Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [adj] [to-vb] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er and although it nobody could ever say that the union was politically motivated er it it 's strange to relate that at union meeting when the general strike started and we of course we were n't in the T U C we were too small anyway , although I know that there 's been unions with twenty eight members in the T U C now . |
| 2 | Of course , like Marshall , Boogie 's reputation is built on tone , so it 's good to see that at the centre of all this gain and distortion is a fundamentally great sound . |
| 3 | It 's good to know that amid all the Neil Lyndon/David Thomas backlash books , unreconstructed radical feminist publishing is still going strong . |
| 4 | It 's safe to say that in a few years time they will be playing Las Vegas . ’ |
| 5 | And the change now means that if a married woman , it does n't , as I say , it does n't affect single women , if a married woman now has n't earned income using all her allowances , so she does n't work has n't worked , never qualified for a pension , or does work but does n't earn more than that , and the couple have got investment income then it 's sensible to switch that into the wife 's name to give her income to use up her allowances . |
| 6 | I think it 's exciting to think that on the rare occasion we feature a non farming issue , we discover what a group of internationalists our readers are , and how in touch you are with current affairs . |
| 7 | So it 's important to notice that in many species and certainly in ours , although males need not as you say make any contribution apart from their genes in principle , in fact males are heavy investors in offspring , albeit indirectly , so that must be important must n't it and that must |
| 8 | it 's difficult to access that in general textbooks |
| 9 | I mean we 're all , I 'm sure , basically family with what Darwin 's theory of evolution is , and I do n't really want to labour you by reminding you of it , but I think it 's important to appreciate first of all what his problem was erm and I think that it 's fair to say that for Darwin the problem was that as a naturalist he was aware of the fact that animals and plants are adapted to a quite extraordinary degree to their particular ways of life , and indeed many of his books on orchids and earthworms and so on have a great deal to say about the details of these adaptations . |
| 10 | I will not yield to the temptation to reflect on the problems that face this university and the Centre for Continuing Education as part of it , but I think that it 's fair to say that in the future we will be hard put to maintain the volume and variety of the contribution we have been trying to make to adult education in the community . |
| 11 | With the anti-roll bar up front , the car rolls less than it used to and has a jigglier low-speed ride , but it 's true to say that on all models I drove the quality of ride was largely good . |
| 12 | AS WIRRAL 'S two week International Guitar Festival of Great Britain gets under way today it is good to report that at least one local musician features in the line-up . |
| 13 | The first two types of educational computing in the list above are at the moment basically the province of such departments — but it is good to know that in many schools and colleges there are strong links with mathematics . |
| 14 | … At the same time it is right to say that in her evidence … she repudiates the notion that any influence was exerted or any pressure put upon her , or that her husband made any misrepresentation to her . |
| 15 | Or , to put it in another way , it is necessary to demonstrate that at least some non-reflexive relations are logically irreducible . |
| 16 | From this general , and somewhat-pessimistic picture it is necessary to assert that in most regions there are quite distinct potentials for growth , but some of these are more easy to exploit than others , even given sufficient investment and other inputs . |
| 17 | ‘ It can be difficult handling the residents at times , but it is nice to know that without CATH , they would otherwise be sleeping in the car parks or shop doorways ’ . |
| 18 | It is instructive to check that in the limit of weak slowly-varying gravitational fields Einstein 's equation reduces to Newton 's law of gravitation . |
| 19 | Mental incapacity It is usual to provide that upon a partner becoming a patient under the Mental Health Act 1983 his colleagues should have the option of terminating their partnership with him . |
| 20 | Though circumstances are so changed it is relevant to remember that in their heyday syllabubs were regarded as refreshments to be offered at card parties , ball suppers and at public entertainments , rather than just as a pudding for lunches and dinners , although they did quite often figure as part of the dessert in the days when a choice of sweetmeats , fruits , jellies , confectionery and creams was set out in a formal symmetrical array in the centre of the table . |
| 21 | It is surprising to recall that between the wars , and well within living memory , the entertainment capital of the world was Shanghai , known as the Las Vegas of the ‘ Thirties : The hoteliers and entrepreneurs brought a wealth- producing enterprise to the local population and foreign exchange to the country , too . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | But some aspects of traditional medicine have received more attention than others , and it is reasonable to suppose that at least some of the neglected aspects embody knowledge of potential value . |
| 24 | Given the most rapid detection possible , the most effective means of transmitting the call to the fire services and their most prompt attendance , it is reasonable to suppose that in the absence of an effective automatic fire extinguishing system or even the benefit of a conventional one , that the fire will have reached a well advanced stage on their arrival . |
| 25 | This substitute would most likely have been an animal , and it is reasonable to assume that by this time animals were , to some extent at least , tamed if not domesticated . |
| 26 | It is this evidence that led West to the cautious conclusion that ‘ it is reasonable to assume that in the nineteenth century education played some part in economic growth . ’ |
| 27 | When you get down to more detailed planning it is useful to know that in a standard European kitchen , base units are 600 mm ( 24 in ) deep ; wall units 300 mm ( 12 in ) deep ; most appliances are 600 mm ( 24 in ) wide ; Units come in widths of 300 , 500 , 600 , 1000 or 1200 mm ( 12 , 20 , 24 , 39 , or 48 in ) , counter tops are 900 mm ( 36in ) high , the bases of wall-hung cabinets 405 mm ( 16 in ) above that . |
| 28 | Perhaps it is useful to observe that to the extent that the human indexer selects the terms for inclusion in the golist , the indexing language is controlled . |
| 29 | It is astonishing to think that in the forty-odd years after the invention of printing , no fewer than ninety-four editions came off the presses of Europe ; and that for four centuries there has been almost no year in which a new edition has not appeared in England . |
| 30 | He is sceptical about the moral value of teaching the classics or serious contemporary fiction and poetry : ‘ Indeed , it is immodest to propose that by making people read these things we are improving them , ethically or civically . |