Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [adj] that some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This years plum harvest is so good that some trees literally ca n't take the strain — snapping under the weight of fat , ripening victorias . |
| 2 | This process of coalition building is so well-known that some companies have invented their own language around it . |
| 3 | Its bite is rarely lethal , but is so painful that some victims have survived when they ‘ hoped not to ’ . |
| 4 | The analysis of the English vowel system presented in Chapters 2 and 3 contains a large number of phonemes , and it is not surprising that some phonologists ( who believed in the importance of keeping the total number of phonemes small ) proposed different analyses which contain less than ten vowel phonemes and treat all long vowels and diphthongs as composed of two phonemes each . |
| 5 | It is not surprising that some viruses have taken advantage of the sexual act as a vehicle for their transmission , but , while bacteria such as gonococci , treponemes , and the organisms responsible for the tropical sexually transmitted diseases have become so specialized that non-venereal transmission is extremely rare , the sexually transmitted virus infections , with the exception of genital warts , are frequently transmitted in other ways as well . |
| 6 | Whilst one may argue that it would be wrong to attribute ego-functions to animals in which the id/ego differentiation was difficult to justify because their behaviour was largely under instinctual , preprogrammed control , it is nevertheless true that some mammals — and in particular some higher primates — do seem to show a plasticity of behaviour and an elaboration of activity which clearly point to the beginnings , however primitive , of ego-functions proper . |
| 7 | You may not think that you have a problem , but in a company of even modest size it is statistically likely that some employees will have a drink problem . |
| 8 | Again , this is a complex notion in itself , so it is hardly surprising that some respondents found it difficult to reply to the questions : Has the conceptual map of your subject changed much in the last decade ? |
| 9 | It is hardly surprising that some nurses , without wishing to leave the profession to which they are dedicated , should welcome the intellectual challenge of clinical research . |
| 10 | This is what the evidence suggests since , while the tempo of mergers and acquisitions ( both domestic and cross-border ) has been rising rapidly , it is also apparent that some industries have been engaged in divesting themselves of activities which are peripheral or difficult to manage in order to concentrate on areas of strength . |
| 11 | On the other hand , it is also possible that some abortions that were originally induced by primitive or illegal means will be finally treated by medical personnel and reported as spontaneous abortion . |
| 12 | as if to emphasise the relative longevity of this sequence , however , it is also possible that some mosaics might pre-date the sequences of simple geometric and Orphic pavements . |
| 13 | It is also conceivable that some constraints might have to be placed upon communications within computer networks . |
| 14 | It is also true that some dealers are likely to be far keener to sell diesels than others , perhaps reflecting how much faith they have in their products . |
| 15 | Now it is perfectly true that some families remained in the same district for hundreds of years . |
| 16 | It is equally clear that some directors have privately expressed fears that , given the crudeness with which the 1993–4 budget trends will have been constructed , severe cash shortages could affect them by September . |
| 17 | It is immediately clear that some topics received considerably more , or less , attention than would be suggested by the number of courses allocated to them . |
| 18 | It 's quite possible that some MPs will try and talk the bill out . |
| 19 | It is readily apparent that some courts , and some judges , have used the very ambiguity inherent in that dichotomy in an instrumental fashion ; the decision whether to label a part of the X factor as jurisdictional or non-jurisdictional is influenced by a judicial desire to intervene or not as the case may be . |
| 20 | It 's very reassuring that some companies can be relied upon to give good customer service and satisfaction . |
| 21 | Not all of them I accept and they 've been very helpful and when it comes to erm any other issue , I think basically , unfortunately sir , I think that we have strayed from the debate , we 've strayed onto ethnic issues er er and I think it 's a shame Mr , there was no need to introduce that and of course it was bound to bring a backlash , it was bound to introduce it it it it 's coloured it it 's made opaque the issues because you make it complicated , in actual fact er er I think that er being a governor of a school , I think that 's absolutely marvellous that some youngsters the future , I think the future will decide , I think there are kids out there will turn round one day and say how could you have done that ? |