Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adj] [adv] that " in BNC.

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1 He described it as ‘ a sort of mechanised private file and library in which an individual stores his books , records and communications , and which is mechanised so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility ’ .
2 Shortly stated , the main issue is whether a school which is over-subscribed so that it can not accept all the applications for admission can adopt religious criteria ( i.e. criteria intended to preserve the character of the school ) in selecting the successful applicants for admission and thereby exempt itself under section 6(3) ( a ) from the duty under section 6(2) to give effect to the preferences expressed by parents whose children do not meet such criteria .
3 Sometimes the relation between brothers-in-law is asymmetrical like that between elder brother and younger brother and sometimes affinity itself is asymmetrical so that the categories " wife-givers " and " wife-takers " are distinct ; but these are technical matters which lie outside the scope of the present discussion .
4 There is much here that chimes well with the empirical evidence in earlier sections .
5 Within democratic societies like our own there is much more that librarians can do and should do against censorship .
6 The depreciation of sterling should help to bring this about and , although there might in time be scope for some further slight fall in interest rates , it is doubtful if there is much more that the Chancellor can do .
7 The depreciation of sterling should help to bring this about and , although there might in time be scope for some further slight fall in interest rates , it is doubtful if there is much more that the Chancellor can do .
8 So far there is little here that would run counter to what would be considered orthodox Marxist views .
9 And we may well agree that there is little else that one can imagine existing alone and being of any great value .
10 Yeah I know so I think it 's negative so that negative five's the answer but anyway
11 I mean it 's all very that it 's it 's there it 's actually putting in in place .
12 It 's bad enough that he should get two things wrong about what is perhaps one of the best known poems in the English language .
13 It 's bad enough that Timothy 's mooning over her like a schoolboy , wet behind the ears .
14 It 's interesting actually that it says on all the outsides of all the tapes Aston Business School so I 'd just like to say for the benefit of the tape recorder and the British National Corpus , this is where the Business School ends and this is where Psychology takes over .
15 It 's interesting though that that you talked about that sort of identifying with the old companies , even in the nationalization days .
16 no , but she sort of said , about her mum and dad , I mean , it 's true , 'cos her dad was on overseas pay and he was in Cyprus , and it 's it 's different now that they 're back in England .
17 I think it 's important also that having done that that also replies the eagerness and activity in which it was
18 It 's important again that we were seen around in the business community .
19 The people in wheelchairs , it 's fair enough that they ca n't get their own dinner , but they should at least go to the back of the queue like we have to , but they push straight to the front .
20 Well it 's true enough that some school days are happy ( for example , the school day before half-term holidays , the school day before Christmas holidays , the school day the boiler blew up and we all got sent home early etc , etc ! ! ) .
21 It is appropriate here that I quote from passages in the report of the headmaster Mr which was furnished to Norwich City College .
22 It is probable therefore that from 6d to 9d a week is as much as labourers ' wives in general , hereabout , earn on an average the year through .
23 It is essential therefore that the West , and especially the countries of the European Community , give their support . ’
24 It is essential therefore that bodies manage their finances efficiently and apply them effectively to maintain development .
25 It is essential therefore that easily remembered navigational devices are built into the environment .
26 It is essential therefore that the managers are highly motivated .
27 It is crucial therefore that these guidelines are followed in all cases :
28 It is cheaper in that it costs less to give one grant to a large unit than ten grants to small units .
29 It is encouraging too that these links have not been restricted only to those centres which themselves offer both SCOTVEC advanced courses and degrees .
30 It is ironic both that the new architecture of the masses should eventually have ended the dominance of great houses , and that more ordinary men and women should have become protagonists in the novel , for these were not the developments , either in life or in art , that Disraeli had in mind .
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