Example sentences of "is [adj] that a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible that a generation of children may grow up deprived of their entitlement — an introduction to the powerful and splendid history of the best that has been thought and said in our language . |
| 2 | It is possible that a mixture of all three levels of care might be indicated to meet the needs of one client . |
| 3 | It is possible that a figure of the King was once part of the scene , and that his heroic intervention in the face of disaster was part of the cult iconography . |
| 4 | The Bull Court at Knossos is not well preserved , but it is possible that a fence of some kind ran round its edge ; a fragment of fresco found in the Labyrinth shows a strongly made three-rail wooden fence with a priestess or attendant leaning on it , watching the spectacle . |
| 5 | The stringent criteria for selecting our patients meant that we had few patients and it is possible that a difference in acid secretion between the patients with idiopathic DU and H pylori positive patients with DU could become apparent with greater numbers . |
| 6 | It is possible that a piece of slate or glass has been cemented over the rodding arm . |
| 7 | Although the chances of a complaint being made or a prosecution being brought in these circumstances seem remote , it is conceivable that a prosecutor with censorious views could make use of the legislation for purposes for which it was not intended . |
| 8 | Moreover , it is clear that a verdict of death aggravated by the lack of care may be a ‘ free-standing ’ verdict . |
| 9 | Firstly , it is clear that a transfer of responsibility has taken place between the different forms of provision . |
| 10 | From graph ( iii ) , it is clear that a demand for labour of OM ( greater than the labour force ) leads to an unemployment percentage of OU 1 . |
| 11 | To revert to my opening discussion for a moment , one might say that the conflict between the drives of the id and the demands of the cultural superego represented above all in the taboos on incest and aggression against the father has become severely exacerbated and that , if Freud felt that in his day the balance was too far on the side of society and the superego , today it has swung too far in the direction of the individual and the id ; for it is clear that a balance between these two opposing fundamental forces is the essence of human existence . |
| 12 | However , because the success of a policy depends so heavily on the way it is devised and implemented , and because the experience of PNP raises such serious questions about the Authority 's role in this regard , it is clear that a review of Authority practices and procedures , as they affect primary education in the city , is now merited . |
| 13 | It is interesting that a number of individuals on the Sandford Review Committee felt that there was a need to establish a new type of national park zone ; these were to be ‘ inner ’ National Heritage Areas , where the claims of conservation were to have clear priority . |
| 14 | However , Mr Kelman is convinced that a law against hacking for fun will hamper the investigation and prosecution of computer crime . |
| 15 | It is arguable that a decline in the traditional role of the military nobility in war was presaged by the ever-greater use made of artillery , that most ‘ un-noble ’ and indiscriminate causer of death , which claimed among its victims several great noblemen , among them the Bastard of Bourbon , killed at Soisson in 1414 ; Thomas , earl of Salisbury ( ‘ a worthi werrioure amonge all Cristen men … slayne at the sege of Orliaunce with a Gonne ’ , as the author of the Brut reported the event ) ; John Talbot , earl of Shrewsbury , killed at Castillon in July 1453 ; and Jacques de Lalaing , ‘ le bon chevalier ’ , killed in the very same month at the siege of Poeke , near Ghent . |
| 16 | This can not be divorced from the earlier points made about monitoring and evaluating the project , and it is arguable that a programme of long-term follow-up visits and meetings is necessary for this purpose . |
| 17 | It is noticeable that a number of other politicians abroad have made it perfectly clear that this country becomes a more attractive place for investment — and therefore for jobs and prosperity — because we are not committed to the costs of the social chapter . |
| 18 | But the incidence of Down 's is such that a process of integration would only involve one child with Down 's entering one in every 20 classes in normal primary schools . |
| 19 | The visual ambiguity of handwriting is such that a number of possible interpretations may be made for any written word . |
| 20 | It is sad that a man with so many good qualities should have led so many down the wrong path , damaging the sport he obviously loves , but I feel that the Charlie Francis story still has a long way to go . |
| 21 | I suggest that it is sad that a way of life that is so ancient is ending , but Per Ivar is less convinced . |
| 22 | It is likely that a procedure in which search statements were split into portions which match subject heading subfields as well as into ( weak-stemmed ) words would be something of an improvement . |
| 23 | Because of the chronic nature of peptic ulcer diseases , it is likely that a person on medical treatment around 1979 and again around 1989 has used ulcer drugs for a large part of the intermediate period . |
| 24 | It is likely that a total of around 30 job losses are being sought from a total of 150 employees , following the company 's recent extensive review of current operations and future opportunities . |
| 25 | It is likely that a group of fewer than 100 boat people will be sent back just before the arrival in Hong Kong of the Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , planned for mid-January . |
| 26 | Sometimes this ability can be judged without interview but it is likely that a number of applicants will need to be interviewed . |
| 27 | With the proven success of the Open University methods of distance learning , it is likely that a combination of sophisticated distance learning packages , linked to short residential periods on university or polytechnic campus during the vacations , will provide an efficient and cost-effective method of study . |
| 28 | It is likely that a combination of these modalities with radiotherapy might also be complimentary . |
| 29 | So it is likely that a family in which a mother or father has to bring up children single-handed will think of itself and be treated by others , as a little cluster of deviants from the marital norm . |
| 30 | It is inevitable that a guitar with this pickup combination will be compared to a Strat , irrespective of body shape , and that may seem a little unfair when you consider that Starfield have avoided things Fenderish in most other respects . |