Example sentences of "it [is] [adj] [conj] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's likely that an inquest on Susan Hill will be opened by the Gloucester coroner . |
2 | It 's important that an eye surgeon should assess retinal detachment . |
3 | erm , and , and , it could arise in many different circumstances , erm one can imagine a situation which wrongly expel erm a name from the market , well whatever the motives , that clearly distorts competition cos there 's one rule , one less competitor in the market , erm it , it 's con , it , it 's conceivable that an article eighty five argument could arise and an expel name could raise a point , whether he succeeds is another matter , but at that point and , and in relation to that he may say well I can sue you because you 've excluded me you 've restricted competition or you 've excluded a group of names |
4 | Deferred tax should be accounted for to the extent that it is probable that an asset or liability will arise . |
5 | Deferred tax should be provided to the extent that it is probable that an asset or liability will arise . |
6 | And I think it is , we would all agree , that it is essential that an agreement which is acceptable to all sides is reached , and I 'm sure that it 's going to be because let us not forget that we 're not in business to remain in perpetual opposition if we are to achieve proper rights for employees , which have been so reduced by the Conservatives if we are to save the welfare state , which is now so under threat if we are to obtain decent health and education services , which are also under threat if we are to create a strong economy and a strong recovery which provides the jobs which we so desperately need then we must win power ! |
7 | This is subject to the proviso that where it is essential that an instrument comes into effect immediately , it can be brought into effect before it is laid , but that the Speaker and/or Lord Chancellor should be informed of this and the reason for it . |
8 | It is uncertain whether an application for extension of time can possibly be made once an action has been automatically struck out . |
9 | It is encouraging that an exhibition on Polish-Jewish life has opened in Krakow . |
10 | It is ironic that an article about mountain bikes on Snowdon appeared in the same issue ( May ) as glorification of Ed Douglas 's lamebrain driving . |
11 | Our approach , therefore , focuses on essential themes in multimedia information , providing an overview of the technological environment from which it is emerging and an assessment of the key areas of application in which multi-media may become most influential . |
12 | It is extraordinary that an employee of that body is allowed to write publicly in such terms . |
13 | Also it is strange that an action which is an abuse of court process can be allowed to proceed simply because no party to the action objects . |
14 | It is possible that an IC will eventually emerge to perform the function but , until then , the following description should allow people to develop their own system . |
15 | It is possible that an individual 's echolocation system is impaired or disrupted when the whale is close to gentle sloping sandy beeches . |
16 | With other constants which define array sizes , such as maxExp , minExp and the various constants related to the number of rows and columns in the picture it is possible that an increase will lead to a memory overflow or long waits for some actions to terminate . |
17 | It is known that approximately 30% of benign tumours will become ‘ invasive ’ and therefore it is possible that an increase in protein synthesis , which would be needed for further growth , might herald the development of the malignant phenotype and invasion by the tumour cells . |
18 | By analogy with other Zechstein carbonate units , it is possible that an oolitic-barrier or reef complex also may have been deposited at the edge of the platform but no evidence of this has been reported so far . |
19 | It is more than an atlas : it is a superbly illustrated synopsis of the characteristics of the major tropical diseases , their infective agents , their ecology , their life cycles and their vectors … probably the best value for money for anyone interested in obtaining an illustrated guide to tropical medicine and medical parasitology . " |
20 | It is conceivable that an advice session on site is too public , so Stockton have developed an educational role in the school instead . |
21 | It must be for Parliament to decide whether it is satisfied that an Act should be passed in the form and with the wording set out in the Act . |
22 | Of course , the court may still grant a disgorgement order merely where it is satisfied that an investor has been adversely affected . |
23 | It is true that an inability to legislate upon certain matters might render a constitution prone to crisis but on others it would be far from necessarily fatal and at least one judge , in a common law country , has recently acceded to the proposition that he might be prepared to disavow the power of the otherwise unlimited New Zealand Parliament to enact law providing , for example , for human torture . |
24 | It is important that an individual should consider that the objectives of the organisation ( and consequently his own efforts and actions within the organisation ) are compatible with his various needs . |
25 | It is important that an orchestra has new young players coming in all the time — we recently had a young Polish violinist who is one of the orchestra 's concert-masters , he is very promising , and full of music — but sometimes players leave us to fulfil their own dreams and ambitions . |
26 | Does my hon. Friend agree that more than ever it is important that an agreement is reached at Maastricht in which Britain takes a whole-hearted role in the European Community , because otherwise it will cease to be so attractive for inward investment ? |
27 | It is obvious that an Inspectorate of its present size in relation to its responsibility can not hope to achieve either all it would like or all the public would like it to do . ’ |
28 | Since two different groups of headlines appear in E [ the last sheet but three ] it is obvious that an interruption occurred while E was printing ; and it appears probable that it came about because the printer abruptly decided to run off a small number of complete copies of the book for sale while the opera was being presented and then to finish the entire edition at leisure . |
29 | This was understandable , because it is unlikely that an adjournment would have achieved much . |
30 | It is unlikely that an adjournment will be granted in these circumstances unless there are particularly compelling reasons . |