Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adj] [conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 Alongside our desire to see new legislation , we believe that it is essential that positive action is taken immediately to tackle all existing minerals permissions .
32 We believe it is essential that local planning authorities are encouraged to take a much more critical view of commercial supply and demand forecasts .
33 It is essential that some time limit be placed on the time within which the ( landlord 's ) works are to be completed and the certificate of practical completion issued ( see clause 2.8 ) .
34 It is essential that any topic should meet all of the following :
35 As regards the latter , it is essential that anti-insider dealing law and other self regulatory rules prohibiting abuses are analyzed from the perspective of how they alter the incentives to engage in the illegal conduct , and , more importantly , how they alter the incentives to enforce/breach the Chinese Wall .
36 It is essential that full consideration is given to the evaluation of which strategy or combination of strategies is appropriate for the organisation , so that information systems will align with business needs .
37 The inevitable increase in migration into and within the European Community will exacerbate these problems , and it is essential that public policy be directed at promoting good relations between all groups in the community and a sense of social cohesion .
38 To ensure clarity from the outset , it is essential that earlier advice applies .
39 And it is essential that this call should be echoed by North-East conservationists .
40 It is essential that this bearing is as free as possible .
41 Some visitors may have proved to be undesirable or objectionable , or perhaps have left without paying their bill , and therefore it is essential that this type of guest be blacklisted for future reference .
42 It is essential that this definition , which stems from the European Community EA Directive , is consistently maintained .
43 It is essential that this image be transmitted through media ( communication methods ) that will reach those people who hold influencer or decision making roles .
44 If your choice is available , a Reference Number will be given and it is essential that this number is written in the space provided on the Booking Form .
45 It is essential that this group of patients grasp the essential dietary principles at the outset .
46 of businesses in the region use the line and that it would take seven years to electrify from the date of commitment , it is essential that this project is linked into the Bill .
47 It is uncertain whether wilful blindness is sufficient .
48 It is uncertain whether neuroleptic medication is protective against the effects of life events , although it is well accepted to be protective against high emotional arousal .
49 It is uncertain when this disagreement will be resolved , as the issue is unlikely to be discussed by the Council of Ministers at their next meeting on18 January .
50 Given his initial thought that properly established geometrical results would not be disputable , it is ironical that this claim led to lengthy and acrimonious argument , and brought Hobbes into some disrepute .
51 They still have discretion to determine whether it is long-term or short-term profitability that they should be striving to achieve and discretion as to how to go about realizing that goal .
52 The beauty of this approach from Microsoft 's point of view is that it is evolutionary and scalable handling 1 byte to 1Gb objects .
53 Surely , then , it is perverse and inexplicable behaviour on the part of so many English speakers to take words ( like adult or person ) that are not inherently misleading , or are meant to improve linguistic precision , and deliberately make them misleading and imprecise .
54 The UOC found that " it is patent that some feeling exists among the Unionist Press that , while in the past they have done much for the Party , the Party has not assisted in their work .
55 It is necessary that any notation be hospitable to the insertion of new subjects .
56 As we have seen in previous chapters , it is infrequent that allowable candidate words are unique .
57 It is inconceivable that any corpus should provide occurrences of all of these possibilities .
58 He told Mr Maclean : ‘ It is unacceptable that one quarter of the annual authorisation of particular radio nucleids should be discharged in just a 24-hour period .
59 It is unreasonable that local health authorities should have to compare routine needs — for hernia operations , or knee and hip joint operations — with the problems surrounding experimental surgery , of which they must have no direct knowledge .
60 It is ironic that this prohibition occurred at the same time as several well-designed research studies were clearly demonstrating the efficacy of ECT .
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