Example sentences of "[conj] it is [adj] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are situations , it seems , where it is reasonable to say that there are two or more causal circumstances for a single effect . |
| 2 | Where it is unreasonable assume that sales in period t+1 will be the same as at time t ( the present ) , or that the increase/decrease in sales over period t to t+1 will be the same as during the period t-1 to t , a moving average may be calculated . |
| 3 | Computers designed for scientific calculation , where it is valid to assume that the result of one operation may be an operand of the next have an accumulator and use the one-address format . |
| 4 | Not since Sir Geoffrey de Bellaigue 's Waddesdon furniture catalogue of 1974 has the subject been treated so comprehensively , although it is sad to note that the quality of photography is not as good in this catalogue as in the Waddesdon one . |
| 5 | Although it is easy to appreciate that the polymer must be sufficiently wettable to sustain a coherent layer of tear fluid , it might be thought that all problems associated with wettability would be overcome by the presence of water in the material . |
| 6 | The entry on phonology ( by Lise Menn ) also suggests that it is a lively area of research , although it is disheartening to learn that there is very little current research into developmental intonation . |
| 7 | Although it is tempting to suggest that analogous neurons are involved in the orientation discrimination of bees , this temptation should be resisted — at least for the time being . |
| 8 | Its full extent is unclear and although it is true to say that the 1977 Act does not impose a general standard of fairness on contract terms , s3 is capable of applying to many of the terms which will be included in a set of standard terms of trading . |
| 9 | Although it is true to say that Lizzie felt at the start very much under her mother 's shadow and in any case was naturally of a rather shy disposition — she was coaxed into recording quite early on in her career ; indeed , her voice can be heard ( singing Far Over the Forth ) on the same 1953 School of Scottish Studies tape devoted to her just-discovered mother . |
| 10 | The fact that a rug is signed or dated does not imply that it is in any way superior to similar items that have not been inscribed , although it is fair to say that weavers rarely sign inferior examples of their work . |
| 11 | The aim of this legislation , as the Supreme Court noted , is to facilitate economic development , although it is fair to add that lenders both from within and outside the country have been pressing for change for some time . |
| 12 | Astley Cooper claimed ( incorrectly ) that the constitution of the College would not allow more professors to be appointed , although it is difficult to imagine that a course , ideally lasting three years and covering the health and diseases of all species of domesticated animals , could have been undertaken by a professor , an assistant professor and a demonstrator . |
| 13 | It is arguable that teacher expectations and behaviour could be creating an interactive process of low expectations , low achievements and black pupil resistance , although it is important to recognize that teacher expectations do not automatically translate themselves into self-fulfilling prophecies ( Short , 1985 ) . |
| 14 | It follows that it is reasonable to assume that a unit of goodness can exist in the mind of man to aid him in understanding the origin of his God , just as the scientific unit aids human thought directed towards physical activity . |
| 15 | From the later middle years onward , there is some decline in the body 's production of the male hormones and this will begin to have marked effect in the seventies ; but , again , continued sexual activity will serve to keep hormonal levels up , so that it is legitimate to say that sexual activity in the man can continue — provided his health is good and the system is not impaired by disability — well into the eighth decade of life or even longer , provided he keeps in practice . |
| 16 | I do not believe that it is helpful to suggest that the problem is widespread or in any way worrying , either for the consumer or for the farming industry as a whole . |
| 17 | So , against Clark , it must be argued that it is misleading to claim that because animals , imbeciles , and normal infants are all weak , defenceless , and at our mercy , to treat any of them in the same way ( say by killing them for food or using them in research ) is ‘ in moral terms , the very same act ’ ( Clark 1978 : 149 ) . |
| 18 | If a case falls midway between two authorities , this may indicate that there is a fundamental conflict of principle between the two authorities , and that it is necessary to hold that one of them was wrongly decided . |
| 19 | With respect to the second of these issues , Peirce holds that it is rational to suppose that there is , in any particular case , an affinity between our sense of plausibility and the nature of reality . |
| 20 | All-glass tanks are available in a wide range of shapes and sizes some so huge that it is easy to doubt that such a fragile framework , only held together with silicone sealant and weighing anything up to 1000 kilos ( 2000 lb ) or more when filled and stocked , is capable of withstanding all the pressure without collapsing . |
| 21 | We are so used to hearing talk about the nervous system ‘ encoding ’ the outside world that it is easy to forget that this is a metaphor and it is one that has no place in serious philosophical discussion of the mind-body problem or the philosophy of perception . |
| 22 | Particularly in their polemical passages they have a freshness and directness , such assurance that the world is now their oyster , that it is easy to forget that they did not go uncriticized . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | There are such obvious advantages in having access through video to examples of teaching that it is easy to forget that there can also be problems . |
| 25 | They argue that it is misguided to pretend that these proscribed organisations ( like Sinn Fein ) either do not exist or do not carry massive popular support . |
| 26 | It seems to me that it is impossible to say that in carrying out that exercise he misdirected himself or came to a conclusion to which he could not reasonably have come in the exercise of his discretion . |
| 27 | Defendants are permitted to prove their innocence to the extent of whatever accounts and receipts they may have , but case law has shown that it is impossible to prove that savings from wages are not the fruit of crime , being just money in the bank . |
| 28 | But because it is part of the school ethos ( for teachers and pupils alike ) that it is embarrassing to show that you have been hurt , people remain mostly unaware of the pain that these mundane disparagements cause . |
| 29 | Other people found his looks so engaging that it is sad to think that he was deeply conscious of noses , especially when he was worried about Jewishness . |
| 30 | It was argued above that it is unacceptable to claim that the mandatory penalty for murder supplies the raison d'être for the qualified defence of provocation : the label ‘ murder ’ should be reserved for the most heinous of killings , and there is a widely held belief that provoked killings are not in this group . |