Example sentences of "[noun] is [adj] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British Wind Energy Association is concerned that new wind projects total only six and that the 30 megawatts which these turbines would contribute to the national grid is " embarrassingly small " in comparison with Denmark , the Netherlands and Spain . |
| 2 | Once the contractor is satisfied that a sub-contractor holds a valid certificate no further inspection is necessary unless : ( a ) The date of expiry , which should have been noted in the builder 's records , has passed . |
| 3 | ‘ Neil is adamant that if Terry goes , he wants to go , ’ she said . |
| 4 | The best ad vice in order to guard against such a mismatch is to start out by piloting Compact in a small number of schools and to take in more schools only when the Partnership is satisfied that there are sufficient job opportunities available . |
| 5 | Where , however , the defendant is unaware that he is confronted by a policeman and believes himself to be entitled to use force , the situation is different . |
| 6 | This may be partly because neither the president nor the high command is confident that parts of the army might not rebel . |
| 7 | Payment of the mortgage allowance will be through the normal salaries system on a monthly/four-weekly basis and will be non-taxable , provided that the Inland Revenue is satisfied that the payments made are reasonable in amount . |
| 8 | Hardy is amused that Richard did not see the steel beneath the silk . |
| 9 | THE REFORMER : Cosmetics for people with skin trouble , watches for bad time keepers , personal organisers for the chaotic — the reformer is convinced that all the answers are in his hands . |
| 10 | Hilton is aware that ultimately the lord will be best judge of what helps him most , but he suggests that every day should start with an effort to discipline his whole attention to God . |
| 11 | Hilton is aware that the Incarnation must always be the starting-point for reforming in feeling , and only through the processes of faith and penance for the sins which deform the body of Christ can the soul come to see the reality of the being of God in man — Christ : It is this ghostly love that the soul glimpses in the darkness , and in doing so experiences the reality of the resurrected and ascended Christ who comes to man in the Holy Spirit and completes the story of the Incarnation . |
| 12 | Nor from the point of view of the speaker , is there any hard and fast boundary between these and a non-restrictive adjective used in order to make explicit some property , when it is suspected that the hearer is unaware that it is implied by the use of the noun , as with poisonous in : ( 10 ) she threw Maisie 's lunch-box out of the window because it had a poisonous red-back spider in it Note that ( 10 ) further exemplifies the fact that whether an adjective is taken as restrictive or not depends on the rest of the entity-identifying phrase rather than just on the head noun . |
| 13 | This secures work for 55 employees for the next four years and David is delighted that the council recognised its own catering organisation as providing best value for money . |
| 14 | His sister Pat is convinced that he thoroughly enjoyed Gentle Jack despite all the things said about it and about his own performance . |
| 15 | Although the current climate of education cut-backs and competition from a large variety of exercise classes presents a considerable challenge to the development of Medau , Pat is sure that the Grant Aid Programme , which she has been appointed to implement , has strengthened the foundations on which the Medau family can build . |
| 16 | WHEREAS China bemoans its growing mouth-count ( the Chinese count people by mouths , not heads ) , Taiwan is worried that its population is not growing enough . |
| 17 | Yet the shepherd is sure that he does , and so they have a short argument , which ends with Moses telling the shepherd to hide behind the bushes to find out whether in fact God does come to drink the milk . |
| 18 | Department of Health guidance is clear that people should not be discharged into private nursing homes when they have no wish to pay . ’ |
| 19 | A TEACHER who quit a North-East City Technology College is outraged that she has been used in election literature by one of the CTC 's biggest supporters . |
| 20 | Understandably , Tony O'Dalaigh is anxious that what he describes as the ‘ chaos with Archaos ’ does n't hang over reports of the 1991 Dublin Theatre Festival ‘ I would n't want it all to obscure the fact that in terms of the festival 's visibility and the people who turned up to see the shows we had the most successful festival in years . |
| 21 | Er and Professor is right that it was paragraph B er which at the time was A A er it 's now B B , that caused er me and er my colleagues some difficulty erm in er policy and resources and it will be the reason for which we do n't support it this afternoon . |
| 22 | alright , fair enough , if , if the , if the deformity is mobile that means you can move it , you can actually do a lot of manipulation and physiotherapy and that can work very well . |
| 23 | The industry is concerned that its future trainees should be graduates appropriately equipped as potential managers , especially in the small business sector . |
| 24 | Labour is outraged that only one third of defendants on trial for rape are convicted . |
| 25 | Nor will it will get the green light until the United Nations is satisfied that Iraq has fulfilled all the conditions laid down in the Security Council resolutions during the hostilities . |
| 26 | Sue is convinced that it 's vital for young people to be exposed as early as possible to The Arts and attain a clearer understanding of life as a professional creative person . |
| 27 | The Bank of Mexico is confident that it can see off any speculative attack on the peso . |
| 28 | The Administration is embarrassed that the Fed is not providing more support to its commitment to lower the dollar . |
| 29 | Molly is aware that she has cancer but she is in great heart . |
| 30 | Professor Burney is certain that the same dagger was used in another case recently . ’ |