Example sentences of "is [adj] that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is understandable that a civil servant takes longer to negotiate or work out a solution over which he is unenthusiastic , the result being that by the time the work is complete , there is a new minister who is more ready to see the weaknesses of this line of action . |
| 2 | Similarly , it is understandable that a landlord will wish to ensure that the tenant 's works are completed within a reasonable time . |
| 3 | 5.12.4 Unless the Landlord shall otherwise direct to carry out and complete before the expiry of the Term any works required to be carried out to or in the Premises as a condition of any planning permission which may have been granted during the Term irrespective of the date by which such works were required to be carried out It is understandable that a landlord will wish to ensure that the tenant not only complies with planning legislation but also does not make application for planning permission without the landlord 's consent . |
| 4 | After all , when you have laboured in the engine room for several years and are then suddenly confronted by some of the highest honours the sport can confer it is understandable that a player might believe he is living in another world . |
| 5 | On a larger scale one might observe that his lifelong preoccupation with words gave him a kind of sensitivity to them , even if it was an unorthodox one ; and further that it is strange that a myth should so make its way if enshrined and embodied in words as inappropriate as critics have made out . |
| 6 | Also it is strange that an action which is an abuse of court process can be allowed to proceed simply because no party to the action objects . |
| 7 | Belgacom , the Belgian state phone company , is terrified that the government , which is in such a panic to cut its budget deficit as required by the terms of the Maastricht Treaty that it tendered its resignation to the king , who declined it , will rush to raise cash by privatising the phones : ‘ It is only when the company 's reorganisation and internal restructuring is complete that a new change to its statutes could be undertaken , ’ the board said , warning ‘ It takes time to transform an administration into an efficient and dynamic company . ’ |
| 8 | It is undeniable that a great deal of important and fundamental research has come from the several centres of excellence in the USA . |
| 9 | It is undeniable that a novel , as a text , consists entirely of language , and that we gain access to the fictional world only through language . |
| 10 | From the unlikely beginning of an extreme and unremitting egocentricity , Hobbes has thus explained how it is possible that a civil society can come into being . |
| 11 | Surely it is possible that a jury might decline to convict of murder a person who intentionally killed under gross provocation , even though they knew that the judge could give a lenient sentence , because they wished to signify the reduction in the defendant 's culpability by using the less stigmatic label of manslaughter . |
| 12 | It is possible that a cement mixer or a tower crane may go into action or other works be carried out , as a hotelier or apartments owner seeks to maintain or improve standards and facilities . |
| 13 | It is possible that a ‘ fire storm ’ condition developed in the town , similar to that which occurred in several German cities during the last war , when saturation bombing raids started so many fires that the city became effectively one big fire , sucking into itself hurricane force winds to bring fresh oxygen to the heart of the inferno . |
| 14 | First , it is possible that a too narrow definition of comparative costs would be used . |
| 15 | It is possible that a trust clause may have been omitted . |
| 16 | It is possible that a generation of children may grow up deprived of their entitlement — an introduction to the powerful and splendid history of the best that has been thought and said in our language . |
| 17 | It is possible that a mixture of all three levels of care might be indicated to meet the needs of one client . |
| 18 | It is possible that a figure of the King was once part of the scene , and that his heroic intervention in the face of disaster was part of the cult iconography . |
| 19 | It is possible that a high-status tomb may yet be found entirely intact and that many gold and silver objects remain to be discovered by excavation . |
| 20 | The Bull Court at Knossos is not well preserved , but it is possible that a fence of some kind ran round its edge ; a fragment of fresco found in the Labyrinth shows a strongly made three-rail wooden fence with a priestess or attendant leaning on it , watching the spectacle . |
| 21 | Thus , if an individual deals on behalf of his company , it is possible that a company could be charged with aiding and abetting an offence under the legislation , or with conspiracy to commit an offence under the legislation . |
| 22 | It is possible that a domain such as Estate Agents will be adequately covered by the LOB corpus , due to its nature as a concrete , well-understood domain that is concerned with ’ everyday ’ words and concepts such as houses , towns , rooms , etc . |
| 23 | It is possible that a few minor markets did grow slowly from an earlier village but they are difficult to discover . |
| 24 | It is possible that a failure to distinguish between the two sexes can explain the lack of agreement . |
| 25 | In many instances it is likely that these lowered rates of employment are the direct result of providing care , although in some cases it is possible that a temporary withdrawal from the labour market ( for example , because of redundancy or child-bearing ) may enable some women to take on informal caring responsibilities and delay their return to paid employment . |
| 26 | It is possible that a substantial increase in demand for teacher education on language could develop in the next few years . |
| 27 | It is possible that a third person might have entered the lavatory and been provoked into violence by what the defendant was doing — the woman 's partner , for example . |
| 28 | However , it is possible that a bright flash observed on the Moon by five English monks in the summer of 1178 was the formation of Bruno , in which case it is about the only lunar crater that has ever been observed to form . |
| 29 | It is possible that a strong sense of teamwork , which was less apparent in other instances , had been engendered through such within-board activity . |
| 30 | In horizontal mergers it is possible that a merger will allow exploitation of economies of scale . |