Example sentences of "is [adj] that [adj] [noun pl] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible that all dreams are merely mental detritus . |
| 2 | Lillian Faderman accepts that women 's relations may have been less physical in the past , but asserts that it is possible that such relations were still lesbian : |
| 3 | It is possible that these symptoms are due to hormonal upsets , caused by anti-bodies affecting the ovaries . |
| 4 | For example , it is possible that clinical cases are only an extreme form of a normal reaction to the short winter days . |
| 5 | It is possible that local managers were looking over their shoulders in planning ahead ; there was little pressure on them from the informed public to achieve rundown and disperse asylum services . |
| 6 | But it is possible that both views were influenced by hindsight and that matters seemed less clear-cut at the time . |
| 7 | But it is possible that both views were influenced by hindsight and that matters seemed less clear-cut at the time . |
| 8 | So it is clear that private citizens are the proper persons to ‘ enforce ’ private law . |
| 9 | Since these variations can occur within a single species , and even within a single individual , it is clear that good samples are necessary before attempting to distinguish patterns . |
| 10 | There is , however , some difficulty in the study in relation to the choice of stimuli and in the fact that only neutral facial expression was used — while it is clear that facial characteristics are important to the holistic perception of the sign . |
| 11 | It is clear that such forms are designed primarily to protect the hospital from legal action . |
| 12 | Exactly similar inferences can be made in cases like example ( 18 ) , and it is clear that such inferences are fundamental to our sense of coherence in discourse : if the implicatures were not constructed on the basis of the assumption of relevance , many adjacent utterances in conversation would appear quite unconnected . |
| 13 | It is clear that two factors were of particular symbolic importance and concern to these bourgeois intellectuals , both relating to women : their sexuality and their economic autonomy . |
| 14 | Hence it is clear that N-gram models are computationally practical for only small values of N. ( Jelinek 's system used a vocabulary of 1000 words and i=3 . ) |
| 15 | Whilst Field does not emphasise an ethnic dimension to this underclass , it is clear that public fears are focused not on the elderly , sick or female , but on the young , especially young men — and particularly young black men . |
| 16 | There was no evidence of this , but it is clear that old rivalries were used as an excuse for fights . |
| 17 | Turning now to middle levels of cultural control , in this case to the Smolensk guberniia offices and then to Roslavl' , our chosen locality , it is clear that fresh unorthodoxies were apt to creep in below and beyond those emanating from private central sources . |
| 18 | Although it is clear that these changes were made in order to admit light to the new , deep-plan living accommodation , it is conceivable that the judicious use of ranges of standard reversible and ventilating roof windows might have provided an answer to this requirement which would have been less erosive of the original external appearance . |
| 19 | It is clear that these remedies are largely inadequate . |
| 20 | Ata'i , in his biography of Molla Shams al-Din ( d. 982/1575 ) , writes that " he traversed a few ranks in medreses ' before turning to medicine ; in this case it is clear that these medreses are well below the level . |
| 21 | From the present findings , described later , it is clear that some theses are quite widely consulted , and the majority lead to the formal publication of research results in journals and books which , presumably , reach a wider readership . |
| 22 | Thus , while it is clear that Chinese walls are effective for the purposes of regulatory rules , they can not , as a matter of pure private law , safely be relied upon as affording firms protection against breach of fiduciary duty . |
| 23 | It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy , they first make mad , and it is clear that Tory Ministers are mad . |
| 24 | It is interesting that such distinctions are most clearly and most confidently made in relatively complex and highly specialized societies . |
| 25 | While he considers that salaries in the City have grown out of all proportion , he is convinced that corporate managers are falling behind in the remuneration they receive . |
| 26 | It is arguable that such determinations are best left to the elected representatives . |
| 27 | Furthermore , corporate capitalism is actually a generator of substantial inequalities in primary incomes , and it is arguable that such inequalities are a precondition for the effective functioning of the system , with the consequence that the scope for redistribution is in practice limited . |
| 28 | I am sure that the hon. Gentleman agrees that it is crucial that approved contractors are used to ensure that the work is done to the highest possible standard . |
| 29 | The problem is such that some scientists are warning of increased skin cancers and eye cataracts in Europe and America as a result , as well as damage to crops . |
| 30 | Hence it is appropriate that local councils are dependent on central funds . |