Example sentences of "and is [adv] [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He points out that many of those now collecting compact discs are donating their L.P. 's to us , and is even optimistic that compact discs will be coming our way . |
| 2 | A source close to Saatchi insists that there is ‘ absolutely no intention of dispersing the collection ’ and is equally adamant that ‘ the collection will be greater in five or 10 years time than it is now . ’ |
| 3 | A NASA research team which has recently returned from the Arctic observed a similar pattern of events and is extremely concerned that a second ‘ hole ’ may appear over the Arctic . |
| 4 | My brother just dislikes the taste of meat and is faintly surprised that other people do not . |
| 5 | The Moon orbits the Earth and is sufficiently close that we can see its disc with the unaided eye . |
| 6 | Professor Costall has her finger on the purse-strings and is always mindful that new courses should generate income and be financially viable . |
| 7 | I can only take it that he was n't that concerned , that perhaps the Chief Constable does n't share Mr 's concerns , and is perhaps happy that he has received the generous funding that we state he has . |
| 8 | Senior White House aides and CIA officials have been telling members of the Congressional Intelligence Committees this week that Gen Noriega is drinking heavily , taking drugs , and is so nervous that he moves addresses four and five times a night . |
| 9 | It has signed a three-book contract and is so bullish that I 've included it in Ones to Watch even though I have not even had one chapter . |
| 10 | It also protects the plant in a more general way for it has such a bitter taste and is so poisonous that most animals will not eat the plant . |
| 11 | The release included statements that ‘ the discovery will be relatively easy to make into a usable technology for generating heat and power ’ ; and that ‘ this generation of heat continues over long periods and is so large that it can only be attributed to a nuclear process ’ . |
| 12 | It was also , we think , common ground and is certainly correct that , against this background , any ambiguity in the Act should be resolved in favour of consistency between the Act and the Convention , the presumption being that the legislature was seeking to give effect to the principles of the Convention and would not lightly legislate inconsistently with the United Kingdom 's treaty obligations thereunder : see Garland v. British Rail Engineering Ltd. [ 1983 ] 2 A.C. 751 , 771 . |