Example sentences of "that [pers pn] is sometimes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consenting often serves such projects and relationships instrumentally , but beyond that it is sometimes a constitutive element of relationships between people . |
| 2 | If these descriptions assume that the only moral prohibition we must honour is the prohibition against cruelty , then they assume that it is sometimes morally permissible to cause animals pain , even substantial pain . |
| 3 | In the case of a small pay cut , for example , we have seen that it is sometimes safer to sue for the amount that you have lost , rather than give up your job . |
| 4 | We are a nation of voluntary workers and there are so many organisations that it is sometimes difficult to know which to choose to help . |
| 5 | In fact , what might be said is , that the principles of identity and participation are so closely interrelated and intertwined in his thought that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between them . |
| 6 | In many industrialised market economies collective bargaining has become so firmly established that it is sometimes regarded as being virtually synonymous with the prevailing system of industrial relations . |
| 7 | But they are nevertheless able to agree that it is sometimes possible to elaborate functional relations of the sort we have considered . |
| 8 | The resulting system has come to be referred to as ‘ neoclassicism ’ — a retention of the assumption of free will , but with an allowance that it is sometimes freer than at other times and that the proportionality of punishments should be adjusted to these varying degrees of freedom . |
| 9 | Brushing your teeth is so much a part of daily routine that it is sometimes easy to forget the importance of doing it properly . |
| 10 | However , it should also be stressed that it is sometimes necessary in the turbulent transitional environment to make quick , dramatic changes in the organization 's character . |
| 11 | When used it was hammered or battered into sheets ( hence the fact that it is sometimes referred to as ‘ battered brass ’ ) . |
| 12 | We shall see later that it is sometimes necessary further to subdivide these groups in music of a complex nature , but the above arrangement is the normal one and departures from it should be as infrequent as is compatible with the adequate presentation of the music . |
| 13 | We have seen that it is sometimes possible to sort out the observed vibrational bands according to their symmetry , and that group frequency and similar empirical arguments may make it reasonable to associate bands with particular vibrational modes . |
| 14 | De Man 's writings on language theory , like his wartime journalism , merely remind us that it is sometimes important to hold the ventriloquist responsible for the pronouncements of his dummy . |
| 15 | Perhaps some component of Pascal 's restless questioning was due to his displacement through recurrent ill-health , but what makes his questionings still worth reading , is that they confront the foundations of our existence and that despite the fact that he is sometimes seen merely as a Catholic apologist . |
| 16 | His health is very good , except that he is sometimes subject to an occasional fever . |