Example sentences of "is [adj] that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is undesirable that the legal effect of Protocol II should depend upon municipal law doctrine as to its relationship with international law . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Similarly , it is understandable that a landlord will wish to ensure that the tenant 's works are completed within a reasonable time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Given the topography of Madeira , it is understandable that the island roads are full of twists and turns , climbing and descending all the time . |
| 7 | It is understandable that the very existence of an ex , or exes , may be an unwelcome reminder of the mortality of relationships , but that does n't explain why the ex herself is such a hate figure . |
| 8 | It is understandable that the Military Model should be so salient . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | As the majority of the latter are either Moslem , Sikh or Hindu , it is understandable that the Church has encountered severe problems in trying to communicate her message , either with a view to attracting them into her fellowship or to see the significance of the gospel of Jesus Christ within their own cultural context . |
| 11 | With so much at stake it is understandable that the Department of Trade and Industry is doing everything in its power to avoid all-out war . |
| 12 | If , however , a culture has not got beyond a point at which satisfaction of one portion of its participants depends upon the suppression of another , and perhaps , larger portion — and this is the case in all present-day cultures — it is understandable that the suppressed people should develop an intense hostility towards a culture whose existence they make possible by their work , but in whose wealth they have too small a share . |
| 13 | The combination of prophetic denunciation and broad generalization did not appeal to his contemporaries ; as one of his colleagues in the Chandos Group ( where Eliot had been discussing the matters contained in his book ) wrote later , " It is understandable that The Idea of a Christian Society should make little appeal to the large majority of the intelligentsia . |
| 14 | Given the setbacks encountered in the really big cases it is understandable that the authorities now wish to make some headway as regards the Barclays ( Asia ) and West L.B. accusations which , although dwarfed by comparison with Carrian and B.M.F.L. , were nevertheless concerned with really serious offences : as witness the long sentences imposed on those who have been dealt with on kindred matters . |
| 15 | It is understandable that the previous isolation of the disease results in a sense of amazement in early recovery on the discovery that other people have not only shared similar experiences but also similar thoughts and feelings . |
| 16 | It is understandable that the public , disillusioned by what the system produces , find it easy to blame the producers . |
| 17 | Although it is understandable that the Minister can not be in two places at once , will she assure the House that her noble Friend will make a strong contribution to the conference ? |
| 18 | Secondly , although it is understandable that the external leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organisation may be excluded at the moment , it is not understandable that the Palestinian leaders in Jerusalem should be excluded from the process . |
| 19 | But the synopsis that he offers of his tale : is unmistakably that of a fabliau , and with the target figure appearing as a regular element within the fabliau it is understandable that the Reeve , a carpenter , should anticipate an attack upon himself : Fabliaux are thoroughly suitable textual weapons for the two churls , the Miller and the Reeve , to beat each other over the head with . |
| 20 | He is emphatic that the works are to speak for themselves and about themselves : ‘ This is a show about painting , not about the meaning of Venetian civilisation ’ , he says . |
| 21 | Polsky , by contrast , is emphatic that the researcher , when studying criminal groups , should be completely open about what he is doing . |
| 22 | Althusser is emphatic that the means of production are just as essential to the fashioning of theoretical products as to something like shoemaking , which plainly requires leather , tools , etc. , and he points out that the Marxist concept of labour is in this sense irreducibly material . |
| 23 | However , Poulantzas is emphatic that the two are interconnected , and his claim seems to be founded on a further belief about class position . |
| 24 | As usual , he is emphatic that the answer has nothing to do with the individuals who actually run the state . |
| 25 | It is second to none and it is grateful that the figures that have been released today show that it will receive 10.2 per cent . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It is strange that the party gave priority , not only to central and military organs , but also the guberniia- and uezd-level papers in 1922 , before intervening in the national minority sector in 1923 . |
| 28 | One can claim compensation for the dismaying experience of a spoilt holiday : it is strange that the same principle does not apply to the breaking of obligations under employment contracts . |
| 29 | In view of the number of working and pleasure horses in the kingdom , when the phrase ‘ horsepower ’ meant literally just that , and the concentration of dairy cows around and even within the metropolis , and also the growing number of pets in middle-class households , it is strange that the demands of so many animal owners , some wealthy or even extremely rich , had not led to the development of a proper profession competent to deal with animal diseases , just as the professions of physician , surgeon and apothecary had burgeoned to meet public demand at the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th centuries . |
| 30 | The rings of Saturn are indeed spectacular , but we now know that Jupiter , Uranus and Neptune likewise have rings : it is strange that the visiting extraterrestrials should not have mentioned this . |