Example sentences of "[coord] it is [adj] [that] " in BNC.

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1 She might have had a brief illness best treated outside the home , or it is possible that the balance of her mind was disturbed in some way .
2 " Or it is possible that exaggerated stories have got about of the valuables in Moorlake .
3 whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked .
4 ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked ’ .
5 ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked ’ The officer dealing and/or civilian witnesses could help prove this point by including in their evidence observations such as , ‘ The crowd of visiting football supporters were likely to believe they were going to be attacked ’ , or ‘ It was likely that the visiting supporters would lose their tempers and attack the home crowd ’ .
6 ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence if he — ( a ) uses towards another person threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation which is threatening , abusive or insulting , with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him or another by any person , or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another , or whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’
7 ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence ( i.e. immediate unlawful violence against him or another ) will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’
8 It will be argued that if a policeman is confronted by a situation in which he fears that violence will be directed towards him if he intervenes , or it is likely that there will be such violence , the offence is committed .
9 The RMCs were seen as perhaps the major vehicle for such provision and it is encouraging that they are beginning to make a substantial contribution by developing a wide range of in-service short courses and workshops , which in some areas are showing signs of laying the foundation for longer qualification-based programmes .
10 And it is encouraging that the Chancellor has listened to the message from the industry .
11 I did , and came to the conclusion that it was the best sauce for lobster ever invented ; and it is extraordinary that it has remained for so long buried in the cookery books .
12 This is largely financial information and it is helpful that investors also understand what the management is like , etc .
13 The same ‘ conversational ’ blank verse is used in much of The Prelude and it is noticeable that after Coleridge 's influence lessened ( during the next decade ) Wordsworth 's blank verse begins to revert to eighteenth-century and Miltonic mannerisms .
14 These are discussed by J. Milroy ( 1983 ) , and it is noticeable that many of these features , such as w for wh ( in words of the type what , which ) , have reflexes in later English pronunciation .
15 With the present depressed economic climate , economic rather than social costs tend to be stressed and it is noticeable that even though accounting is masked in its own technical language it can have quite profound consequences in the political sphere .
16 The deaths of only eighty-one men of Hampshire at the battle of Æthelingadene in 1001 does not suggest fighting on a large scale , and it is noticeable that the same raiders shortly afterwards attacked Exeter and were repulsed .
17 The dramatic fall in turnover can clearly be seen in Figure 11.3 , and it is noticeable that turnover had not reached pre-crash levels by the end of 1989 .
18 For indeed they are not , and it is understandable that they should have been made .
19 I know about these pirate recordings and they cause a lot of trouble — this is something we have to be very careful about with our CD videos — but I know that sometimes there are things that we can never recapture and it is understandable that people will want to have them .
20 That maintenance was continued so long is probably due to the fact that Gordon Thomas , its instigator , had by this time become General Manager of the Grand Junction Company , and it is understandable that he would have been reluctant to preside over the disintegration of the lift , his most original and spectacular achievement .
21 Although there is room for improvement in the way the programme is managed ( more involvement of aid recipients , a more flexible approach to reporting requirements ) , the Russian environment has proved particularly difficult to deal with and it is understandable that Tacis needs time to adjust .
22 These three have worked together harmoniously and with some notable successes since Reilly took charge early in 1987 and it is certain that he would want them alongside him again for the hard year ahead , in which Great Britain play 10 Tests , including three World Cup games .
23 These three have worked together harmoniously and with some notable successes since Reilly took charge early in 1987 and it is certain that he would want them alongside him again for the hard year ahead , in which Great Britain play 10 Tests , including three World Cup games .
24 In earlier life he had been in Canada and it is certain that at least some youthful potential emigrants to Canada were inspired by his accounts of life there .
25 And it is certain that the development of level three partnerships is dependent upon not just a rethinking by the sector partners but by government and its role in education and training — a process which has undoubtedly begun , but in a fitful way and without truly fundamental thinking .
26 At the time the thought never entered our heads that there could be any doubt about this , and it is certain that the effect on morale throughout the country was tremendous , especially as for months at a time the war news from other parts of the world was usually bad .
27 Robert III may have been born in Dundonald Castle and it is certain that he spent much of his life there before he became king .
28 Irish teams do tour well and it is certain that the new assistant coach Gerry Murphy will improve the quality of Ireland 's back play .
29 Strictly speaking Orwell 's book is perhaps less an allegory than a conte philosophique like Voltaire 's Candide or Samuel Johnson 's Rasselas ; Swift 's Gulliver 's Travels is not far off here either , as a source , and it is certain that Orwell profoundly admired Swift , as Waugh admired Voltaire .
30 Apollinaire , however , remained personally most intimate with Picasso , and it is certain that the literary circle which surrounded Picasso , and which included Max Jacob and Pierre Reverdy , was more advanced than that around Gleizes and Metzinger , whose closest friends , men like Mercereau and Nayral , belonged to the circle of Paul Fort and the older generation of Symbolists .
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