Example sentences of "[Wh det] it is [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The FBA will dye onto the fibre to which it is substantive .
2 The debtor may apply for an order that the money , if payable in one sum , be paid at a later date than that by which it is due or by instalments , or , if the money is already payable by instalments , that it be paid by smaller instalments .
3 It is hotels such as the Marsiliana , built in traditional style and set in its own courtyard garden , which give Forte dei Marmi that peaceful and elegant quality for which it is famous .
4 These are the books which it is nice to have which cost a lot to look after , but which nobody can ever look at because they are so valuable .
5 Although the terms by which police officers refer to black people are in common use in various other social contexts , they seem to be more commonly used within the Met than in most other groups : there can be few other groups in which it is normal , automatic , habitual to refer to black people as ‘ coons ’ , ‘ niggers ’ and so on …
6 Humbly we will ask God to make us great in simplicity and obedience , as we seek to bring to birth a human society in which it is normal for men to love one another .
7 What this suggests is a third dimension of the curriculum as knowledge , which refers to the mode of work , and the extent to which it is normal , reflexive or philosophical .
8 In the sense of " invite " , bid + bare infinitive is used to express requests with which it is normal to comply : ( 206 ) He bade his companions enter .
9 There are recognisable stages which it is helpful to know about .
10 ( 6 ) A specific immunity ( at least in certain circumstances , which it is unnecessary to explore ) , possessed by accused persons undergoing trial , from having adverse comment made on any failure ( a ) to answer questions before the trial , or ( b ) to give evidence at the trial .
11 Hence the individual voter 's starting-point in trying to influence policy through the electoral process is a situation of very limited choice in which it is general policy biases , or even more general considerations , often described as ‘ party images ’ , that must govern his or her selection of an MP .
12 While in modern society , power is conceived on the lines of a structuralism , in which it is impersonal structures that exercise power over individuals .
13 Our approach , therefore , focuses on essential themes in multimedia information , providing an overview of the technological environment from which it is emerging and an assessment of the key areas of application in which multi-media may become most influential .
14 This rather convoluted question fits a particular pattern which it is useful to familiarise yourself with : ( a ) a quote captures a general perception ; then ( b ) you are asked about some other writer ( or invited to select a writer ) where it is plausible to think the quote may be relevant ; then ( c ) you are asked to discuss this second writer in the light of the quote .
15 Keynes himself had argued for ‘ the collection and dissemination on a great scale of data relating to the business situation including full publicity , by law if necessary , of all business facts which it is useful to know .
16 The extent to which it is appropriate to describe the new arrangements as local corporatism is rather more problematic .
17 In any case , there are usually distinctions drawn by neighbour and old person alike concerning the nature of the activity which it is appropriate to offer and to accept .
18 We shall refer again to this investigation but there is one aspect of it which it is appropriate to comment upon at this point .
19 Achieving this kind of position within the group requires , in addition to being tall , a full knowledge of the entire repertoire of chants and of the occasions on which it is appropriate to use them .
20 Undoubtedly , there will be cases under the Children Act 1989 in which it is appropriate for orders for costs to be made .
21 As I have already indicated , it is undoubtedly the case that there may be circumstances in which it is appropriate for a court to make an order for costs in a case relating to children .
22 The judicial or administrative authority may also refuse to order the return of the child if it finds that the child objects to being returned and has attained the age and degree of maturity at which it is appropriate to take account of its views .
23 On the Yacht Policies the excess may go as high as $1000 so care should be taken to apply the Policy excess to each and every claim to which it is appropriate — refer to the Excess Guide and the underwriting risk screen on the Polisy system for full details .
24 I wonder whether you could define the circumstances in which it is appropriate for the Government to introduce a law reform Bill and seek to push it through all its procedures in a day without it going to a Standing Committee to be considered carefully as to its detail , when it happens that there is no particular circumstance of urgency and when the reform concerned could lead to considerable difficulties for the courts if the measure is not fully considered ?
25 Nevertheless , unless the transaction is a management buy-in , for which it is appropriate to ask for a full set of warranties , a reasonable compromise is for the vendor to give the purchaser a set of warranties shorter than normally appropriate on a share sale .
26 That the court has inherent discretionary jurisdiction to clarify the expert clause was stated in Royal Trust International Ltd v Nordbanken ( 1989 ) unreported , Chancery Division , 13 October : … there may well be cases in which it is appropriate in the interests of the expert as well as the party [ making the application to the court ] that there should be an advance determination of law or construction which will form the basis of the expert 's approach to his task .
27 The valuation date will usually be the rent review date ; and the court will lean in favour of a construction which produces the result that the rent is valued by reference to values prevailing at the start of the period for which it is payable ( Glofield Properties v Morley ( No 2 ) [ 1989 ] 2 EGLR 118 ) .
28 The only price level which it is rational to expect if the position of the aggregate demand curve is expected to be AD 1 is P 2 , since only this expectation will generate an actual price level equal to it .
29 The film , set on the beaches , in the bars and discos and in the shabby tourist rooms of downtown Acapulco , is distinguished by a central performance from Jackie Burroughs ( also one of the directors ) that is an astonishing tour de force of which it is impossible to speak too highly .
30 For his part , he can not ‘ abstract one from another , or conceive separately , those qualities which it is impossible should exist so separated ’ .
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