Example sentences of "is [adj] that [art] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus it is possible that a clause that did not make sufficient disclosure to preclude an action for breach of duty on the grounds of informed consent , might provide a defence as an effective exclusion clause . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It is possible that the character and appearance of Stephen Maturin owe something to the friendship between Captain M. in Marryat 's The King 's Own and the surgeon MacAllen , a dedicated amateur naturalist who used the ships on which he served as convenient repositories for live and dead specimens from their ports of call . |
| 4 | It is clear that a reduction or increase in funding did not automatically lead to similar changes in each of the schools . |
| 5 | It is clear that a baby or a young person is able to grow anatomically and physiologically without hearing stories or reading books . |
| 6 | It is clear that the money that will now be provided centrally by my right hon. Friend will not be given to the local authorities . |
| 7 | The implications are unavoidable : ‘ … it is clear that the life and death of Christ have no efficacy in this scheme of things … the salvation of the world is now wrought by the events of the life of Constantine , symbolized by his saving sign ’ . |
| 8 | It is clear that the presence or absence of a check can influence the technique of the player . |
| 9 | it is clear that the name and role mapping can take place independently . |
| 10 | They were closely linked with this , and in some cases it is clear that the growth or decline of a town resulted from economic changes in the surrounding rural area . |
| 11 | It is clear that the warp and woof of everyday life in stepfamilies differs from that of unbroken families not merely because of external constraints which frustrate the efforts of those who may seek , as some do , to recast their family lives in the mould of the nuclear family , but that family norms themselves may also be markedly altered , tempered to fit the limits of the new situation and fabricated anew from the post-marital residue of family beliefs and sentiments . |
| 12 | Er , Council are also agreeing to the road and a District Council are in agreement with the road , albeit that they have asked for the road to follow more closely to the erm but I believe it is acceptable that the road and the line of the road in general principle is . |
| 13 | Ma Bell is prepared to pay so much because the firm 's chairman , Robert Allen , is convinced that the computer and telecommunications industries are converging . |
| 14 | It is arguable that the scale and pattern of grants might more reasonably have been based on the status quo in individual schools , to avoid an invidious distinction between the two " classes " of award . |
| 15 | I think it is arguable that the fact that Channel 4 did do something different , and for much of this period has had almost half of its management structure female , actually led , inside the Channel , to a totally taken-for-granted different way of behaving and thinking about things , and a lack of poncing around , a lack of all these other structures and hierarchies . |
| 16 | It is noticeable that the group that in general is in control of the transport system ( ie males aged 25–60 ) have , on any given day , the highest percentage making access walks but no walk journeys , so that many in this group will be more familiar with easier , shorter journeys than those such as women , children and the elderly who have over-average representation in the walk journey category . |
| 17 | Before recording any detailed information on the lesson , it is important to ensure that the classroom atmosphere is such that the material and the teaching it supports are getting reasonable attention from the class . |
| 18 | It is ironic that a government that talks so loudly about law and order should subvert the rule of law by blandly disregarding its obligations under international treaties . |
| 19 | But it is ironic that a generation that is so impatient with the cultural adaptations of other generations has been so adept at setting up its own . |
| 20 | If a man may publish anything which 12 of his countrymen think is not blameable , it is impossible that the Crown or the Ministry should exert any stringent control over writings in the press … |
| 21 | The family 's loss of control over the youth is crucial to his development in sport , for , if there was a more balanced social management within the West Indian community , it is likely that the vibrance and energy expended in sport could be directed into more orthodox areas . |
| 22 | However it is likely that the factor that causes variation in Lolium temulentum measurements is also active here . |
| 23 | Information Organisations rely upon information in order to function and it is likely that the individual or group that has control over information will have power . |
| 24 | It is likely that the fact that an SIB or SRO rule permits the exclusion of a particular liability will be taken into account in assessing whether an exclusion clause is reasonable , but this would not be determinative of reasonableness . |
| 25 | It is remarkable that a cell as overtly dull and structureless as the fertilized egg can give rise to such varied and complex forms . |
| 26 | The surface construction which realizes ( 21 ) is that seen in ( 22 ) , although it is more common to find the serial order of the second and third elements reversed ; this does not change their relationships in terms of intensional qualification : ( 22 ) It is curious that the verb and the adjective are so often separated in surface structure ; the reason is perhaps that the noun phrase object is " pulled " into the position immediately following the verb because , in the vast majority of transitive verb phrases , that is where the object is found . |
| 27 | It is astonishing that the disappearance as duly noted by the press ( New Scientist , vol 96 , p213 ) , and then the issue died , until our Parisian colleagues , Science et Vie , ran a report on the matter at the end of March . |
| 28 | The WYSIWYG that word processors offer has always been based around monospaced fonts because that is all that the computer and printer have been able to cope with . |
| 29 | He is confident that the government and the army will accept what the assembly decides . |
| 30 | This is important as it is unlikely that the headteacher or other teachers will have much knowledge of this topic . |