Example sentences of "is [adj] [verb] [conj] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half the patients who require heart surgery are dealt with immediately , but the hon. Gentleman is right to say that some patients have to wait . |
| 2 | However , given current UK time costs , it is unrealistic to believe that many listeners will hear a given commercial many times . |
| 3 | It is interesting to see that some developments in reading instruction are stressing the need to help pupils cope with text organisational problems . |
| 4 | The subjects were corn plants , and it is interesting to note that these plants have a natural variability in leaf area of nearly 10% , which can be increased by errors introduced by the measurement technique employed . |
| 5 | It is interesting to note that some phonologists of the 1950s and 1960s felt it necessary to invent a ‘ phoneme ’ of juncture in order to be able to transcribe minimal pairs like ‘ grey tape ’ / ‘ great ape ’ unambiguously without having to refer to grammatical boundaries ; see for example Trager and Smith ( 1951 ) . |
| 6 | Although her views are still regarded as highly eccentric outside reactionary conservative and fascist circles , it is interesting to note that some historians now argue that secret societies like the IRA and the Mafia have indeed played a significant role in world events , and that the Illuminati conspiracy in the 1780s was truly a model for future revolutionary organization . |
| 7 | It is interesting to note that some Branches were expected to open from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. without even having arrangements in place for Lunch-time Opening . |
| 8 | Although such behaviour corresponds closely to the descriptions of other feral children , it is impossible to know whether these children might have developed similar patterns of behaviour even if brought up in greater contact with people , and it has been suggested that feral children might have been abandoned by their parents because of their behaviour problems . |
| 9 | It is easy to assume that such skills will be picked up incidentally , as they will usually be by fully sighted children , who often copy what they see other children doing , especially if a teacher 's directions are unclear to them . |
| 10 | Of course TI is quick to note that these projections only take into account existing compilers . |
| 11 | At any given time the monitoring of caseloads is likely to show that some lawyers have capacity while others are overloaded . |
| 12 | It is hard to say whether any conclusions may be draw for the British car industry by considering the car industries of other countries . |
| 13 | How much the shenanigans in the boardroom have affected the team 's performance on the field is hard to say but those performances , even allowing for another sad catalogue of injuries , have been inconsistent at the least . |
| 14 | Strictly , then , it is hard to imagine that such organizations exist . |
| 15 | It is obvious to ask whether these results are not simply those obtained in this particular numerical example . |
| 16 | If all jobs and workers were homogeneous and there were perfect information and perfect mobility of labour , then it is reasonable to suppose that all wages would be equal . |
| 17 | It is reasonable to assume that such changes have significant social and economic effects , yet they have been conspicuously neglected by social scientists . |
| 18 | However , in terms of what they ‘ mean ’ , their use in a specific cultural context , it is reasonable to maintain that some languages pay less explicit attention to abstract formulations . |
| 19 | It is encouraging to see that some organisations are taking renewable energy seriously . |
| 20 | The consumer , being used to smooth thick conventional yoghurt , may reject Busses yoghurt because of those unfamiliar characteristics but Busses yoghurt continues to sell well despite this and it is encouraging to know that many consumers do recognise the quality of the product . |
| 21 | When one in three marriages end in divorce , it is safe to assume that many couples have n't got the balance right . |
| 22 | Although we have prepared suggested menus for each day , it is important to stress that these meals are flexible as long as you stick to the suggested foods for each week and the calorie allowance per day . |
| 23 | 4.19 It is important to remember that all items of special damage must be specifically pleaded . |
| 24 | When considering how demographic change may affect the demand and supply of health care it is important to remember that such changes in demand will affect all the major medical specialisms and not be confined to departments dealing exclusively with older people . |
| 25 | It is important to remember that such relationships as are displayed in the thesaurus may not be transferred to the index . |
| 26 | From the psychiatrist 's perspective it is important to remember that these sums are ‘ in support of not only the elderly , mentally ill , mentally handicapped and physically disabled people but also drug and alcohol abusers , homeless persons … mothers and babies in registered specialised accommodation , terminally ill people in nursing homes , people on probation and ex-offenders in registered accommodation . ’ |
| 27 | But it is important to realize that these goals are not the manifestation of personal motives cast adrift from organizational moorings , neither are they disembodied acts committed in some metaphysical sense by corporations . |
| 28 | From the compliance point of view , it is important to ensure that any warnings given to customers under this Rule are appropriately recorded either in writing or , at least , through the routine taping of dealers ' telephone lines . |
| 29 | In short , then , while one is able to adduce specific reasons for the creation of certain of the joint muderris/muftiliks , it is important to recognize that these offices were a not uncommon feature of the Ottoman learned profession in the sixteenth century and that the sheer momentum of established practice may count for as much in assessing the reasons for their creation as what appear to be locally important considerations in each individual case . |
| 30 | However , it is important to note that such relationships , although dormant for a while , potentially can be reactivated and there is evidence that this does happen ( Firth , Hubert and Forge , 1970 , p. 155–6 ) . |