Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [adj] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is most unlikely that such behaviour had never previously been observed with comparably simple systems .
2 Given the current recognition system , it is most unlikely that such examples will occur in this form .
3 No academic libraries since the time of the Travelling Workshops Experiment have successfully applied the strategy and it is most unlikely that illuminative evaluation ‘ in toto ’ will ever get the opportunity to prove itself in academic user education , largely because of the lack of time to pursue it in full .
4 The police have been criticised for their low prosecution record in rape cases and it is most unlikely that domestic rape would have been dealt with more enthusiastically .
5 ( It is most unlikely that any user noticed that there were two systems the terminals were labelled identically and the screen layouts were the same .
6 As far as any remedy in damages is concerned this point will not be of any significance and it is most unlikely that any action would be brought in a business secrets case unless some damage or advantage to a competitor had occurred or was thought likely to do so .
7 Whatever approach is taken to the patient at special risk of suicide it is most important that all members of staff involved in the patient 's care are absolutely clear about the current policy at all times .
8 It is most important that comfortable relationships exist in people orientated businesses , and you will profit in more ways than one if you feel happy to return and use the facilities over and over again .
9 Although there are other possible sources , it is most likely that these lines are an echo of Pope 's comments on Martha Blount 's celibacy :
10 But centralised provision of materials reduces the opportunity for ‘ contextualisation ’ — and it is little wonder that many board members perceived the published training material and the area sessions as lacking in relevance .
11 It is little wonder that fundamentalist sects have a field day welcoming in disillusioned people who have been put off Christianity by forms of Anglicanism which offer so little and demand nothing .
12 It is little wonder that this policy , coupled with their reliability , soon established the popularity of Japanese cars , and such product specification rapidly became the norm throughout the market .
13 It is little wonder that this figure cast what almost amounted to a spell over aspiring black sportsmen .
14 The emphasis is on economic research , but the Centre is keenly aware that other disciplines are concerned with policy questions .
15 It is wholly admirable that this country can provide research facilities and educational expertise to overseas students , but the value of their work to this country may consist solely of the funding which they bring with them , the esteem in which they hold this country 's institutions when they have returned home , and their subsequent contacts and consultancies .
16 It is wholly admirable that this country can provide research facilities and educational expertise to overseas students , but the value of their work to this country may consist solely of the funding which they bring with them , the esteem in which they hold this country 's institutions when they have returned home , and their subsequent contacts and consultancies .
17 The language used by L implies that it is wholly desirable that one discipline should ultimately be explicable in terms of another .
18 So really it 's only right that this council should follow up on such a motion .
19 It 's perhaps understandable that most people tend to think of life insurance in one of two ways — either as a means of cushioning loved ones against the financial upset that sudden death could cause , or as an investment with the future in mind .
20 Had no such provision been made , and had it merely been left to the initiative of backbenchers to keep an eye on instruments tabled , it is highly probable that many instruments would become or remain law with never a critical eye being cast over them .
21 It is highly probable that many men will claim a belief that the girl was over 16 since , if sexual intercourse has taken place , this is the only defence available to the charge .
22 R v Secretary of State for Home Department , Ex parte Kuku ; CA ( Woolf , Nicholls and Staughton LJJ ) ; 28 Sept 1989 It is highly desirable that foreign nationals to whom r 10 of the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 169 applies should not only by warned by the Home Office of the necessity under s 3(4) of the Immigration Act 1971 of obtaining a visa if seeking re-entry to the UK after a short visit abroad , but that that warning should take the form of a document attached to the foreign national 's passport , so there is no question of any misapprehension .
23 It may not be easy for social work training to take account of this adequately but it is highly desirable that more attention should be paid , in the making of a social worker , to the sexual side of his or her personality and sexual adjustment .
24 But we think it is highly regrettable that economic development is being seen as an integral part of the war against terrorism , not least for those charged with making it work on the ground .
25 It is highly likely that one corner , edge or the centre of the object you have just drawn will need to be lined up with a corner , edge or centre of one or more of the objects already on the screen .
26 It is highly likely that interglacial sea levels are represented by marine terraces or raised beaches , but the levels associated with each interglacial are to some extent in dispute .
27 A survey will be carried out of sewage disposal systems and it is highly likely that major expenditure will be necessary .
28 It is highly likely that special forces — 22nd SAS Regt. , and Special Boat Squadron RM — have been present in the Gulf since an early stage of Operation ‘ Granby ’ .
29 Even if we restrict the process to include only lagged values of s and f , it is highly likely that longer lags in s and f will have an effect on their current values .
30 Near Roman towns , it is highly likely that original churches were founded as mausolea or temples in graveyards outside the Roman settlement proper .
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