Example sentences of "is [adj] that [adv] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since three out of every four owners report behavioural problems with their dogs at some stage , it is clear that probably most strays are discarded for this reason , rather than because of other factors such as family break-ups or emigration . |
| 2 | While such Parkinsonian notion has an attractive simplicity it has so far eluded empirical verification ( see Blumstein , Cohen and Gooding , 1983 , for the refutation of one such claim ) , it is clear that under certain circumstances capacity may act as a brake on population expansion . |
| 3 | As a result of these cases it is clear that relatively small differences in the drafting of a rent review clause may have great practical consequences . |
| 4 | Irrespective of the merit of these particular observations ( and indeed of this particular poem ) , it is clear that once formal patterns of equivalence are connected to relations of meaning , as they are here , they become a good deal more interesting . |
| 5 | It is clear that very many pupils find great difficulties with the concept of percentage . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , it is clear that very large sums of money will have to be spent to put Eastern Europe on its feet and ensure that it stays democratic . |
| 7 | When applying glottochronological analyses it is crucial that only cognate words are compared , and not words which are coincidentally similar , or which may have been borrowed from one language into another : to include these would give a false high rating of similarity . |
| 8 | Further while municipal law can survive a fairly high incidence of order-violation and still fulfil its ordering function , the nature of international conflict is such that comparatively few violations , perhaps only one attempt to resist the lawful force of a world state , might be more than enough to undermine the rationale for the whole edifice of peace law . |
| 9 | ‘ It is unfortunate that only two teams will now be able to take part in the Inter Counties match because everyone seemed to enjoy taking part . ’ |
| 10 | It is inevitable that as continental markets become more streamlined business which is now done in Eurocurrencies in London may move back to national financial markets . |
| 11 | It is obvious that too many levels of management are expensive , slow down decision making and reduce responsiveness . |
| 12 | When two eigenvalues have nearly-equal moduli , it is obvious that very many iterations will be required for a direct solution . |
| 13 | Given the extreme complexity of the system , it is obvious that only genetic approaches ( antisense oligonucleotides , ribozymes or gene targeting ) aimed at reducing the quantity of a specific C/EBP-related protein will allow the role of individual factors in AP gene expression to be clearly defined . |
| 14 | So it is unlikely that clinically important differences have been overlooked . |
| 15 | Such background information is to be used in conjunction with individually formulated programmes , since it is unlikely that severely multi-handicapped pupils will be able to follow the programme of an ordinary class . ) |
| 16 | Ms Sheila McKechnie , director of Shelter , said : ‘ It is scandalous that almost two years after the initiative was announced , not one unit has even got the go-ahead for development . ’ |
| 17 | It is evident that only 200 years ago the possibility of educating the deaf and dumb was still regarded by one of the most enlightened representatives of his age as bordering on the miraculous : |
| 18 | Glancing at the animal kingdom as a whole it is apparent that biologically simple organisms regulate their transactions with the environment primarily through a genetic endowment of relatively inflexible action patterns . |
| 19 | It is disappointing that so few teachers thought it worth attending to express their views either on the resolutions put forward or to raise other matters . |
| 20 | It is certain that even those entrepreneurs and managers who seek to act as professional industrialists have to operate in an environment which is hostile to them , and in which the pursuit of marginal returns is an uphill struggle . |
| 21 | The RSC is keen that as many chemists as possible are familiar with communication techniques and that the profession is well represented in the ranks of the media . |
| 22 | It is true that just six months before his death he chose Lehna as his successor . |
| 23 | It is true that occasionally experienced teachers can give good , seemingly spontaneous , teaching . |
| 24 | It is true that as human beings we may be able to empathize with social work clients who are short of money or bereaved as we probably have been in these situations ourselves . |
| 25 | The ill feeling between him and the Woodvilles apparently had its roots in the previous reign and it is significant that even those chroniclers who emphasize the Gloucester/Woodville animosity , consider that it was the Hastings/Woodville feud which was worrying Edward IV on his death bed . |
| 26 | The ill feeling between him and the Woodvilles apparently had its roots in the previous reign and it is significant that even those chroniclers who emphasize the Gloucester/Woodville animosity , consider that it was the Hastings/Woodville feud which was worrying Edward IV on his death bed . |
| 27 | It is significant that very few women used and abused the male body in the way that their male colleagues manipulated female flesh , indeed it is rare even to find a male nude among the work of women surrealists . |
| 28 | It is desirable that as many parties to a conflict as possible apply the humanitarian provisions of the Conventions , and Article 2 facilitates this goal . |