Example sentences of "is [adj] [to-vb] that a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But they raise again the issue of how one assesses the importance of different forms of organization within an economy and society , and especially in what sense , and when , it is possible to say that a particular form of organization dominates a system .
2 He is right to say that a significant number of organs , which could be used for transplantation , are not used .
3 It is interesting to note that a substantial part of the export sales in 1985 were to companies with whom we no longer deal as they have since merged and changed .
4 It is interesting to note that a quiet bedroom is about 35 on the scale , at 55 communication starts to become difficult , a car travelling at a steady 60 k.p.h. at seven metres distance is just over 70 , a heavy diesel lorry at 40 k.p.h. at seven metres is 85 , a pneumatic drill at seven metres is 95 and 120 is the threshold of pain .
5 Though one can question the exact proportion allocated to education , it is impossible to argue that a certain proportion should not be so allocated .
6 The commission is likely to suggest that a new , independent tribunal be set up to review such allegations .
7 Whether in Britain , litigious America or anywhere else , it is hard to prove that a single drug is responsible for causing harm , especially if patients are being prescribed a cocktail of medicines .
8 Even if one remains within the traditional canon of the eighteenth century , it is hard to believe that a major critic could so easily dispense with Goldsmith , Crabbe , and Burns .
9 It is hard to assert that a general duty of supervision exists in the absence of fraud by the member States , which would be hard to ascertain , or as a matter of policy to ensure the responsible operation of an international organisation .
10 In general , it is reasonable to assume that a simple transcription in traditional orthography ( that is , without using phonemic symbols or a phonetic transcription ) will take between four and six times the length of the original recording .
11 It is reasonable to assume that a lytic phage as φ29 should have its main promoters optimized for high productivity .
12 Likewise it is reasonable to accept that a rationalised religion must have a starting point that is based on acceptance of an unproved statement , provided that such a statement , if later proved to need modification , has not permitted the development of a religion that will collapse , if that vital primary premise comes into question .
13 It is fanciful to assume that a tight-fisted state will produce open-handed citizens .
14 It is important to appreciate that a stable instrument reading does not necessarily indicate a stable flight condition .
15 It is important to remember that a classic type of restraint of trade clause frequently mentions two quite separate time periods .
16 It is important to realize that a normal co-ordinate analysis is almost always an ‘ under-determined ’ problem mathematically .
17 Historians have correctly pointed out that to understand the kind of exchange that took place between Huxley and Wilberforce it is important to recognize that a major social transformation was taking place in which the clergy were losing their domination of the intellectual life of the nation .
18 It is important to note that a void charge still remains valid against the company and there is no reason why the chargee should not take steps to enforce it .
19 In this respect it is important to note that a common sense view will be taken , requiring something akin to : ‘ knowledge of dramatic events , major happenings and things that which will transform the company 's prospects . ’
20 First and foremost , it is important to accept that a narrow employment-based focus is inadequate .
21 Coming from Russia , where freedom of the press has been not so much unknown as uncomprehended since long before the Revolution , he is shocked to discover that a free press disseminated all kinds of false , partial and invented information and that journalists contradict themselves from one day to the next without shame and without apology .
22 In this particular instance it is ridiculous to think that a married man can never go off and do things which do not involve his wife .
23 It is fair to say that a considerable amount of effort was put into the Columbus Video with staff from within Columbus and from out with the project being involved .
24 Because coeliac disease may be asymptomatic it is difficult to prove that a monoclonal lymphocytic intestinal infiltrate can develop in previously normal bowel .
25 Second , it is necessary to check that a good range of jobs is being offered and that these are jobs with " added value " .
26 Only this : it is misleading to suggest that a socialist alternative qualitatively different from the actual record of 1964–70 existed in potentia and merely went by default , on account of a failure of political will .
27 Further , there is such a large overlap between girls ' and boys ' test or examination results that it is true to say that a great many girls do better at mathematics than the majority of boys .
28 If the Saatchi Collection were to be dispersed , it is true to say that a whole era of international art would be effectively lost to the nation .
29 When the change of form becomes too great for the old and the new form to interbreed successfully , one is entitled to say that a new species has been generated .
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