Example sentences of "is [adj] that [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The rings of Saturn are indeed spectacular , but we now know that Jupiter , Uranus and Neptune likewise have rings : it is strange that the visiting extraterrestrials should not have mentioned this .
2 It is possible that the prospective commissioners will begin advising the Secretary of State on staffing matters next spring .
3 The Anonimalle Chronicle 's account of de la Mare 's selection does not give the impression that it was usual to choose a speaker , though it is possible that the small groups which had appeared before the lords on behalf of the commons in earlier parliaments had chosen one of their number to speak on their behalf .
4 Though this danger is now realised , it is possible that the current models are also incomplete and that some errors in the correspondence between the model and the observed data are due to insufficient sophistication in the model .
5 Alternatively , it is possible that the abnormal recordings are the result of poor summation of the electrical signal in the abnormal muscle syncytium and poor projection onto the body surface .
6 So it is possible that the short-run agents in the model over estimate the long term agent 's type after a particular sequence of shocks and subsequently revise this estimate downwards .
7 For example in Barcelona Traction 67 it is possible that the corporate authorities felt that the company 's interests were never placed squarely before the International Court and that the legal issue , whether Belgium could represent the Belgian shareholders , ignored the question of third party interests in the company itself .
8 It is possible that the weird clouds are not unprecedented .
9 Had these been their primary concerns instead of biblical indoctrination , it is possible that the tragic famines and misery now prevalent would never have occurred .
10 It is possible that the bull-leaping figurines belonged to a cult model showing a tableau of bull-leaping .
11 It is possible that the expansive forces of hydration may assist here if alteration products are present .
12 It is possible that the different results for dichotic recognition of melodies obtained by Kimura ( 1964 ) and Gordon ( 1970 ) were due not to stimulus differences in the two experiments but to differences in the musical experience of the subjects employed .
13 He is insistent that the only students who should work at doctoral level are those of first-class ability , who are independent of mind and inner-directed , so that they can work without much supervision , apart from ‘ a standing relation with a congenial senior to whom he can go now and then for criticism and advice . ’
14 This was required by the SIB in order to protect customers of smaller firms , which might need to rely on the larger firm with or through whom they are dealing ( although it is doubtful that a small securities firm should trade in complicated derivatives at all if it does not have the necessary expertise ) .
15 She says , " it is clear that the various features of Patois are learned neither at random nor in isolation .
16 It is clear that the present arrangements will not survive .
17 If Wittgenstein can still be a foundationalist after the arguments of this chapter , it is clear that the ultimate prospects for foundationalism are not yet decided .
18 But it is clear that the future lies with a microkernel , which IBM dubs the Workplace OS and will be using to host future versions of OS/2 , AIX and MS-DOS with Windows .
19 But it is clear that the future lies with a microkernel , which IBM dubs the Workplace OS and will be using to host future versions of OS/2 , AIX and MS-DOS with Windows .
20 So it is clear that the financial statements of the firm , which are the only publicly available sources of financial information about the firm , are fraught with problems from beginning to end .
21 In announcing the new appointment , Mr Terry said that he was satisfied that ‘ it is clear that the recent problems at Co-op in no way reflect on the performance of Jack 's management of the company ’ .
22 It is clear that the main prisons in which they are held are no longer overcrowded and that if they choose to do so , these prisoners can participate in the full range of activities .
23 In fact , it is clear that the main characteristics of national industrial relations , their dominant and distinctive features , seem to be established at a fairly early stage in the industrial development of a country .
24 There was no strong correlation between the levels of condensed tannins and palatability , for , despite the debilitating effect of tannin on digestion in vitro , it is clear that the precise types of tannin , the substrate and probably other substances , besides the possibility of interspecific differences in the tolerances of them , all affect the edibility .
25 However , it is clear that the high levels of stress they reported experiencing did not have disastrous effects on their ability to recall the event .
26 It is clear that the founding treaties , and in particular the EEC Treaty which has by far the broadest scope of the three , have established the Communities and the institutions which enable them to operate ; but more than this , they have been held by the European Court to have set up a new legal system separate from those of the Member States .
27 In this case it is clear that the original excavators included only those coins which they deemed of sufficient importance for publication .
28 It is clear that the relative positions of Geological Magazine and Proceedings of the Geologists Association have declined in the proportion of thesis-related material published , and that the Scottish Journal of Geology became the primary vehicle for first publication of research results derived from Ph D theses in Scottish geology as soon as it began publishing in 1965 .
29 It is clear that the relative positions of Geological Magazine and Proceedings of the Geologists Association have declined in the proportion of thesis-related material published , and that the Scottish Journal of Geology became the primary vehicle for first publication of research results derived from Ph D theses in Scottish geology as soon as it began publishing in 1965 .
30 From the favourable comments on the presence of photographs and artefacts in exhibitions , it is clear that the public likes ( and now expects ) a multi-media approach to exhibitions .
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