possible to write in a style which is the nadir of plainness and neutrality . |
| 10 | In this case the immediate position defended ( contra the work of Wyld and Zachrisson ) is that orthoepic evidence is better than other evidence , such as ‘ occasional spellings ’ ( Wyld , 1936 ) , but the underlying assumption ( which is more relevant here ) is that it is possible to write a continuous unilinear history of ‘ standard ’ English pronunciation . |
| 11 | One result of this difference of reference is that it is possible to construct sentences which will be analytic or contradictory on the one interpretation but not on the other : ( 11 ) Nikolai offered us the message decoded but it was not decoded when he offered it to us 4.2 One curious feature about these adjectives is that they somehow seem to modify not only the noun which they accompany but simultaneously the verb as well ; if this is a genuine observation it will be surprising on general grounds , since it would be decidedly abnormal in syntax for one element to simultaneously qualify two different items . |
| 12 | One particular strength is that it is possible to specify both the area and the subject of the map . |
| 13 | There are many arguments as to which strategy is best ( de Nevers et al. , 1977 ; Wall , 1976b ) but increasingly the conclusion being reached is that it is possible to make use of the advantages of two or more strategies . |
| 14 | The problem with drawing a conclusion about cost is that it is dangerous to start talking about the cost of community care because the cost of community care varies tremendously with local circumstances and particularly with the characteristics of the people you are looking at . |
| 15 | But the truth is that it is easy to overdo jogging . |
| 16 | The good side is that it is easy to use , you can transfer money between accounts , you can record debit card transactions and many more . |
| 17 | The beauty about Calera WordScan 1.1c is that it is easy to use , and has turned in some very good results while on test . |
| 18 | The major advantage of the line graph is that it is easy to analyse the relationship between variables . |
| 19 | The definition of p is such that the averaged expectation value of any quantum operator Q is given by As a quantum-mechanical operator , p obeys the Heisenberg equation of motion A major advantage of the density-matrix formulation is that it is easy to augment this equation by terms representing the interactions not accounted for in H. In the cases of interest , these can be represented by simple excitation and decay terms . |
| 20 | The first problem is that it is easy to determine the incorrect stem of a word ( e.g. mother → moth + er ) . |
| 21 | The difficulty is that it is impossible to draw the line , by appealing to any abstract ideal of the market , between the degree of constraint and the degree of discretion which will be accorded to corporate managers through , for example , the device of the take-over bid . |
| 22 | The view expressed here is that it is impossible to quantify either the costs or benefits of insider dealing in any meaningful sense . |
| 23 | What we do know is that it is impossible to write any human being off as permanently damaged . |
| 24 | The disadvantage of the Helblaster is that it is impossible to reload on the battlefield — each barrel has to be removed and fitted with a new charge before it can be replaced on the gun . |
| 25 | The problem with this argument , however , is that it is impossible to discover , in practice , a ‘ pure ’ use of English syntax that does not , also , similarly oblige its users to indicate a view on what is uttered . |
| 26 | The obvious problem with the designs of these experiments is that it is impossible to know whether the difference observed in the test depends on positive transfer in the distinctiveness group , negative transfer in the equivalence group , or both of these . |
| 27 | What emerges from the history of the Councils is that it is impossible to determine a pattern . |
| 28 | The problem with any general behaviouristic account of knowledge is that it is impossible to make sense of any behavioural description without being able to make sense independently of statements about how the world is . |
| 29 | The problem for Customs staff is that it is impossible to check every cross-border vehicle for illegal diesel . |
| 30 | And Hume 's point is that it is impossible to have any reason for that last belief . |