Example sentences of "is [adj] [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WITH the demand for golf courses vastly outweighing supply , it is refreshing to note that a number of courses have been given planning permission in the Durham and North Yorkshire area . |
| 2 | It is vain to think that more of the load will be shouldered by voluntary effort . |
| 3 | Grandfather used to say ‘ the day is a cock 's stride longer at Old Newerday ’ ( 12th January ) , but in the first week of the new year there is little to show that the sun is creeping marginally higher each day . |
| 4 | There is little to suggest that this view changed , at least until the sterling crisis of 1947 . |
| 5 | Many may have felt betrayed , but there is little to suggest that MacDonald was any the less of a socialist than others , nor is there hard evidence to suggest that he schemed to bring about the collapse of the Labour government . |
| 6 | In areas such as Cheltenham , Hereford and Eastbourne there is little to suggest that anything new has happened to enable them to translate this into general election support . |
| 7 | However , there is little to suggest that this occurred . |
| 8 | Although it might have been hoped that local and central government would redirect main programmes to the benefit of the cities , there is little to suggest that this occurred . |
| 9 | Moreover , there is little to suggest that public-sector investment has been successful in encouraging equivalent private spending . |
| 10 | At first sight there is little to suggest that Michell has found anything other than chance connections . |
| 11 | Despite the evidence of solidarity there is little to suggest that this culture , even though it is against the formal organizational structure , is one that produces active protest against the conditions of the work enterprise . |
| 12 | And there is little to suggest that it will improve when China takes over . |
| 13 | Although much of their business was conducted in Anglo-Norman ( which developed a literature of its own ) there is little to suggest that ‘ English ’ magnates were ignorant of the best written French . |
| 14 | Even now cases of crossed aphasia in right handers are likely to be reported in the literature on account of their rarity ( e.g. Brown and Wilson , 1973 ; Zangwill , 1979 ; Wechsler , 1976 ; April and Han , 1980 ) although there is little to suggest that there is any qualitative difference between the aphasias produced by left and right sided lesions ( Carr , Jacobson and Boller , 1981 ) . |
| 15 | Equally there is little to suggest that past human groups were any less exploitative of their environment — or any less spendthrift in their consumption of its resources — than we are today . |
| 16 | It is difficult to know how far they were a significant deterrent to claiming relief , but over the long term there is little to suggest that any parish maintained the lowering of its poor rate which sometimes accompanied the initial operation of a workhouse . |
| 17 | Whatever personal suffering the laws caused — and there is no doubt they caused a great deal — there is little to suggest that the development of the eighteenth-century economy was frustrated by an unusual level of institutionally produced labour immobility . |
| 18 | There is little to indicate that environmental and/or property improvements actually create jobs , boost output or encourage investment . |
| 19 | The work has been quite hard , actually little short of the 24 hours ' teaching a week which I originally feared we might have to teach , but it 's a pity not to offer the course as we prepared it in Peking , complete with extra lectures , as there seems to be a great demand for anything we teach , which is understandable considering that it 's a chance of a lifetime for some of the teachers ; in fact , some have never spoken to a foreigner in their lives before ! |
| 20 | Although MAS will obviously be seeking to create an auction , it is normal to state that the vendors are not motivated purely by financial concerns but give great importance to other factors such as finding the right buyer , etc . |
| 21 | The second thing to note is that to say that someone who says ‘ I hope ’ — for example , ‘ I hope you 'll come ’ — is simply expressing his mental state is to ignore the role of such utterances in human intercourse . |
| 22 | One of the things I I I found it very difficult to start with I must admit is that to prejudge that people would or would not go in . |
| 23 | These examples demonstrate that it is absurd to say that the Cox Report does not advocate the teaching of grammar . |
| 24 | But it is absurd to suppose that Lewis had nothing to gain from Minto 's company , or that all thEir time was spent discussing domestic trivia ( much as she and Lewis both enjoyed such discussions ) . |
| 25 | But it is absurd to suppose that every power which is conferred on the political head of a department must be exercised by him and him alone . |
| 26 | My Lords , if I may revert to the proposition that a person can not consent to the theft of property from himself , it is absurd to suppose that a company consents to the theft of its own property , merely because the thief is for most purposes of the company its directing mind . |
| 27 | Yet the central point is that it is absurd to assume that any woman is less competent to direct her life than any man she marries . |
| 28 | I agree also that it is absurd to suggest that there is anything wrong with national testing of pupils ' progress at certain ages , both to inform parents and to inform localities about the performance of their schools . |
| 29 | It is absurd to think that the principle of pooling sovereignty is something new or difficult to accept . |
| 30 | And it is absurd to think that the painters of the Section d'Or and others , scattered through the Salon d'Automne , share any concern other than that of reacting against the sloppiness of Impressionism . |