Example sentences of "it is [adv] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | On one level , it is vastly entertaining and a rattling good read . |
| 5 | Hence it must be obvious that the cure of those diseases must depend on the same principles as the former : from which it is likewise evident that a regular education is necessary to the Farrier ’ . |
| 6 | It is wholly inappropriate and a slur on parents ' intelligence to imply , as your correspondent does , that coercion and possibly intimidation have played a part in achieving the present levels of support for change . |
| 7 | It is particularly ironic that a ruler in the age of Machiavelli should have caused such obsession with personal morality , or immorality — not least because her reign produced the first politician in the British Isles , her secretary William Maitland of Lethington , who was described as ‘ machiavellian ’ . |
| 8 | Although such answers may not seem entirely convincing today , principally because of the insights which Darwin and Freud have given us into ourselves , it is nevertheless true that an approach to the problem based on evolution and psychoanalysis would yield analogous , if different , answers . |
| 9 | It is most unlikely that a mother or father looking at a new-born child will be saying : — ‘ We have here a potential villain , who could , in a few years time be getting a living by robbery , violence or some other criminal activity . |
| 10 | Where the defendant has innocently made a substantial investment on the basis of information innocently acquired it is most unlikely that an injunction would be granted to restrain him from making use of that information ( although the fact that an injunction might drive the defendant into liquidation is not relevant if the tests in American Cyanamid Co v Ethicon [ 1975 ] AC 396 have been satisfied ; per May LJ in Bullivant ( Roger ) Ltd v Ellis [ 1987 ] ICR 464 ) . |
| 11 | Thus it is critically important that an antiviral agent does not become incorporated into the host 's nucleic acids , or those works too could be jammed , with devastating consequences . |
| 12 | The company argues that since it is neither government-owned nor a sole supplier , it should be free to make any purchasing decisions it sees fit , without having to pay the Commission 's 3% tariff penalty against telecommunications equipment from outside the Community . |
| 13 | However widely one takes ‘ thought ’ , it is neither self-evident nor a fact of experience that we are always actually thinking . |
| 14 | At the present stage of scientific development , it is surely sad that a healthy human fetus should be destroyed merely because it is not of the sex the mother prefers . |
| 15 | It is even possible that a few councillors were sufficiently worried by the prospect for them to advocate a protectorate as a way of blocking Woodville pretensions . |
| 16 | It is even possible that a few councillors were sufficiently worried by the prospect for them to advocate a protectorate as a way of blocking Woodville pretensions . |
| 17 | In a number of countries including France and Italy , it is also apparent that a good deal of prominence attaches to the central union federations . |
| 18 | It is also intriguing that an increase in protease activity has been detected in perfusates from the dentate gyrus following potentiation , raising the possibility that cleavage of proteins with extracellular domains , such as neural cell adhesion molecules ( NCAMs ) , may contribute to synaptic remodelling in LTP . |
| 19 | It is also curious that an interpreter who normally respected the printed score should have edited Manfred so thoroughly . |
| 20 | It is arguable that this is a practical necessity given limited time and resources , but it is also arguable that a discontinuity in teaching methods and learning experiences is likely to result . |
| 21 | We envisage that the path would be mainly used for recreational cycling at weekends and by touring cyclists during the season , but it is also possible that a few commuters from Kirkliston would use it during the week . |
| 22 | We envisage that the path would be mainly used for recreational cycling at weekends and by touring cyclists during the season , but it is also possible that a few commuters from Kirkliston would use it during the week . |
| 23 | ‘ It is also possible that an assignment you accept turns out to be different from what you had been led to believe . |
| 24 | It is also possible that an increased number of HAPCs correlates with the increased number of bowel movements commonly found in infants and children . |
| 25 | While both these objections have truth to them , it is also clear that a range of critical writings which share more preoccupations than differences has emerged and that it can be contrasted to other forms of writing about texts and history . |
| 26 | It is also clear that an unknown number of officers have individually , over the years , passed material to loyalist terrorists . |
| 27 | The situation may therefore be one of predominantly increased production of VLDL ; however , it is also likely that a clearance defect is operative , as the rate of disappearance of intravenous Intralipid was reduced in a study of Type 2 diabetics , possibly due to low fatty acid incorporation into adipose tissue ( Lewis et al , 1972 ) . |
| 28 | It is also likely that a veto would produce severe strains in the relationship between Edinburgh and London . |
| 29 | It is also vital that a targeted desirable behaviour is taught to the child to compete with the punished behaviour . |
| 30 | It is just possible that a diet too low in certain foods will produce iron and calcium deficiency . |