Example sentences of "[noun] it is [adj] that [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Within a large establishment such as a college it is unlikely that they will avoid some name-calling or jokes at their expense .
2 In understanding design-society relationships it is crucial that we understand what we are talking about when we use the word " design " .
3 As these dates fall within the University teaching term it is important that you obtain details of visiting arrangements ( times , locations etc ) before you come and that you register your intention to attend with us .
4 Although this is the first recorded instance of a private undertaker being used by the royal household it is possible that they had been previously involved in some small way in royal funerals , for it is doubtful that the College of Arms provided coffins and it would seem probable that they contracted this out to the trade , to people such as William Russell — indeed , could it have been Russell who provided the coffin for Queen Mary in late December 1694 ?
5 For presentations to senior management it is essential that you establish precisely how much time you are allowed , if necessary by asking the chairman .
6 As the mosaicist had to understand but not devise geometries it is likely that he could amend illustrated motifs but would copy , as a whole , the arrangements suggested for a mosaic .
7 In mimicking a dialogue it is important that you hear the language helper say the utterance again after you have mimicked , so that the last version you hear is the correct one .
8 As public shopping arcades lend themselves to situations of abuse it is important that they have somewhere warm to go ; one example of a voluntary initiative is that Bradford Council of Mosques has set up a day centre for retired older men .
9 If we do not stretch people enough at work it is inevitable that they will do more outside .
10 Since Malinowski made no secret of his earthy , materialist view of man 's motives it is odd that it has taken modern exponents of transactional analysis and game theory so long to recognize his pioneering achievements in this field .
11 From Jacob 's correspondence it is clear that he knew little of Modigliani 's life in the last years .
12 In the circumstances it is obvious that it was up to me to present them first .
13 A waterfall does not have to be prefabricated to be successful and in certain circumstances it is desirable that it is not so .
14 If employees are asked to work in a different location on a temporary basis it is unlikely that they will need to move home .
15 But at the moment it is essential that we work on what we bring with us when we enter these conflict situations .
16 For internal audit to carry out these responsibilities it is essential that it operates with adequate independence .
17 For an agency with such a visible creative profile it is refreshing that it claims no philosophies or advertising theories as its own .
18 And because I am in the public eye it is important that I fight back , that I show the world that the police are not infallible and that the rotten apples in the barrel must be exposed .
19 However , on further examination it is clear that they often disagree as to what constitutes pornography , while overlapping on representations of sexual violence , they radically disagree on those of non-violent , non-marital sexual practices .
20 From his later writings it is obvious that he was quite fascinated by the entire operation and its execution .
21 If legislation were introduced at this point it is possible that it would fall foul of the decision by the European Court of Justice and thus be impracticable and a waste of public funds .
22 At this point it is necessary that we pay some attention to the phrase ‘ rational and perfect economic environment ’ .
23 At this point it is likely that we may make a second mistake and go for a purely positivist view of law , the view that the nature of law can be appreciated purely by reciting the elements of positing and applying law without reference to its objectives or functions , so that we have a legal system as long as there are institutionalised ways of selecting mandatory rules and some arrangement for an authoritative application of those rules to particular situations .
24 These morphological changes may be interpreted functionally in dietary terms as a change to a diet with hard fruit as the main constituent , and this may be related in turn to the drier and more seasonal environments they lived in , but as there was little change in their postcranial skeletons it is likely that they retained their ancestral arboreal locomotor pattern .
25 For surely it is true that whosoever will understand British politics before all things it is necessary that he comprehend the events of 1931 . '
26 Clearly , whatever the problems it is important that they are dealt with as early as possible .
27 For each day there is a diet sheet , more interesting key facts , and a weight and symptom chart for your to complete as you did for Stage I. It is vital that you keep this chart up to date : you will undoubtedly need to refer back at some point during the next few weeks , so the records are nothing short of vital !
28 Since historical entitlement theorists make original acquisition the root of all subsequent entitlements it is essential that they demonstrate that acquisition is an event of sufficient moral significance to bestow on the acquirer all the incidents of private ownership , including the right to transfer the property at will and to confer the same package of rights on all subsequent transferees .
29 For a dynamic company which is growing through its own efforts it is important that we should have other and new businesses of a similar nature coming along .
30 More commonly , however , Calvinists viewed natural disasters as signs of divine anger , requiring appeasement through prayer and public fasting ; during the famine of 1586 , for example , the Bishop of London commented in a letter : ‘ for appeasing His wrath it is convenient that we fall to earnest repentance , prayers , fasting and other deeds of charity . ’
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