Example sentences of "while it is [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it is probable that the number of births recorded is as accurate as we are likely to need , the records of some social events are , by their nature , likely to be incomplete . |
| 2 | While it is self-evident that childhood experiences must have a profound formative effect upon the beliefs we have about ourselves and upon our expectations of others , most of us fail to take them into account when we run into trouble later on in life . |
| 3 | While it is arguable that the Labour Party dances to the trade unions ' tune , it is also the case that the special relationship facilitates bargaining . |
| 4 | While it is indisputable that the proportions of both sub-degree and part-time courses in the polytechnics have declined , it remains to be proved that this is the result of policy on the part of the directors and their staffs ; it would seem much more likely to be a case of students ‘ voting with their feet ’ by opting for full-time degree courses . |
| 5 | While it is undeniable that Robbe-Grillet'– early novels are indeed capable of being read as essentially modernist texts whose narrative strategics consist in the representation of a distorted perception of reality , nevertheless , ‘ retrospectively ’ , they can also be considered to demonstrate reflexivity . |
| 6 | While it is undeniable that that system has had a dramatic effect of the development of the market it is incorrect to assume that it is the only one which is influencing it . |
| 7 | ‘ While it is understandable that the media will home in on failures , it is important that the public should be reassured that such cases are very much the exception , rather than the rule , and that their continuing confidence in the profession is justified . ’ |
| 8 | While it is possible that some of these exceptions result from the differing energetic requirements of males and females and attendant selection pressures affecting the relative size of the two sexes ( Selander , 1972 ; Downhower , 1976 ) , the common association between sex differences in size and the development of male weaponry suggests that selection pressures associated with breeding competition are frequently involved . |
| 9 | While it is possible that the missionary who baptized in the River Glen was the Briton , Rhun , and that Bede was mistaken when he located Paulinus at Yeavering , the statement about Rhun in the Historia Brittonum , inserted as it is in a somewhat garbled account seemingly extrapolated from the Ecclesiastical History , can not be regarded as undoubtedly signifying this and it is uncertain what weight can be attached to it . |
| 10 | Both are limiting laws , valid only for small strains or rates of strain , and while it is essential that conditions involving large stresses , leading to eventual mechanical failure , be studied , it is also important to examine the response to small mechanical stresses . |
| 11 | While it is certain that it was always possible to approach Napoleon III via a courtier , the real intermediaries between the Emperor and the outside world , in so far as it necessitated his personal intervention , were those employed in what was called the Civil Cabinet . |
| 12 | While it is certain that VAT will be added to domestic fuel from April next year , what is n't known is at what rate . |
| 13 | While it is apparent that members of an organisation will always be affected by a treaty concluded by the organisation in the sense that they can not act contrary to it , the controversial question was whether they could be formally bound by it . |
| 14 | While it is sad that Green Arrow is departing from the main line scene it is appropriate that this beautiful locomotive 's final run will be on the Settle and Carlisle line : in 1978 she hauled the ‘ pilot ’ steam specials over line which proved so successful that the route was released as an approved ‘ steam line ’ . |
| 15 | While it is important that we take stock of and combat the fraudulent ways in which we are being described by those who oppose us , we should not be unmindful or insensitive to what we are saying about ourselves , of how we are describing who-we-are . |
| 16 | While it is true that village women in India have little power or status in society as a whole , Janet misunderstands what lies behind the caring and ‘ fussing ’ . |
| 17 | But while it is true that an economic or financial crisis will generally have a clear effect on a state 's coinage , the converse is not necessarily true : a debasement of the coinage does not in itself indicate a financial crisis , since it might take place for some other reason . |
| 18 | While it is true that the game is about players and playing , it is also about supporters and watching . |
| 19 | While it is true that the terms of the debate are often unclear , and while confusing signs constantly come even from the Euro-enthusiasts ( such as when the French Foreign Minister called for ‘ une fédération d'Etats souverains ’ the overwhelming evidence indicates that the prime movers in European union mean business . |
| 20 | While it is true that the warmth of hospitality , generosity and friendliness to be found in the West of Scotland has no equal , it is also true that the depths of rudeness and disgustingly mannered carelessness that passes for ethnic character are rarely surpassed . |
| 21 | While it is true that most houses in the world 's seismic zones are made from earth , and most deaths in earthquakes are attributable to the collapse of earthen structures , it is equally certain that high-tech solutions will never be disseminated . |
| 22 | While it is true that men 's consumption of bread and beer can vary , the quantity of these basic foodstuffs remains a tolerable , rough criterion of the size of a population . |
| 23 | While it is true that we should n't ‘ show off ’ our new slim figure , there 's nothing wrong in making the most of it . |
| 24 | While it is true that , in most of them , a party with 10 per cent of the popular vote holds 100 per cent of the power , this is surely preferable to our present system , which condemns us to a lifetime of minority rule . |
| 25 | But while it is true that some Tory rebels would oppose any motion proposed by the Prime Minister , it is worth remembering that the vote is still about the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 26 | While it is true that a sensitive adult will respond intuitively to a child 's language and make numerous adjustments to his or her own language in a way that will reflect the child 's strengths and weaknesses , it may nevertheless be helpful to make these explicit in a written assessment so that intuitions can be further re fined on the basis of objective information . |
| 27 | While it is true that different assessment procedures usually focus on one or other of these different aspects of language , this is a reflection on the recent history of psycholinguistic research and ought not be taken to imply that assessment is best carried out by focusing on discrete areas . |
| 28 | While it is true that the longer the period of time over which the child 's language is sampled , the more representative that sample will be of the child 's underlying linguistic knowledge , in practical terms the length of any recording will be constrained by the time available for transcription and coding . |
| 29 | On the other hand , while it is true that it is rarely useful to explain behaviour in terms of neural events , our description of psychological processes must at least be compatible with what is known of their neural substrate . |
| 30 | While it is true that the spores can easily hop over the garden fence , and there is not a lot to be done about sources of infection further along the road , much can be done by being entirely ruthless in cleaning up your fallen leaves and rose debris . |