Example sentences of "it is [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ( It is probable that the majority of idioms began their lives as metaphors ; and synchronically , transitional cases , which are idioms for some and metaphors for others , are not uncommon . |
| 32 | Previously it is probable that the state of the harvest decided the need for the additional month . |
| 33 | It is not too much to say that the quoted argument has the strength of this : We say it is probable that the spoon is under the napkin ; the relation of " being under " is therefore a relation of probability . |
| 34 | ‘ While researchers can as yet give us no clear answers as to what this signifies ’ he said , ‘ it is probable that the brain will be affected by the chemical working environment as we nowadays know it in factories , office buildings with an unhealthy internal climate and polluted city air ’ . |
| 35 | It is probable that the owl was after beetles or insects rather than live rabbits . |
| 36 | It is probable that the university buildings were sited on the line of the geomantic Taurean figure and this pagan connection accounts for the violent suppression of the university by the Pope in the early seventh century . |
| 37 | It is probable that the soliloquy is based on a speech of Calisto in Rowe 's The Fair Penitent : |
| 38 | However , if the repurchase price contained in the options is the market value at the date of exercise , it is probable that the buyer acquires both the opportunity to benefit from any increase in the value of the asset and the risk of loss due to an adverse change in its value . |
| 39 | It is probable that the agnathan globin sequences simply represent the primitive craniate sequences from which other gnathostome sequences were derived , perhaps by gene duplication . |
| 40 | It is probable that the pathogenesis of the ‘ intestinal ’ type differs from the ‘ diffuse ’ type ( defined by the Lauren Classification ) . |
| 41 | Dealing firstly with the question of risk , it is our view that if the balance of medical evidence is that the deterioration will occur , then that is more than a risk and the appropriate course is for the Court to award damages on the basis that it is probable that the deterioration will occur . |
| 42 | As neither has happened it is probable that the incidence of HIV-1 infection among homosexual men has not fallen . |
| 43 | Gonorrhoea is not a modern disease , and it is probable that the reference in Leviticus , Chapter 15 , to an ‘ issue out of flesh ’ is to gonococcal urethritis . |
| 44 | It is probable that the hook was initially a weapon , a spin-off from techniques of spearing , and gradually replaced the more primitive ‘ gorges ’ that relied on wedging rather than penetration . |
| 45 | It is probable that the Commission will suggest radical reform of the Court , or even its replacement . |
| 46 | In this example , it is probable that the background sound to the cutaway will match the rest of the sequence . |
| 47 | It is not clear how far there were similar local grievances to those of the Kentishmen in some of the other shires which were involved in the revolt , notably Sussex and Surrey , although it is probable that the resentment of the citizens of Salisbury at the powers which the bishop exercised there may have been one factor behind the murder of Ayscough ( 7 ; 147 , pp.63 , 66–8 ) . |
| 48 | The following are the main reasons for including the debtors and creditors in the asset sale : It is probable that the purchaser will have taken over all the books and records of the vendor relating to the business and the purchaser may have also taken over all of the vendor 's accounting staff . |
| 49 | It is probable that the dryopithecin apes were mainly arboreal , but it is not clear at this stage what their diet was in such an environment . |
| 50 | It is likely , however , that the coming together of the cold and the blackthorn blossom is one of accident ; and it is probable that the belief is another vestige of the primitive form of reasoning displayed in homoeopathic or imitative magic . |
| 51 | For spouses it is probable that the entry into the carer-dependant relationship is influenced by the couple 's previous marital history and relationship . |
| 52 | It is probable that the importance of what has been sometimes termed in India as ‘ famine crime ’ preceded British rule . |
| 53 | While it is probable that the number of births recorded is as accurate as we are likely to need , the records of some social events are , by their nature , likely to be incomplete . |
| 54 | Besides the mental element required for theft , it is probable that the force must be applied intentionally or at least recklessly and that the accused must be aware that the force is being used on a person . |
| 55 | The parricide probably occurred in different parts of the globe , where groups were at the first stage in the evolution of Homo sapiens , It is probable that the killing was done , although Freud is not insistent on the point , if the horror of the actual deed has been faced emotionally and the resistance to the idea that it was a deed is not based on emotional resistances . |
| 56 | It is probable that the risk factors for multi-infarct type are similar to those for stroke in which hypertension is implicated . |
| 57 | Provision is made for deferred taxation only to the extent that it is probable that the tax will become payable , and is at the rate at which it is estimated that the tax will be paid . |
| 58 | The amine and carboxyl linkages of phenylalanine residues are susceptible to attack by pepsin and it is probable that the action of pepsin , either in vivo or during the preparation of Frazer 's frunction III , cleaves the dodecapeptide . |
| 59 | He or she will almost certainly want to test the drain to make sure it is watertight when the job is finished . |
| 60 | Quite the contrary , degrees of review may have differed over time but it is indisputable that the judiciary accepted that non-jurisdictional errors of law could exist . |