Example sentences of "is [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Secondly , although it is understandable that the external leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organisation may be excluded at the moment , it is not understandable that the Palestinian leaders in Jerusalem should be excluded from the process . |
| 32 | But the synopsis that he offers of his tale : is unmistakably that of a fabliau , and with the target figure appearing as a regular element within the fabliau it is understandable that the Reeve , a carpenter , should anticipate an attack upon himself : Fabliaux are thoroughly suitable textual weapons for the two churls , the Miller and the Reeve , to beat each other over the head with . |
| 33 | It is understandable if the core discipline(s) , with their internal forms of evaluation , constitute the majority of the student 's course . |
| 34 | It is understandable and no bad thing that people should react against crude literalism . |
| 35 | The confusion of person in the first sentence is understandable as the contract was written out in Old George 's hand ; and as the sole contracting party on one side it was easier for him to write my than the more impersonal , if more accurate , the master 's or some other third person equivalent . |
| 36 | Although this is distressing and frustrating for the patient , the confusion is understandable because the two disorders do present a very similar picture in terms of symptoms . |
| 37 | This is understandable because the Gospels were written at a time when the Church had to exist in a Roman world . |
| 38 | The trapdoor in the floor is intact and a set of stone steps below lead down to the basement , location 3a . |
| 39 | It is important to ensure that the packaging of irradiated diets is intact and the contents are therefore sterile before use . |
| 40 | It is in this sense that we can say that every organisation is political and every organisation is concerned with the use , and abuse , of power . |
| 41 | Control over monetary policy is political and a lack of control over it is undemocratic . |
| 42 | Its skin is sticky and the rider can not jump off . |
| 43 | I realized then that no music is vulgar unless the performance makes it so . |
| 44 | Obviously such methods are far from sufficient ( an apocryphal example of the problems that arose involves the translation of the sentence ‘ The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak ’ into Russian and then back-translated to English as ‘ The vodka is strong but the meat is rotten ’ ) . |
| 45 | There is obviously a marked difference between the strategic and finance approaches , but they are not mutually exclusive : the one is strong where the other is weak . |
| 46 | ‘ In Denmark we say that aquavit is strong as a Viking , fiery as a lover , cold as an iceberg and fresh as a virgin . |
| 47 | ‘ The economy probably is better than it was a year ago , the computer retail business is strong and the general consumer electronics business at the present time seems to be running ahead of last year , ’ Roach said . |
| 48 | However , if the opponent is strong and the program is weak , the opponent may realise that his best move from HisPos is not the one leading to MyNewPos . |
| 49 | Like the friction consonants one of each pair is strong and the other is weak . |
| 50 | If the dramatic starting point is strong and the situation is clear , children will usually find roles for themselves . |
| 51 | The market for high quality , innovative plastic tubes is strong and the company is now well placed to seize the opportunity . |
| 52 | Simply to live in the world performing one 's proper biological and mental functions , eating , engaging in physically healthy activities , appreciating the beauties of nature and of art , trying to understand the way things work , developing one 's skills is joyous and an end in itself . |
| 53 | The leaves and small fragments of the sugar beet or swede are of obvious value until such time as the field is deep-ploughed and the remaining food buried beyond retrieval . |
| 54 | For most members , supporting their frontbench is normal and the occasions when they rebel are rare and cause them some heart-searching . |
| 55 | He is emphatic that the works are to speak for themselves and about themselves : ‘ This is a show about painting , not about the meaning of Venetian civilisation ’ , he says . |
| 56 | Polsky , by contrast , is emphatic that the researcher , when studying criminal groups , should be completely open about what he is doing . |
| 57 | Althusser is emphatic that the means of production are just as essential to the fashioning of theoretical products as to something like shoemaking , which plainly requires leather , tools , etc. , and he points out that the Marxist concept of labour is in this sense irreducibly material . |
| 58 | However , Poulantzas is emphatic that the two are interconnected , and his claim seems to be founded on a further belief about class position . |
| 59 | As usual , he is emphatic that the answer has nothing to do with the individuals who actually run the state . |
| 60 | The intensity and directness of Southern Hemisphere rugby is emphatic and the game is considerably more physical in attack and defence than our game . |