Example sentences of "be [adj] [that] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sorry that an excellent paragraph was amended , effectively to blame carers — or their neighbours or female relatives — for neglecting to do their unpaid duty . |
| 2 | Demand for prospectuses has been such that an Independent scribe seeking a Warburgs telephone number for publication was told the firm really would prefer that it did not appear in print . |
| 3 | If you 're convinced that an acoustic amp is the way to go — and not everyone is convinced , by the way — then you 'd have to compare the Lakewood against the £799 Trace Acoustic TA-100R and perhaps the even more affordable , if more basic , Carlsbro Sherwood . |
| 4 | If we are sceptical that an evidential base with intrinsic credibility and a isolatable and justifiable conception of rationality can be found , then we might try to tackle the same problems non-reductively , in which case anti-naturalist scruples seem out of place . |
| 5 | It should be clear that an expansionary change in the economy ( such as an increase in government spending , a cut in tax rates or an increase in the money supply ) would shift the AD curve to the right . |
| 6 | Thus it does appear that the search space can be such that an admissible algorithm will perform in an excessively breadth-first manner . |
| 7 | The structure of the transaction may be such that an early dialogue with the Panel is likely to be useful . |
| 8 | Would they riot or would they be relieved that an even-handed exercise had removed their tormentors ? |
| 9 | A trade union or union official calling its members out on strike is therefore protected but it has been said to be arguable that an individual striker has no protection against a claim that he uses unlawful means when he withdraws his labour because this situation does not appear to fall within section 13(1) . |
| 10 | The main trouble with the scheme is that we can not be sure that an apparent X effect is not due to a differential influence of some extraneous factor(s) on the S 1 and S 2 groups . |
| 11 | Amongst its conclusions , the report welcomes the emphasis being placed by the DSS and Social Security Benefits Agency ( SSAB ) on ‘ customer care ’ , and the recognition that much remains to be done to be sure that an adequate service is given . |
| 12 | Roland had ceased to be surprised that an English Department was sponsoring the study of French books . |
| 13 | What it is in general for a thing a to have the power to produce b is for it to be true that an individual property or properties of a , together with other things , will constitute a causal circumstance for b . |
| 14 | Conservatives were concerned that an old lady can go and collect her pension without coming back to find her gas meter has been robbed , and that a mother can send her child round to a local shop without feat that the child will be molested . |
| 15 | Indeed it was my impression that BW were pleased that an outside body was showing sufficient interest in the canal to secure funding to undertake works which BW itself could not afford . |
| 16 | It is possible that an enabling bill will be brought before Parliament next year , and the first trial could be within a year . |
| 17 | The canopy slates are old and similar to the main roof and it is possible that an earlier gallery stood here . |
| 18 | Indeed , it is doubtful that an inanimate entity can meaningfully be said to have interests , or if it could , what they would be . |
| 19 | If the meanings of these latter concepts are themselves established by definition , it is clear that an infinite regress will result unless the meanings of some terms are known by some other means . |
| 20 | However , it is clear that an imaginative treatment of this form of interior could show off the texture and complexity of the original timber structure to dramatic effect . |
| 21 | While it is clear that an enormous range of interest groups exist in Japan , few would argue that small firms , non-unionized labour ( who make up over 70 per cent of the total ) , minority groups or the elderly have the same continuous access to the state as do large companies . |
| 22 | The nature of British law is such that an adverse ruling becomes a " precedent " for later cases , and the basis for cautious legal advice in the future . |
| 23 | We must therefore train suitable staff in programming , and it is likely that an additional member of staff will be required for programming and troubleshooting within the next five years . |
| 24 | In the future it is likely that an increasing number of services to schools will be contracted-out and any approach to whole-school planning must take this into account . |
| 25 | It is rare that an ordinary man like myself encounters women who look like this , other than on celluloid . |
| 26 | It is surprising that an anti-quantitative linguist should advocate confirmatory statistical testing , but it is very important to understand that the proposition put forward here is simply wrong . |
| 27 | It is true that an obvious field with high benefits and low risk would quickly get overcrowded , but if we generate a new concept there is no reason why the rewards should not be great and the risks low . |
| 28 | ‘ While it 's true that an awful lot of eidetikers have problems with communication and some are even autistic , those that are n't do n't tend to be overly neurotic or unhappy . |
| 29 | By 1986 it was clear that an actual return of the territories to Jordanian sovereignty would threaten his long term authority on the East as well as the West Bank . |
| 30 | One pupil was convinced that an open door was wider than a closed door . |