Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [adj] that [det] [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 | ( 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 : |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It is little wonder that this figure cast what almost amounted to a spell over aspiring black sportsmen . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | So really it 's only right that this council should follow up on such a motion . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It is highly likely that this agglutinin is fibrinogen ( Gartner et al , 1980 ; Berndt & Phillips , 1981 ) . |
| 18 | It is highly unlikely that any consultancy you appoint will know enough about a company to allow it to undertake the audit without considerable input from your senior management . |
| 19 | It is highly unlikely that any reader of this sentence will interpret rare in the sense of ‘ undercooked ’ ( as in a rare steak ) , or steep in the sense of ‘ unjustifiably high ’ ( as in steep charges ) , or bank in the sense of ‘ financial institution ’ , or burn in the sense of ‘ injury caused by fire ’ , or run in the sense of ‘ progress by advancing each foot alternately never having both feet on the ground simultaneously ’ , etc . |
| 20 | If society in all its aspects has always been in a state of flux , it is highly unlikely that this process will end at any particular time . |
| 21 | In the perfect competition model the number of producers is sufficiently large that all firms are ‘ price- takers ’ . |
| 22 | Alan Yentob , controller of BBC2 , said last night : ‘ It is fantastically important that these issues are debated . |
| 23 | It is somewhat ironical that this position was carefully constructed by earlier Republican presidents and that CITES was primarily the brainchild of the Nixon administration . |
| 24 | This expectation is so strong that most congregations are prepared to spend huge sums for the provision and maintenance of an instrument which is , in many cases , the single most valuable asset in the building . |
| 25 | An example of this in the classical theory of general relativity is provided by a black hole , which is a region of space-time in which the gravitational field is so strong that any light or other signal is dragged back into the region and can not escape to the outside world . |
| 26 | Whatever the reasons for their change from their nautiloid ancestors , the ammonoids were an enormously successful group : thousands of different species have been described , and their variety is so bewildering that many specialists devote their lives to studying only the ammonoids of a particular , short time period . |
| 27 | This place is so good that some Peak activists reckon they will take their holidays indoors next year ! |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , the greenhouse effect is so efficient that this energy becomes trapped to the extent that it drives up the surface temperatures to the observed values . |
| 30 | The potential gain if one was ‘ exceptional ’ , however , and qualified for an early release is so powerful that few men are prepared to forego it The result is a shabby , futile process that Probation Officers feel makes subsequent work with inmates more difficult , that exasperates prison officers who see the time and energy in compiling reports as wasted , and infuriates prisoners for whom the probable refusal of parole , with its tiny element of uncertainty , makes prison life even harder to bear . |