Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [adv] [adj] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time , the atheist is perfectly entitled to claim that whether or not there is some special difficulty involved in defining ‘ God ’ , anyone who uses the word must be clear about what he or she is saying . |
| 2 | The reason for the two limbs of this rule is purely technical to ensure that there is neither an exclusion of damages for breach of duty , nor an exclusion of any duty which exists in the first place . |
| 3 | Fishbase is so simple to operate that no documentation file has been considered necessary . |
| 4 | But the Murray committee is probably right to say that a minimum five-year experiment with a four-day game programme is now due . |
| 5 | The faculty is particularly keen to ensure that candidates who have not made the ‘ going rate ’ because of disadvantaged or deprived circumstances but who are of good academic potential are given every chance of entry . |
| 6 | The price of Kevlar will reduce as it becomes more widely used , whereas carbon fibre is so energy-consumptive to manufacture that the likelihood is it will always be too costly for anything other than specialised use in the car industry . |
| 7 | The Vision 's control fascia is so good looking that it will turn on more than just the gas . |
| 8 | The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that the schemes have been highly successful , but I take issue with him on his assertion that the matter should be taken out of the hands of the district council and placed in the hands of the Scottish Office . |
| 9 | The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that the right to life and to not being molested or attacked is fundamental . |
| 10 | Frequent supervision whilst the student attains proficiency is therefore necessary to ensure that a good technique is developed . |
| 11 | This procedure is perfectly acceptable provided that your new commitments are at least as great as the remaining commitments due under the orignal covenant . |
| 12 | We would , however , say that in our view , taken in the context of the intention that evidence be agreed , if possible , a Court is still likely to consider that the intent of the rule was to produce the Report . |
| 13 | This appears to be an interpolation , and Krueger is probably right to suggest that the original had per damnationem legati . |
| 14 | Many writers have said that English word stress is so difficult to predict that it is best to treat stress placement as a property of the individual word , to be learned when the word itself is learned . |
| 15 | The difficulty with defining God is that the theist is perfectly entitled to claim that ‘ God ’ refers to something that can not be known in the way that other things are known . |
| 16 | Suppose , then , that the wage rate is flexible and that the economy is sufficiently competitive to ensure that labour market equilibrium is achieved . |
| 17 | The Housing Corporation is particularly anxious to ensure that the smaller and medium-sized housing associations get an adequate share of the growing resources provided by the Housing Corporation so that the more traditional associations can continue to provide the new homes and local management to which my hon. Friend paid tribute . |
| 18 | The jurist is therefore able to suggest that the testator intended those sums also to be released . |
| 19 | This is quite the worst case I have ever heard of.It 's an outrage and proves that the government is quite wrong to claim that the health service is improving |
| 20 | And even if the Host is still able to hope that the Monk will show another side to his character as a tale-teller , the Monk will not , and retreats into a sort of sulky silence after being interrupted and asked for something less serious : The Monk as a character is explicitly and repeatedly compared and contrasted with the teller who succeeds him , the Nun 's Priest . |
| 21 | The working-class housewife is more likely to say that she ‘ likes ’ or ‘ does n't mind ’ housework , and the typical middle-class response is one of dislike . |
| 22 | As a result he reaches a conclusion , which may seem astonishing , though is easily open to misinterpretation , ‘ The truth is that catallaxics is the science which describes the only overall order that comprehends nearly all mankind , and that the economist is therefore entitled to insist that conduciveness to that order be accepted as a standard by which all particular institutions are judged . ’ |
| 23 | Well I , I would n't disagree with it , but I , but I , the description is perfectly plain to ensure that effective arrangements are established from liaison between the various departments of the County Council and the appropriate organizations such as the emergency services . |
| 24 | The case roles have been modified since Fillmore 's original definition to include restrictions such as these , but the restriction lists grow to an interminable length and the technique is still unable to recognise that two expressions ( e.g. ’ the woman ’ and ’ she ’ ) may refer to the same individual . |
| 25 | Bateson follows Richards , Bickersteth , and others in arguing that such experience is psychologically valuable provided that the reader approaches it as " patient " rather than active interrogator . |
| 26 | But the language is so difficult to learn that there are times when I feel completely stupid and understand hearing people 's difficulty in learning sign language . |
| 27 | The case of Scottish badminton player , Anthony Gallagher , was well publicised just before the Commonwealth Games and the Home Office is clearly concerned to ensure that this situation does not arise again . |
| 28 | To say " All barristers are thieves " does not entitle any one of 4,000 barristers to sue — the class is too large to argue that the comment singles out individuals . |
| 29 | Your mother is quite mistaken to assume that there is any other motive except the evident fact that you are not musically endowed . |
| 30 | First of all , your dealer is quite wrong to suggest that losing so many fish is normal for a new tank . |