Example sentences of "[that] this is [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Since Cube is also producing Del , Yo-Yo and his own material ( his new LP is reputedly incredible ) , it 's hardly surprising that this is n't perfect .
2 I 've decided that this is n't any other business at all .
3 Our experience with the Philharmonie suggests that this is n't true .
4 There are two reasons for believing that this is n't true .
5 They wrote , they wrote back and Carole showed me the letter and said that this is n't this is
6 Further analysis of data shows that this is not due to either age or hours worked .
7 The study makes a link between fathers exposed to radiation and child cancers but suggests that this is not due directly to exposure to radiation but to hazards such as chemicals or other radioactive substances which are breathed in or swallowed .
8 In ‘ All Shook Up ’ , for example , the old techniques are still there ( Ex. 1.5 ) , but the triviality of the lyrics and Elvis 's light , amused vocal tone tell us that this is not serious .
9 Old people have been indoctrinated for so long in the necessary frailty and peripheralism of their lot that this is not surprising .
10 Some would say that this is not surprising given the vast array of new , competing programmes launched in recent years .
11 I know how courageous your life has been , how dauntless your purpose , how unshaken and unshakeable your faith that this is not all , that we go on .
12 I 'm of the opinion that this is not necessary to the extent suggested .
13 In the whole garden , and not just , and plus a river running through to , to the , to the north side , and it is difficult , and it is quite a problem and to , to , to say that this is not necessary , is undoubtedly ridiculous .
14 ( a ) Appointment The court has a positive duty to appoint a guardian ad litem in the following proceedings unless satisfied that this is not necessary in order to safeguard the child 's interests ( s41 ) : ( i ) application for a care or supervision order ; ( ii ) direction to investigate under s37 when an interim care order has been made or is under consideration ; ( iii ) application for discharge of a care order ; ( iv ) application for variation or discharge of a supervision order ; ( v ) application to extend a supervision order ; ( vi ) application to substitute a supervision order for a care order ; ( vii ) consideration of a residence order for a child in care ; ( viii ) application relating to contact with a child in care ; ( ix ) proceedings relating to emergency protection and child assessment orders ; ( x ) proceedings relating to secure accommodation orders ; ( xi ) application for leave to change the surname of a child in care ; ( xii ) application for leave to remove a child in care from the United Kingdom for a period exceeding one month ; ( xiii ) application for leave to permit the emigration of a child in care ; ( xiv ) appeal against the making or refusal to make , vary or discharge above orders .
15 There is a duty to appoint a guardian ad litem unless satisfied that this is not necessary to safeguard the child 's interests ( s41 and FPCR , r2(2) ( d ) ; FPR , r4.2(2) ( d ) ) .
16 There is a duty to appoint a guardian ad litem unless satisfied that this is not necessary to safeguard the child 's interests ( s41 and FPCR , r2(2) ( d ) ; FPR , r4.2(2) ( d ) ) .
17 There is a duty to appoint a guardian ad litem unless satisfied that this is not necessary to safeguard the child 's interests ( s41 and FPCR , r2(2) ( d ) ; FPR , r4.2(2) ( d ) ) .
18 There is a duty to appoint a guardian ad litem unless satisfied that this is not necessary to safeguard the child 's interests ( s41 and FPCR , r2(2) ( d ) ; FPR , r4.2(2) ( d ) ) .
19 There is a duty to appoint a guardian ad litem unless satisfied that this is not necessary to safeguard the child 's interests ( s41 and FPCR , r2(2) ( d ) ; FPR , r4.2(2) ( d ) ) .
20 An examination of any typical model will lead to the conclusion that this is not possible , since it will require an unbelievable amount of force to make the blades come anywhere near the boom .
21 Although each mother does her best to restrict her milk to her own young when she visits the nursery , the other babies who surround her when she arrives are so importunate that this is not easy .
22 It is to be hoped that this is not early warning of the demise of public libraries !
23 Although to date it has happened only twice , I recognise , as the committee 's chairman , that this is not satisfactory and it is the committee 's practice in such situations to suspend its own enquiry immediately .
24 It is fair to say , however , that this is not fatal to Rees 's case .
25 While it may be a counsel of perfection it must , nevertheless , be advisable for the insurer to attempt to investigate each claim on the basis that it is likely to be an Optional Procedure action — unless , of course , it is quite obvious from the nature of the action or the injuries that this is not likely to be the case .
26 As there would have been equal numbers of damaged nuclei , however , in both groups ( upper one third and lower two thirds ) of crypt fractions we feel that this is not likely to be a significant distoring factor in the analysis .
27 We now know that this is not true : in some species the mating system is quite flexible and changes according to ecological circumstances .
28 By way of reply , Strawson can of course fall back on his belief that this is not true of our commitment to reactive attitudes because it is part of ‘ the general framework of human life ’ , which can not be given up .
29 It may even come as a surprise to some to learn that fish and chips is opaque at all ; but one needs only to consider that not any kind of fish , nor any method of cooking and presentation , will qualify for the description , and that this is not true of , say , chips and fish or even fish with chips , both of which are transparent .
30 I would like to reassure him that this is not unusual behaviour for this fish .
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