Example sentences of "that it is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Microsoft says that it is developing tools which will enable C and C++ developers building Windows-based applications to target the Macintosh . |
| 2 | That it is uneven in quality , and incomprehensible in the intricacies of private association , is the inevitable result of his condition . |
| 3 | The presence of a reference is not a marker of influence , nor is the absence of a reference evidence that it is uninfluential . |
| 4 | Now it will not always be the case that it is optimal for the less risk-averse party to take on all the risk . |
| 5 | However , it will certainly be true that it is optimal for a risk-neutral party to take all risk from a risk-averse party ( try A or B bargaining with C ) and it would seem sensible that a more risk-averse party should optimally take on less of the risk than a less risk-averse one . |
| 6 | Given the B's believe that A uses this strategy , we will show that it is optimal for A to use this strategy . |
| 7 | We now describe A 's optimal response to B t 's behaviour and show that it is optimal for A to use the simple form of strategy first postulated . |
| 8 | I want to argue that it is reasonable to believe in God . |
| 9 | If we accept that it is reasonable for Health to sell its message in this way , why are we wary of religion ? |
| 10 | It follows that it is reasonable to assume that a unit of goodness can exist in the mind of man to aid him in understanding the origin of his God , just as the scientific unit aids human thought directed towards physical activity . |
| 11 | The difficulty is that the assumptions on which it is based are to say the least shaky : the assumptions , namely , that only one vote suffices although more than one candidate is to be elected ; that preferential voting is reliable , even when used in ignorance of all the relevant information and inhibited by the arbitrary exclusion of candidates who might otherwise be successful ; that it is reasonable to grant to some votes the privilege of being transferred , and to lower-preference votes the possibility of exercising greater influence than is warranted by their very definition ; that it is reasonable also to give to all transferred votes the same weighting as to original votes ; and that election by quota is sensible even if the quotas are manifestly make-believe . |
| 12 | The difficulty is that the assumptions on which it is based are to say the least shaky : the assumptions , namely , that only one vote suffices although more than one candidate is to be elected ; that preferential voting is reliable , even when used in ignorance of all the relevant information and inhibited by the arbitrary exclusion of candidates who might otherwise be successful ; that it is reasonable to grant to some votes the privilege of being transferred , and to lower-preference votes the possibility of exercising greater influence than is warranted by their very definition ; that it is reasonable also to give to all transferred votes the same weighting as to original votes ; and that election by quota is sensible even if the quotas are manifestly make-believe . |
| 13 | Assuming a reasonable sum of money is available , I believe that , in general , coverage is the first priority , but that it is reasonable to start preferring frequency once coverage tops about 65 per cent of a ‘ difficult ’ target audience or 75–80 per cent of an ‘ easy ’ one . |
| 14 | Nevertheless you do say , do you not , that it is reasonable for this enquiry to consider access to the site , to D thirty nine and D forty , in general terms ? |
| 15 | In these circumstances we accept that it is reasonable that some trustees may feel that in the new situation produced by the tax the right course would be for the settled property to cease to be held on discretionary trust . |
| 16 | Er whereas the County Council have sought to re to er keep vacancies constant , we have said that it is reasonable to seek to plan to keep second homes etcetera as a constant number but what I would term normal vacancies , can be reasonably be expected to go up to maintain the same proportion . |
| 17 | Provided that it is reasonable to incur the particular expense , however , it is immaterial that the expense may be very large . |
| 18 | If a clause is challenged as unreasonable , it may be possible to rebut the challenge and prove that it is reasonable ; but the client may incur expense and inconvenience in meeting the challenge and in the meantime may face a delay in obtaining payment or performance under the contract . |
| 19 | We do appreciate that it is reasonable to impose restrictions on dogs in such areas as children 's playgrounds , flower beds etcetera and we do support the extension of the byelaws relating to dogs fouling footways and grass verges and also the byelaws relating to the removal of canine faeces . |
| 20 | ‘ On that basis the Council has concluded that it is reasonable to start paying the grant again . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The velocity variance on these scales , can be estimated by assuming that it is equal to the squared bulk flow measured on this scale , . |
| 23 | Hence , p has all the values of a probability and in the situation where all investors are risk averse it can be shown that it is equal to the probability with which we started . |
| 24 | Indeed , if the superego is always in part a cultural , collective phenomenon and if in such states the divine monarch , chairman or party leader is far beyond the reach of the identifications of the masses because of his incomparable pre-eminence , then it follows that only in the dissolution of the superego that alcohol brings does the ordinary ego find any hope of believing , however unrealistically , that it is equal to , or as worthy as , the father of the state . |
| 25 | An SBU should then look at all elements of the chain that it is involved in ( e.g. procurement , production , transportation , marketing ) in order to see exactly how it already adds value and might add value in future . |
| 26 | Although it remains possible that phosphorylation of c-Jun at Ser-249 by the DNA-PK activates its transcriptional potential in vivo , the body of evidence therefore suggests that it is involved in regulating some other aspect of c-Jun function . |
| 27 | The Commission must copy a notification to the relevant authorities in the member states and provided that it is complete , immediately publish brief details of it in the Official Journal . |
| 28 | inform the person who requested the change that it is complete |
| 29 | To continue with Gregory 's example , his radio might emit a whine so high-pitched that it is undetectable to the human ear and can only be picked up by special test equipment . |
| 30 | Considerable ambiguity arises when the appearances of the incident are such that it is uncertain whether or not it fits one of these types of abnormal situation . |