Example sentences of "is [adv] [adv] [vb base] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood and watched for a while but everything connected with seamanship is so majestically slow that he began to feel guilty of time wasting while the little vessel was still being manoeuvred through the gap . |
| 2 | But this turnover is so extraordinarily slow that each grain could only have been exposed during the last 4600 Ma for a total time much less than a million years thus requiring considerably higher cosmic-ray intensities in the past , which though possible is thought by several scientists to be unlikely . |
| 3 | Power is so seductively close that it is easy to forget that in British politics the winner takes all , or to believe that this time it all will come right and they can themselves grasp power without conceding any . |
| 4 | It is thus amply clear that , while surgeons like Taplin and physicians like Prosser turned to the financially rewarding field of veterinary medicine , there was widespread dissatisfaction with the state of veterinary science in the United Kingdom . |
| 5 | The great endeavour which Peter Scott and a small group of inspired people began in 1961 may be said to have only just started to have the worldwide impact which will help mankind to learn once again to develop in full harmony with the natural world , but it is already indelibly clear that Peter 's influence and determination has been crucial in creating a force that will not be denied its place of importance on a planet which , in the foreseeable future , may be required to support a human population of double its present size . |
| 6 | ‘ It is already now clear that the 1980s will stand out as a decade of impressive improvement in economic performance , reversing a long-term trend of decline relative to other member countries . ’ |
| 7 | And it is now equally clear that Mrs Thatcher 's response to this ultimatum was similarly direct . |
| 8 | ‘ Who is here so base that would be a bondsman ? |
| 9 | It is however also clear that the concept of legitimate expectations , like many legal concepts , can be used in more than one way ; it does not have to be given a restrictive interpretation . |
| 10 | Military intervention in Germany would be a disaster for the Russians , so it is no longer clear that the threat of this will continue to be a bar to German self-determination . |
| 11 | It is therefore little wonder that the ASB states that derecognition will be rare . |