Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [that] it is " in BNC.

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1 If the husbands ask why there should be such a penalty , then I can only answer that it is because Parliament has enacted as it did . ’
2 However , knowledge of a scheme , and indeed making use of it , does not necessarily demonstrate that it is of any particular value .
3 That is why we know that people will not only feel that it is unfair and understand that it is unfair , but will at the general election bring home to roost the chickens that many Tory Members will be voting on at 10 pm tonight .
4 They may rightly feel that it is all really rather appalling .
5 He will have his failures , of course , but there will always be failures while learning anything and I can only repeat that it is a method well worth learning .
6 That does n't necessarily follow that it is open countryside .
7 But as we saw earlier , the fact that a gift expresses a relationship ( as a symbol ) does not necessarily imply that it is not also of great economic importance for the parties concerned .
8 This will not , however , be elaborated on here ; we shall merely note that it is an important aspect of modulation .
9 Since the BFS is non-degenerate this can only mean that it is not efficient .
10 Mr. Beloff submits that the requirement of notice to bodies , such as Winchester , was necessary to ensure that they did not breach the intervention notice , but in my view the limitation of the category of those entitled to be given notice to persons who will be prejudicially affected can only mean that it is the prejudice which brings with it the necessity to serve .
11 It seems , though , that even if you are being reasonable in refusing to agree to a change , that does not necessarily mean that it is unfair to push the change through and dismiss you because of your reluctance to go along with it .
12 The irregular appearance of this material does not necessarily mean that it is amorphous , as lattice images depend on the direction of the electron beam .
13 In the novels of Dickens , slum housing invariably goes upon crutches , but that does not necessarily mean that it is advanced in years .
14 Although power is widely spread it does not necessarily mean that it is evenly spread between all groups .
15 Mr. Grist : The Hon. Gentleman had better prove that it is not clean and fit to drink .
16 To assert that all normal human behaviour is culturally moulded does not necessarily prove that it is also culturally determined .
17 It could be , or I 'm just wondering if it 's actually squirrels , because although the , the excreta contains berries erm a squirrel will eat berries , it will also eat nuts and of course they do bury their nuts and I 've actually seen squirrels in other parts of the country digging holes and starting a bit of a larder and of course there are a lot of , of erm squirrels in Croydon so I think unless you actually see the animal you can only speculate that it is something small like a vole or , or a squirrel .
18 Protected now by the patrician watch of the CAA , the BMAA and a dedicated panel of engineers , I can only say that it is a happy return .
19 Whether one accepts that view or not — and I do not think that it is valid in its simple form ( see Fine and Harris ( 1985 ) ) — it is a powerful one ; in that context , the fact that the proportion of foreign assets in UK pension funds ' total investments has risen is a mark of the power that the post-1979 boom in the City 's foreign investment has had .
20 I do not think that it is fanciful to suggest that public confidence in the administration of justice is undermined by such assertions from a powerful interest group .
21 I do not think that it is necessary to refer to all of those provisions because they really do not take the matter any further .
22 If one decides to give away £5m to encourage the arts , I do not think that it is a very sensible way to give it to my noble friend Lord Archer , who is a very rich man already , and who gets £6,000 a year out of the pockets of taxpayers who are very much poorer than he is . ’
23 The hon. Lady persists — I do not think that it is because she does not understand — in making the bogus comparison between in-patient and out-patient waits now and in 1979 .
24 Given my hon. Friend 's well-known commitment to productivity , efficiency and careful spending of money in the public sector , I am surprised by her suggestion and I do not think that it is tremendously sensible .
25 I do not think that it is right for the hon. Lady to knock the national health service in that way .
26 I do not think that it is a matter for discussion at the special Security Council meeting next week ; it is certainly a matter which remains on our agenda .
27 I do not think that it is wisdom that is required but if I can do anything , I will .
28 I do not think that it is necessary to provide any more parliamentary time for that .
29 The right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) says that it will be at £36,000 , but the right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) will not tell us and says that he does not think that it is necessary to say so .
30 I do not think that it is possible to change that definition .
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