Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] [adj] that [art] " in BNC.

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1 She is particularly worried that a freeze on public sector pay will cause outcry among doctors , nurses and hospital workers .
2 It is pretty certain that the watercourses which ran down down to the lake were pretty foul in those days , although , it is quite possible that excrement was utilised to a fair extent as a garden fertiliser .
3 It is pretty clear that the reason Z fails in Z6 is that 6 is a composite integer .
4 Actually , it is rather surprising that the labour cost has n't gone up more , especially in view of the national rates .
5 It is rather suspicious that the label ‘ illogical ’ has been used to disparage other subordinate groups ' language as well as women 's .
6 It is rather peculiar that no national parks exist in Scotland .
7 It is however true that a depreciation in share values will be of concern to management , because of possible repercussions in the market for corporate control .
8 While this terminology may be ambiguous , it is however clear that the duty excludes the various managerialist objectives considered earlier , and hence to that extent is consistent with the general interest , as so far understood .
9 It is however important that the opening position adopted by the buyer is credible .
10 It is however unlikely that the move will be blocked when MPs vote on the rule changes next year .
11 It is equally probable that the separation of the South Slav languages into Serb , Croat , Slovene , Macedonian and Bulgarian was then in an early stage of development , if it had occurred at all .
12 It may be that the Breton expedition was intended to keep up pressure on the French to make the sort of concessions the English would feel able to accept , but it is equally possible that the confused direction of English policy reflected conflicting influences at court .
13 It might , of course , mean that that particular person will readily be labelled ‘ deviant ’ , but it is equally possible that an individual could fully appreciate the attitude(s) of the generalized other and yet choose not to act within its framework .
14 It is equally astonishing that the Germans never guessed that we were breaking the Enigma code .
15 It is equally clear that the antonym of namely was not confined to a class of medrese , as in all likelihood was , or came to be , but had a much wider usage as an essentially geographical term .
16 It is clear that the proportion of abusers is very small ; it is equally clear that the vast majority of drinkers do not abuse alcohol at all .
17 It is equally likely that the activities associated with meals ( chewing , digesting and absorbing food ) could all send information to the SCN via nerves from the gut .
18 The implications of these findings are doubly serious because it is equally likely that the spindle-disrupting action of alcohol could occur during the first meiotic division .
19 But it is equally obvious that the working class in the advanced capitalist societies has not been , for the most part , revolutionary in its outlook and action ; least of all in the US .
20 Yet it is equally true that the Treasury just as consistently suggest economies that they do not expect to achieve but which concentrate the minister 's mind and preferably chill his blood .
21 Just as it is almost impossible to apply what is now called the ‘ Japanese ’ system of management to other parts of the world , because of the differences of culture and background of the people who are working in industry , so it is equally unlikely that the particular , precise ways that I have found so useful will have the same application to others ; Nevertheless , since I have spent so much of my life developing these ideas it may be that some of my experience will hit a chord of recognition or cause others to reflect or contemplate .
22 It is equally indefensible that the Revenue is prepared to accept an employee 's estimate of his business use of his home telephone whereas the DSS requires a log of calls to be maintained .
23 It is equally significant that the analysis of complex , multiple-locus systems ( polygenes ) is well advanced .
24 It is equally important that the practice of not confirming or denying the existence of a warrant is maintained consistently .
25 But , it is equally important that the imagined outcome should not be set as a goal ; it is not possible to imagine the unexpected however rich our imaginations , and so the possible pot of gold is used to justify our involvement .
26 It is equally important that the human capabilities be recognized and used where a computer is not so suitable .
27 It is equally important that the authority of the United Nations is upheld and supported wherever it is necessary .
28 It is equally important that the products should be consistently up to top standard , correctly packed and delivered on time .
29 The knowledge of poisons and antidotes is one of the eight chief subjects of Indian medical science and it is strongly evident that the Naga Takshaka was looked upon as a patron of the medical profession .
30 If we accept that mistakes in sentencing can be made and accept that sentencing is a matter of considerable interest , importance and relevance to society , and accept that the prosecution represents society , then it is simply monstrous that an appeal does not lie at its hands .
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