Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other strategy has been to look for a species that is alive today that has physical characteristics similar to those of our common ancestor , and has the same lifestyle , and to use its brain as a model for the primitive brain . |
| 2 | Shortly stated , the main issue is whether a school which is over-subscribed so that it can not accept all the applications for admission can adopt religious criteria ( i.e. criteria intended to preserve the character of the school ) in selecting the successful applicants for admission and thereby exempt itself under section 6(3) ( a ) from the duty under section 6(2) to give effect to the preferences expressed by parents whose children do not meet such criteria . |
| 3 | Mr. Howell then argues backwards from this that if a school is over-subscribed so that section 6(3) ( a ) is in point , there is a duty not to have regard to preserving the school 's character in deciding priorities because the only permissible way of taking that into account is by section 6(3) ( b ) . |
| 4 | The stress distribution in any ( except thin-walled cylindrical ) specimens is non-uniform so that torsion tests share with bend tests all the problems associated with non-uniform stresses and non-linear viscoelastic effects . |
| 5 | At a push boiling oil on its own will do the job , but a typical mixture has corrosive properties and is sticky so that it adheres to exposed flesh . |
| 6 | They lubricate it with a saliva that is sticky so that the ants adhere to it , and alkaline so that the formic acid of their stings is neutralised . |
| 7 | Such an assumption is strong enough that when one comes across a response that is apparently irrelevant ( as ( ii ) overtly appears to be ) , an inference is triggered that would preserve the assumption of relevance . |
| 8 | Well he got promoted did n't he he 's stable now that child though has n't he ? |
| 9 | It is strange therefore that the signal box instruments revealed it as clear , the signal must have been at green , or had a heavy weight been lying across the signal wire ? |
| 10 | It is possible here that his claims ( if any ) against the manufacturer for misrepresentation or negligence will fail because of an exemption clause which satisfies the requirement of reasonableness ( imposed by sections 8 and 2 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act ) . |
| 11 | It is possible also that the increased expenditure might alleviate the crowding cost associated with a greater number of people , and in this case the curve would shift to the right , thereby increasing the optimal number of individuals for the community . |
| 12 | It is possible too that women were trading off the traffic safety of the secluded footpaths for the personal safety of the well-lit roads . |
| 13 | It is possible too that the black couples who were allowed to adopt in the period of the study were ‘ white parents in black skins ’ . |
| 14 | If an organisation is market leader and has a size and presence which can ensure that manpower planning is possible so that most jobs can be filled from graduate entry , then the need for an executive search firm is probably limited to a few specialist or technical appointments . |
| 15 | However , pH can influence the outcome of competition , with acidic conditions selecting for acetogenesis , and it is possible therefore that the luminal pH in the colon is important in this respect . |
| 16 | It is self-evident then that scientists should in no way be hampered by non-scientists in their pursuits , even when these seem to possess vague political or ‘ social-and-economic-factors ’ like the construction of nuclear bombs , the risk acceptability associated with the use of atomic reactors , nuclear waste disposal plants , new species of bacteria by means of genetic engineering , cloning , the use of fetal tissue as transplants , or brave new thoroughly modern theories on intelligence based on race . |
| 17 | It 's interesting though that that you talked about that sort of identifying with the old companies , even in the nationalization days . |
| 18 | It 's interesting actually that it says on all the outsides of all the tapes Aston Business School so I 'd just like to say for the benefit of the tape recorder and the British National Corpus , this is where the Business School ends and this is where Psychology takes over . |
| 19 | To a trainee at the interface this may not seem very different from a teaching machine or computer aided instruction but the logic or architecture of the driving system is different so that even more flexibility is available . |
| 20 | That said , the working environment in OS/2 is different enough that I found myself trying to unlearn the way I work at present and trying to use the system the way IBM meant it to be used . |
| 21 | None the less , it is clear both that they are substantial and that they have to be offset against any putative gains in efficiency brought about by the internal market . |
| 22 | It is clear here that Chisholm is following the traditional line that all apparent error in beliefs about our sensory states is verbal error , and that verbal error is to be distinguished from substantial error . |
| 23 | Although the Bible 's claim for itself is that God did directly speak through men , and that he so controlled them that they said what he wanted them to say , it is clear also that the men concerned used their own minds in the process . |
| 24 | It is clear also that there can be an iteration back from any stage in the process to any previous one as views get modified during the change process . |
| 25 | It is clear today that the article 's portrait of his career was correct in every significant detail . |
| 26 | This would certainly simplify equation ( 6.3 ) to yield : but it is clear intuitively that we can not completely fill the file , as the last available storage position would on average be half the file area away from the last record 's computed address . |
| 27 | It is clear now that as well as a strain on the nerves , the nine are physically very demanding . |
| 28 | Finally , with respect to language issues , a variety of debates are still in progress and it is premature to draw firm conclusions ; however , there is some evidence to suggest that bilingualism may actually enhance educational performance ( Houlton , 1986 ) , that in the case of Afro-Caribbean pupils there may well be ‘ dialect interference ’ , although it is clear too that some of the problems here may derive from the negative attitudes of teachers towards Creole ( Edwards , 1979 ) , and that in the case of some Bangladeshi pupils lack of familiarity with English may be an obstacle to academic achievement ( House of Commons Home Affairs Committee , 1986 ) . |
| 29 | It is clear then that the DUP will receive the votes of the working-class loyalists so long as it retains an image of being more unionist than the Officials , unless there should be an alternative to the right of the DUP . |
| 30 | It is clear then that passive receipt of unpublished price sensitive information will suffice for liability for tippee trading . |