Example sentences of "is [adj] [verb] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is shameful to suggest that Fascism is , or was , anti-Semitic . |
| 2 | It may be impossible to draw up a fitness league table but it is possible to say that complexity has increased during evolution . |
| 3 | By means of thermodynamic arguments it is possible to show that entropy change is equal to energy transferred as heat , q , divided by the temperature , T , thus The change in entropy can , relate to either the system or the surroundings . |
| 4 | Caroline 's comment : Faith is right to think that breast or formula milk is the best choice for Jake until he 's a year old although cow 's milk can be given from six months . |
| 5 | The hon. Member for Gateshead , East is right to suggest that government should be accountable and responsive — but to achieve that we need government that truly reflects local communities . |
| 6 | It is unrealistic to believe that warning labels will do anything to reduce alcohol abuse . |
| 7 | In his view , it is fallacious to say that Unix costs less per number of users than mainframes because no-one has ever put a large number of users on Unix boxes . |
| 8 | It is heartening to know that road casualties present no substantial threat to the toads at this particular lake . |
| 9 | It is wrong to contend that divorce legislation ‘ defines ’ all marriages as being dissoluble . |
| 10 | Editor , — John R Hampton may be right to lament the decline in doctors ' abilities to elicit and interpret physical signs , but I believe that he is wrong to conclude that training in the setting of general practice will sound the deathknell of these skills . |
| 11 | Self also believes it is wrong to assume that bureau chiefs generally control a monopoly . |
| 12 | It is interesting to note that bullhead rail is still in evidence some forty years after the infant British Railways adopted flat-bottom rail as standard . |
| 13 | Increased cellular proliferation has previously been reported in Barrett 's mucosa , and it is interesting to note that EGF is found in many of the epithelial cells of Barrett 's epithelium . |
| 14 | It is interesting to note that legislation was required , because , as said above , mid-nineteenth-century reformers thought that most of what was needed could be achieved by formalising the relationship by means of a lease . |
| 15 | It is interesting to note that stereo sound is already featured on some video recorders and camcorders , and it seems that it is only a matter of time before it becomes standard as for sound recorders . |
| 16 | It is interesting to note that Parliament struck these words out of s.62 because they took away from the purity of the section . |
| 17 | It is interesting to note that management and professional staff are the least certain as to whether they will move with their jobs . |
| 18 | expand this to a neighbourhood and it is easy to see that collection and transportation costs would turn this into an uneconomical exercise . |
| 19 | At the same time it is easy to see that group solidarity overrides all other loyalties and motives . |
| 20 | Even if the defendant himself can plausibly say that he did not intend to use violence , it is sufficient if he uses the language or behaviour in a situation where the addressee is likely to believe that violence will be used against him either by the speaker or by other persons . |
| 21 | So far in this section the naive inductivist account of science has been undermined largely by arguing that theories must precede observation statements , so that it is false to claim that science starts with observation . |
| 22 | But it is imperative to ensure that research is carried out on the value of screening for gestational diabetes in those hitherto neglected settings . |
| 23 | ‘ It is hard to believe that poverty stalks the land when even the poorest fifth of families with children spend nearly a tenth of their income on alcohol and tobacco ’ , was Mr Moore 's dismissive conclusion . |
| 24 | Since there is no guarantee that the behaviour of participants during the life of a co-operative R&D venture will mesh with their initial goals , or that new , anticompetitive restrictions will not be added to what started out as a pro-competitive co-operative R&D agreement , it is hard to believe that immunity from prosecution is an attractive policy option in the absence of continuous monitoring by the antitrust authorities . |
| 25 | ‘ Even though I have been shriven , it is good to know that bastard went before me . |
| 26 | It is good to know that employee trustees have been introduced within the JS pension scheme , but I would nevertheless question whether ‘ ordinary employees ’ are likely to affect the deliberations and decisions of the present high-powered trustees , all of them JS directors , either currently or ex ? |
| 27 | It is helpful to realize that tinnitus is now widely recognized ; courses are run for professional people who meet tinnitus sufferers ; there is much research which is continuing . |
| 28 | As the objectives for online orientation are so similar for both end-users and intermediaries , it is reasonable to assume that orientation programmes can be produced which can be useful in the teaching of both groups . |
| 29 | If a minister clearly states the effect of a provision and there is no subsequent relevant amendment to the Bill or withdrawal of the statement it is reasonable to assume that Parliament passed the Bill on the basis that the provision would have the effect stated . |
| 30 | It is reasonable to assume that variable overheads will only accrue if hours are worked rather than idle . |