Example sentences of "[is] [adj] that we do [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Indeed it is possible that we do not understand these things very well unless standardization is taken into account .
2 It is clear that we do not in fact have the capability of sharply recalling more than a very few of our mental events as defined , even immediately afterwards .
3 Now it is clear that we do sometimes have alternative ways of determining guilt and innocence to our own satisfaction and it therefore makes sense to think of a fair trial as a trial designed to produce the correct verdict where correctness is assessable by some other objective standards , but in many cases this is not so and in practice the correct verdict is simply the one which is reached after a fair trial .
4 ‘ We 've been talking so much , it 's foolish that we do n't even know each other 's names . ’
5 The increasing numbers of dementia sufferers living alone ; the pressures on carers , will mean that the need for all services will increase and I would suggest that the level of our knowledge is such that we do not know what the " best " care for dementia sufferers is — and what may be best for sufferers may not be best for carers .
6 But at another level it is imperative that we do so because it is here that policy , theory and practice intersect .
7 Lord Willis , who put several amendments to try and defeat the Clause , said in one of his speeches that ‘ It is curious that we do not hear too much about the heterosexuals and the way they flaunt themselves .
8 It 's important that we do n't lose but we wo n't be going there for a draw . ’
9 He said yesterday : ‘ The situation is difficult … and we 're going to have to tread very carefully about how we proceed , and it 's important that we do so with all the information that we can possibly have . ’
10 He said : ‘ The situation is difficult … and we 're going to have to tread very carefully about how we proceed , and it 's important that we do so with all the information that we can possibly have . ’
11 It is important that we do not allow such incidents to affect our own lives here in Britain . ’
12 However , it is important that we do not descend to their level .
13 In deploring this latest IRA atrocity , and hoping that those responsible will be brought to justice — like all those , from both sides in Northern Ireland , who carry out squalid murders — may I ask whether the Secretary of State agrees that it is important that we do not play into the hands of the Provisional IRA by following policies which , although the IRA deny it , they want for propaganda purposes in the Republic of Ireland and the United States ?
14 It is important that we do not get away from the fact that , when any charge is laid , there must be evidence that will hold up for convicting somebody of that charge .
15 It is important that we do not hand to our successors decisions made at the end of a dying Parliament ; we should leave them to take the decisions in future .
16 It is important that we do not altogether ignore videodiscs aimed at the consumer market .
17 ‘ It is important that we do not use one penny of money that is earmarked for patient care , ’ he added .
18 It is important that we do not give this disease any opportunity to become widely established here . ’
19 Does the Secretary of State accept that if local government is to be local , it is essential that we do not repeat the mistakes of the 1973-74 reorganisation and that any reorganisation must be acceptable to local people ?
20 Of course , it is essential that we do not cross over the line of ‘ Insider Dealing ’ by giving privileged information .
21 Some manufacturers could come up trumps and it is regrettable that we do not know the name of the supplier of a truly splendid set of stamped gilt copper grip-plates with integral coronets and a trinity of really charming chinoiserie bells on the 1777 coffin of the Second Earl De La Warr at Withyam , Sussex .
22 ‘ It is best that we do not interfere , Piper , remarked one of the Commandos .
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