Example sentences of "[is] [adj] that [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is possible that by going to Court we shall get a larger sum . ’ |
| 2 | It is possible that before going into liquidation the buyer had paid part of the price to the seller . |
| 3 | It is possible that after analysing certain European markets it becomes apparent that your objectives might best be met by a start-up venture . |
| 4 | It is clear that by taking positive action at the earliest possible opportunity we have the opportunity to control how a claim develops . |
| 5 | Now it is clear that by extending one-member-one-vote to the choice of constituency delegates , Labour can safely inject democracy into the party conference without fearing nasty side-effects . |
| 6 | It is clear that in exercising the discretion the court has to balance the requirements of the liquidator against any possible oppression to the person to be examined . |
| 7 | It is clear that in reading a novel one can not influence its development ( that can be the pleasure or pain of reading ) , but it is almost equally hard for a criminal to influence the direction of a trial , or for a primary school pupil to prevent the lesson progressing as the teacher intends . |
| 8 | ( It is interesting that in arguing that polygamy grows out of monogamy Engels was reversing the evolutionary sequence as most anthropologists of his time saw it . ) |
| 9 | It is ironic that by privileging sexual difference Scruton shows himself the victim of precisely the modern intensification of sexuality which in other ways he might regard as contributing to a legitimation of the perversions he repudiates . |
| 10 | When someone is asked a question , it is likely that before answering he will direct his gaze away from the questioner 's eyes ( Argyle and Cook , 1976 ) particularly if the question requires some thought . |
| 11 | Some sceptics may feel that it is inevitable that by saving energy , and therefore cash , there will be a rduction in both the standards and the versality of the products served . |
| 12 | From what we learned the first evening we were here , Rose is very well heeled and it 's obvious that by sharing her home , Dora enjoys a lot of luxuries she could never afford by herself . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , it is obvious that by limiting himself to his own observations in a remote valley , he would soon exhaust his material : he therefore drew on Dorothy 's Journals and upon other people 's experiences , for example in Alice Fell , The Solitary Reaper ( observed by Wilkinson who ‘ Passed a female who was reaping alone ’ ) , and The Kitten and Falling Leaves ( rough draft by Coleridge printed in Notebooks , vol. i , 1813 ) . |
| 14 | It is essential that in exercising the very important jurisdiction to grant judicial review , the court should not intervene just because the reasons given , if strictly construed , may disclose an error of law . |
| 15 | However it is certain that by extending our set of laws and rules , and by the use of inductive methods , we can develop systems that will require the use of infinitary rules a good deal less often . |
| 16 | It is true that in rejecting the [ applicants ' ] daughters they referred to and relied upon their admission criteria but in my judgment they were entitled to use those criteria to decide priorities pursuant to section 6(3) ( a ) . |
| 17 | Indeed , it is plausible that in looking for a way to relate a proper-named individual to one introduced by a noun , the processor would be dominated by stereotypical associations . |