Example sentences of "[vb infin] that it is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ruling was reviewed , as a point of law , by the Queen 's Bench of the High Court , which decided that a man who publishes a book in circumstances where he must reasonably know that it is obscene commits an offence , even if his motive is pure . |
| 2 | But educational theorists do at least know that it is possible to do better than this . |
| 3 | You have to be straight and up front with children to let them know that it is OK for them to use their own words and explain their concerns in their won way , ’ says Brown . |
| 4 | When we first experience the desire to write , our writing voice may well be timid , weak , needy and underfed , so we need to feed it , to let the writer-self know that it is significant for us . |
| 5 | But Roth must know that it is likely to be no joke to those who are reading his book . |
| 6 | Anyone who has tried travelling in a bus or car on Euston road in the evening rush hour will know that it is bad enough at present ; to impose an additional 70 per cent . |
| 7 | So man 's greatness comes from knowing that he is wretched , for a tree does not know that it is wretched . |
| 8 | My hon. Friend 's constituents will recognise that it is vital for the future prosperity of Swindon that those schemes be implemented as quickly as possible . |
| 9 | The Monopolies and Mergers Commission did not allow the 1986 bid to proceed and rejected GEC 's claims arguing that : ‘ We do not consider that it is possible in the field of electronics to establish a direct link between company size and competitive performance ’ . |
| 10 | You may think that it is good to produce a neat , legible and carefully presented essay . |
| 11 | I do not think that it is possible to change that definition . |
| 12 | I do not think that it is necessary to refer to all of those provisions because they really do not take the matter any further . |
| 13 | Nor do I think that it is necessary at this stage . |
| 14 | I do not think that it is necessary to provide any more parliamentary time for that . |
| 15 | The right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) says that it will be at £36,000 , but the right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) will not tell us and says that he does not think that it is necessary to say so . |
| 16 | I do not think that it is necessary for me to send for the chairmen of Back-Bench committees . |
| 17 | I do not think that it is right for the hon. Lady to knock the national health service in that way . |
| 18 | Does the Minister think that it is satisfactory for the people of Teesside to be faced with an application for a power station , another for a gas plant for the power station , and a separate application for the overhead line ? |
| 19 | I do not think that it is fanciful to suggest that public confidence in the administration of justice is undermined by such assertions from a powerful interest group . |
| 20 | Nor do I think that it is disgraceful if two men of a loving disposition should set up home together . |
| 21 | However one designs the procedure — whether a parliamentary procedure or a public inquiry — the majority of poeple will think that it is unfair that it is being forced or inflicted on them . |
| 22 | In other words , some heads may think that it is desirable and right to devote much care to management through the corporateness of professionals but , within the same code , to achieve as much agreement among the non-professionals as one can and then to stop trying . |
| 23 | Whether one accepts that view or not — and I do not think that it is valid in its simple form ( see Fine and Harris ( 1985 ) ) — it is a powerful one ; in that context , the fact that the proportion of foreign assets in UK pension funds ' total investments has risen is a mark of the power that the post-1979 boom in the City 's foreign investment has had . |
| 24 | All schools ( county and voluntary ) must start the day with a corporate act of worship , although parents have the right of withdrawal and LEAs may rule that it is impracticable to assemble all the pupils ( e.g. in very large or split-site schools , or where pupils follow many different religions ) . |
| 25 | Is all this easy , and does the book explain that it is easy for someone who is not Elizabeth Taylor to achieve this ? |
| 26 | This should ensure that it is accurate and up-to-date , but the benefit would not simply be in having tidy records . |
| 27 | You should not feel that it is presumptuous to ask . |
| 28 | Edward knew he was being pampered and , in his letters to Helen about his friendship with Gwili 's sister , he confessed that ‘ in fact it was partly you that I saw when I held her : I hope I shall never forget her ; then I shall feel that it is possible to love another even though I am all and ever yours , little one . |
| 29 | In order to do so I do not feel that it is necessary to ‘ prove ’ the existence of God in the sense of demonstrating with mathematical certainty that He exists . |
| 30 | The managers may feel that it is appropriate to insist that the second investor 's director bring to the board something additional , such as technical expertise or contacts . |