Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [adj] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is certain that this interest in their marathon game helped to smooth away many problems which could have arisen . |
| 2 | IT 'S fantastic that hardened TV newsman Mike Nicholson listened to his heart and took such a tremendous risk to smuggle Bosnian orphan Natasha into Britain . |
| 3 | He says he finds it 's galling that that animals have suffered and they need not have . |
| 4 | But by the time you read this , it 's possible that one manufacturer will have really stirred things up by announcing a sub-£500 pen computer running Microsoft Windows for Pens . |
| 5 | His lace assumes a natural look he 's able to sit up and breathe more normally and for a time seems well My dear Dr Dunstaple , perhaps you could explain to us why , if the symptoms are caused , as you seem to believe , by damage to the lungs or by a poison circulating in the blood and depressing the action of the heart … why it 's possible that these symptoms should thus be suspended by an injection of warm water holding a little salt in solution ? " |
| 6 | We often ignore intuition , when it 's possible that intuitive responses are our past experiences lodged in our unconscious minds . |
| 7 | I did say that it 's probable that concealed households will be formed over the fifteen year period . |
| 8 | Last night Labour MP Bridget Prentice said : ‘ It 's appalling that some judges excuse crime on the basis that some men have problems in their relations with women . ’ |
| 9 | It 's always the programmer — it 's very , very seldom the computer — and if I could just go on for a minute , I feel it 's essential that young children , particularly in the primary schools , get used to using hardware and programing , so that they will see the computer as part of their normal lives , like reading and writing and anything else they use . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's encouraging that more victims of serious sexual assault feel they can come to us , but it 's also sad , ’ said Mr Hinchcliffe . |
| 11 | It 's appropriate that this group should undertake such a tribute : Motian himself spent five years ( 1959–64 ) in the late pianist Bill Evans 's trio , while Johnson on bass was in Evans 's ultimate trio with Joe LaBarbera . |
| 12 | There are some sort of public schools survivors groups which have been set up recently and um it 's interesting that this business of being strong and silent um is a kind of is a kind of nineteenth century hangover and I think it affects men and I think it affects women too to some extent . |
| 13 | It 's interesting that gay men on Switchboard found it much easier to accept that they did n't automatically know best for lesbians than white people on Switchboard find it to accept that they might not know best for Black people . |
| 14 | It is information which is vital to any councillor who is trying to go through the analysis of cost centre by cost centre of the expenditures of this council and as such it 's vital that this information is available to us not only by combing through all the relevant minutes and in er minutes of committees that have taken place but paraded together in one place for us all and members of the public to be able to get access to it . |
| 15 | I think it 's vital that any animal we hold in captivity , wild or otherwise is looked after properly and that it 's well done and for that you need help and guidance and you also need minimum standards to ensure it 's done well . |
| 16 | The scientists and philosophers — and I think it 's significant that scientific study used to be called natural philosophy — they think in a big way , about yesterday and tomorrow , about the whole great sweep of mankind in the world . |
| 17 | IT 'S disgraceful that jailed gangsters Reg and Ronnie Kray have been allowed to commission a kids ' computer game based on their Sixties reign of terror . |
| 18 | It 's likely that this report will set out how should close , and all the reasons why it should close . |
| 19 | If we eat very high calorie foods , it 's likely that some fat will be stored — one way nature prepares the body for pregnancy in case of conception . |
| 20 | It 's clear that ace coach Eddie Futch has taken a shine to him . |
| 21 | I do n't think there 's enough evidence to bear that out as yet , but it 's clear that some companies are now ahead of their consumers in terms of what they 're trying to do and the products they 're developing . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's tragic that this display resulted in injury — but fortunate that the injuries were minor . ’ |
| 23 | Union official , Peter Keeping , says it 's unfair that British staff should get paid less than their foreign colleagues . |
| 24 | It 's unfortunate that such things serve to bring you to your senses and make you realise that of course it 's dangerous . |
| 25 | In the following two appointments our client 's wife was unable to attend , however , it 's important that all decision makers should be present where possible . |
| 26 | Support this motion , it 's important that free marketeers are n't given licences to destroy our environment . |
| 27 | I think it 's important that this type of meeting should be held and indeed many others like it in ever-widening circles . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's important that this club win at least one trophy every season . ’ |
| 29 | It has been some debate er on the board and the management committee about the direction the theatre should be going into the nineteenth century twentieth century and I think and I and I think it 's important that this meeting hopefully will be very constructive in the sense that is important that the theatre actually gets the views of people use the building , and people actually come along and support the of the theatre . |
| 30 | As foil conducts electricity , it 's important that this paper is never hung behind a light switch or power socket , or anywhere where it could come in contact with electricity . |