Example sentences of "it [adj] [verb] that the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once experimental control achieved in laboratory conditions made it possible to demonstrate that the strength of specific behaviours was indeed a function of environmental events , it seemed reasonable to describe such events as reinforcers . |
| 2 | Is , is it possible to argue that the south is fundamentally different in terms of its ? |
| 3 | Only by touch was it possible to establish that the body inside was entire , though it was not practical either to drain the liquid or to lift the remains . |
| 4 | Plowman J stated at p596 : The arrangement in my view must be looked at as a whole , and looked at in this way , I find it impossible to say that the Respondent did not provide the trustee with an income … in the sense in which the word " provided " is used in [ what is now TA 1988 , s663 ] ; that is to say , as importing an element of bounty . |
| 5 | I find it impossible to believe that the Director would contemplate sending an official to interview a defendant during his trial , even if there were anything to be gained from such a course , which is hard to see , given that his answers would not be admissible . |
| 6 | With so many awkward questions hanging over the case , Coleman found it hard to imagine that the government would take it into court — and was not at all reassured by the thought . |
| 7 | Many theologians find it hard to believe that the gospel which is called Matthew 's gospel was written by the apostle . |
| 8 | Now , even those who sincerely hate capitalism find it hard to believe that the example of the third world will save us all . |
| 9 | I find it hard to believe that the answer lies in reciprocity or disguised selfishness in any simple sense . |
| 10 | Discerning Greeks like Thucydides ( i. 10 ) knew that the relative splendour of the physical remains of Sparta and Athens was no index of their real strengths : suppose , he says , that the city of Sparta were to become deserted , future generations would find it hard to believe that the place , an old-fashioned , higgledy-piggledy collection of villages , was really as powerful as it was represented to be ; whereas if the same were to happen to Athens , one would think that she was twice as powerful as she really was . |
| 11 | However if this undefined elephant arises , bearing in mind the time the development planning process takes , is it reasonable to think that the elephant would wait around long enough for that to happen ? |
| 12 | Then is it any answer that the libeller is a member of the corporate body ? |
| 13 | DETERMINATION : Is it any wonder that the NW Region won the Ladies Tug-of-War with on their side . |
| 14 | Since these forms of compulsion are not directly relevant for present purposes , it is unnecessary to elaborate them ; but I think it pertinent to observe that the concept of duress has in recent years been expanded to embrace economic duress . |
| 15 | The buyer will find it difficult to argue that the clause was not agreed upon if it is contained in a document signed by him . |
| 16 | Is it necessary to show that the defendant subjectively knew of the dishonest design or merely that he ought to have known ? |
| 17 | Quite apart from the earlier argument about reification , is it legitimate to assume that the development of the whole school will be achieved by the collective professional development of its teachers ? |
| 18 | Was it true to say that the son ‘ had no right to complain ’ ? |