Example sentences of "is [adj] that i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is strange that I can find no reference to these beans in Peggy Earl 's " Tales of Islay " because it was she who told me that they were sometimes called " fairy eggs " and that some of the more wealthy people had them set in silver mounts to wear round their necks . |
| 2 | It is strange that I can find no reference to these beans in Peggy Earl 's " Tales of Islay " because it was she who told me that they were sometimes called " fairy eggs " and that some of the more wealthy people had them set in silver mounts to wear round their necks . |
| 3 | Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally it is possible that I may be mistaken . |
| 4 | Senna said yesterday : ‘ It is possible that I will race IndyCars in 1993 . |
| 5 | If , on the basis of this , I were to proceed to make very careful observations of the weights of a wide variety of human earlobes , recording and categorizing the many observations , I think it is clear that I would not be making any significant contribution to science . |
| 6 | With limited space , it is unavoidable that I can provide only a summary of the work of a very active Association , but I thought your readers would be interested to know that schools are not being neglected . |
| 7 | The pain in my left hand is such that I can hardly bear to look at it . |
| 8 | My aggressiveness towards the adults around me for putting me in such an invidious position was certainly unacknowledged and unconscious , and had my sisters not told me of my bullying tactics — which I had conveniently forgotten — it is likely that I should not be able to acknowledge it even now . |
| 9 | ‘ Three hundred roubles , it is all that I can spare . ’ |
| 10 | " It is unlikely that I 'll be forgetting it , Father , " she said lightly . |
| 11 | My father taught me that there is only one thing more boring in life than listening to other people 's dreams and that is listening to stories about their operations ; and I only tell mine now because those I had during the early 1980s are as good an example as any of how modern medicine has helped to prolong life ; without them it is unlikely that I would be sitting here writing this . |
| 12 | I know it is unlikely that I will see it , but just the thought that I might is enough . |
| 13 | I currently have 10 days Annual Leave entitlement outstanding , and with the present staffing situation in the Library it is unlikely that I will be able to take any leave in January . |
| 14 | It is important that I should ask the hon. Gentleman carefully to consider what he has just said about my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General , who set out the legal position as a Law Officer . |
| 15 | I have spoken to your constituent and he is happy that I should cite his case , because it demonstrates the way in which things are happening . |
| 16 | He seems to think that it is fair that I should have first crack since I am the one who has carried the worms about for the last umpteen days . |
| 17 | ‘ It is true that I could have braved the scandal , brazened it out , ’ Theda admitted , ‘ but either fear or pride , perhaps — ’ |
| 18 | It is true that I can not become you , you can not become me and Blake could not be Beethoven . |