Example sentences of "is [adj] that [pers pn] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is absurd that we have to be tied up in private Bill procedure in order to allow railway developments of the type that we are discussing tonight . |
| 2 | Unless you absolutely hate cooking , or are just too busy , it is preferable that you experiment with some of the recipes in order to keep the diet interesting . |
| 3 | It is possible that it came from the east of the Frankish confederacy , rather than the Rhineland . |
| 4 | It is possible that he contributed to early issues of the newsbook , but there is no evidence that he was responsible for editing it , and nothing in his future career or conduct to link him directly with the Levellers . |
| 5 | Yet decisions about the significance , for entry into higher education , of school-level achievement in public examinations are made all the time — and it is odd that they seem to be made without reference to CNAA , BTEC or the NCVQ . |
| 6 | On the one hand , it is clear that we depend for survival upon our bodies , whereas we may not want to say that God depends upon the world for survival . |
| 7 | Although precise definitions are hard to come by , it is clear that they looked to some kind of ideal worker , that is , someone who was trustworthy , interested , intelligent , literate and numerate , full of initiative , and capable of mental and physical agility . |
| 8 | If , for instance , guests used a swimming pool at a hotel after dark , it is clear that they have by so doing stepped outside the scope of their invitation or permission to use that part of the premises , and a duty is not owed to them . |
| 9 | It has been said that he provided no leadership and lacked control of the episcopate , and it is clear that he waited on events in 1326–7 , only casting his lot with Isabella and Mortimer when the king 's cause was obviously lost . |
| 10 | His biographer attributes the protracted proceedings there to Hamo 's unwillingness to bribe the cardinals ( although it is clear that he retained at least Cardinal William Testa at the curia ) , as well as to the proliferation of other candidates with royal support . |
| 11 | To begin with the efficacy of parliamentary control , it is clear that it suffers from the federal constitution itself : the intricacy of policy decisions , complex inter-governmental decision-making structures at the national , sub-national and supranational level , and the inherent complexity of new policy areas , have all made parliamentary scrutiny more difficult . |
| 12 | It is this that we examine in the next section . |
| 13 | It is this that I had in mind in proposing at the outset my three notions and calling one of them , the last , language as replay . |
| 14 | It is interesting that he talks of people getting nothing for their additional contributions in the very week when the hon. Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) writes an article in a magazine in praise of the contributory principle — indeed , in praise of Beveridge in this the 50th anniversary of his excellent proposals . |
| 15 | It is interesting that he replied to her question in reverse ! |
| 16 | ‘ The political situation in FIFA , at the moment , is such that we have to be very careful of not seeing the majority move towards that idea . ’ |
| 17 | It is unfortunate that we have in the Australia v New Zealand Second Test seen a player have his nose broken through illegal play , and the player 's union concerned choosing not to use this new law change . |
| 18 | It really is incredible that we talk about sixth form education , the education of our young people between sixteen and nineteen , as a peripheral area . |
| 19 | If the choleretic response to feeding is mediated by a vago-bagal reflex , then it is likely that it relays in the solitary tract nucleus in the brainstem , which is the first relay nucleus for all afferent bisceral sensation . |
| 20 | In saying this , it is likely that he had in mind not merely Lessing 's criterion of beauty , but his fundamental contrast between poetry and the visual arts . |
| 21 | It is likely that he belonged to the friary in Nottingham ( he refers to the rivers Trent and Derwent as if they are familiar to him ) . |
| 22 | It is likely that he listened to the sentimental ballads of the time , and married them to the classicism in which he was trained . |
| 23 | The unity of the theme is at stake , so that after a period of change it is inevitable that we return to our original discourse . |
| 24 | It is inevitable that we think of children at Christmas but , as Father John McCullagh writes so movingly on this page , our thoughts should not stop there . |
| 25 | However , we should n't grumble , because that is all that we get with many other plants , and at least the reason of interest and attraction is extended by colourful fruits ( hips ) in autumn . |
| 26 | We make-believe that the dried skull is all that we have from a modern animal , use a plaster cast to estimate how big its brain was from the skull alone , and then check with the real brain to see how accurate our estimate was . |
| 27 | He forecast : ‘ This Treaty will end in tears it is better that it ends in tears now than it ends in very bitter tears in five , ten or 15 years . ’ |
| 28 | Kathryn Cullen of Swansea is sure that she lives in some capacity in World War II . |
| 29 | If you know that I have just bought an angora woollie at half price in a sale , it is unlikely that it came from Boots the chemist . |
| 30 | ‘ It is important that we protect against these outrageous actions . ’ |