Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] is [adv] [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it is hardly surprising that Meléndez Valdés became an afrancesado . |
| 2 | Alexandra said , emboldened by her success , ‘ Then perhaps it is as well that I do n't hunt . ’ |
| 3 | It sounds slightly improbable that my right hon. Friend will be called to a meaningful debate on Scottish constitutional matters in the near future , but will he assure Conservative Members that were he to be so he is fully aware that people in England would take it amiss if any proposition were seriously entertained which allowed Scottish Members to decide matters in Scotland and then to have a say in English matters in England ? |
| 4 | In the process of this the Commission has to work closely with national governments , and so it is clearly desirable that domestic and EC law should be mutually consistent . |
| 5 | So it is little wonder that the Persians found the cat an invaluable ally even at the height of battle . |
| 6 | So it is quite possible that the hairs on plants , indeed their entire shape and form , act as tuned aerials , as vibrational emitters and receivers of highly specific wavelengths , in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum . |
| 7 | Erm , in fact Ted Hughes I think has largely lived in the countryside so it is quite likely that his house in which he sets this poem is in the countryside . |
| 8 | So it is quite natural that , along with all their other decisions , they should define the nature of their relationship to us . |
| 9 | The British population of some 52,000 is 65 per cent of the world population and so it is very important that these numbers are protected . |
| 10 | To know that I , as a person , am thoroughly good , intelligent and desirable , and that being so it is only logical that I should love myself passionately and unconditionally is quite a leap . |
| 11 | The profits from Jimmy Campbell 's cleverly-titled book about the Blackpool he has known for more than 45 years will go to the RNLI , and so it is perhaps appropriate that the very first chapter looks at the well-known Bickerstaffe family . |
| 12 | It takes as fact that employers , judges and Tory legislators can do no wrong , and so it is hardly surprising that it finds nothing to be said in favour of trade unions . |
| 13 | So it is hardly surprising that John Cranko , already a ballet pupil , although of very limited experience , was able to make himself useful when the two Cape Town companies had seasons in Johannesburg towards the end of 1943 . |
| 14 | So it is hardly surprising that the place has bred a line of hardy , taciturn beings who , accustomed from birth to fighting the elements simply to survive , are not given to public demonstrations of any kind of emotion . |
| 15 | So it is hardly surprising that nablabs are seen merely as a distress purchase . |
| 16 | Their origins , their tectonic and metamorphic history , and their structural relations , present geologists with some of the most complex problems to be solved within the science as a whole , and so it is hardly surprising that many universities have research interests here . |
| 17 | If all the ships sail separately it is more likely that at least one ship will stray into the field of view of a submarine than if the ships sail in a tight convoy ; a convoy may slip by without being detected . |
| 18 | Nevertheless he is quite clear that God has inspired his message . |
| 19 | Thus it is critically important that an antiviral agent does not become incorporated into the host 's nucleic acids , or those works too could be jammed , with devastating consequences . |
| 20 | The chateau of Vincennes had no theatre , thus it is very unlikely that there was any kind of a pit from which the musicians could have played . |
| 21 | In some ways , postnominal attributives are also relatively straightforward ; thus it is perfectly clear that they are like ordinary prenominal attributives in that they do not constitute a full sentence with the noun or noun phrase that precedes them , and that they are part of the same entity-identifying phrase . |
| 22 | Thus it is hardly surprising that malignant diseases of the breast , ovary , and endometrium all occur more commonly in nulliparous women . |
| 23 | and all of this leads natural to the final fifth proposition not only does the bible teach that all may be saved , not only does it teach that however that not all will be saved , not only is it true and clear that some will be saved and we do not , do not , do not expect to be saved , not only is it quite clear that others will not be saved , who we expected to be saved , but finally it is quite clear that no one will be saved except by God 's way , and God 's way of salvation is very simply by repentance and faced . |
| 24 | The first certain Greek words in the Bible are in the Book of Daniel ( 3.5 ) , which in its present form belongs to the third and second centuries B.C. It is furthermore probable that in Kohelet ( Ecclesiastes ) the Persian word pardes ( 2.5 ) is used in a meaning , orchard , given to it by the Greeks under the form . |
| 25 | Nonetheless it is perhaps surprising that the librarian has not crossed swords with the law over obscene and indecent literature before now . |
| 26 | Also it is clearly relevant that his sister , who was in charge of a local , government-sponsored , silk development project , was well-known to all the villagers . |
| 27 | Also it is almost certain that the RAM can not be re-used — see previous comment . |
| 28 | Hence it is vitally important that the recruitment of elites into parties or primary races should be competitive and open . |
| 29 | Hence it is fairly clear that Cnut , who received the name Lambert at his baptism , was a Christian when he acquired the English throne , and the same was probably true of most of his major followers . |
| 30 | Hence it is hardly probable that a group of remarks about the first four groups could place any restriction on the nature of the two later groups , and thus there is a lot of room for an invalidating counter-example to the principle of closure . |