Example sentences of "is [adj] [verb] [conj] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the central point is that it is absurd to assume that any woman is less competent to direct her life than any man she marries . |
| 2 | It is pleasant to find that this believer in the perfectibility of mankind was a good father to them all . |
| 3 | When there is a market for the intermediate product , it is usual to assume that each division can trade with that market if it wants to . |
| 4 | It is possible to think that this plebeian has been lent some part of Naipaul 's aristocratic fastidiousness , some part of his hostility , while also suffering the consequences of an exposure to these qualities , and to recall that both Ahmed and the author of An Area of Darkness are preoccupied with the hanks of human shit that litter certain landscapes . |
| 5 | Half the patients who require heart surgery are dealt with immediately , but the hon. Gentleman is right to say that some patients have to wait . |
| 6 | Second the behavioural view of such behaviour was introduced along with the concept that in the context of intervention it is profitable to consider that all behaviour is learned . |
| 7 | However , given current UK time costs , it is unrealistic to believe that many listeners will hear a given commercial many times . |
| 8 | This immediately puts their organisation in a good light and the journalist is disposed to feel that this outfit may be a useful source of information in the future . |
| 9 | The CTP proclaims that the link between the perceived object and the perception is just an ordinary bit of the great causal nexus of nature ( it needs to believe this , as we shall see presently ) and yet it is prepared to accept that this segment of the chain has a rather privileged status ; at the very least , that it has a beginning and an end . |
| 10 | It is interesting to see that some developments in reading instruction are stressing the need to help pupils cope with text organisational problems . |
| 11 | The subjects were corn plants , and it is interesting to note that these plants have a natural variability in leaf area of nearly 10% , which can be increased by errors introduced by the measurement technique employed . |
| 12 | We have no knowledge of this being in his parents ' minds , but it is interesting to note that this Cohen was a Cabalist , in which tradition Leonard was deeply immersed . |
| 13 | It is interesting to note that this situation was in contrast to an earlier serious problem in the banking system , the secondary banking crisis of 1973–1974 , in which less well known banks were subject to less regulation than the more stable institutions . |
| 14 | It is interesting to note that this example shows that what underlies Hobbes 's rejection of formal causes is , perhaps , no more than an impatience with what the Aristotelians said about them , and a desire to disassociate himself from that tradition . |
| 15 | It is interesting to note that some phonologists of the 1950s and 1960s felt it necessary to invent a ‘ phoneme ’ of juncture in order to be able to transcribe minimal pairs like ‘ grey tape ’ / ‘ great ape ’ unambiguously without having to refer to grammatical boundaries ; see for example Trager and Smith ( 1951 ) . |
| 16 | Although her views are still regarded as highly eccentric outside reactionary conservative and fascist circles , it is interesting to note that some historians now argue that secret societies like the IRA and the Mafia have indeed played a significant role in world events , and that the Illuminati conspiracy in the 1780s was truly a model for future revolutionary organization . |
| 17 | It is interesting to note that some Branches were expected to open from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. without even having arrangements in place for Lunch-time Opening . |
| 18 | It is crucial to understand that this class relationship is a social relationship which is not automatically and directly produced by specific techniques of production . |
| 19 | This is a much lower level of use than either Edinburgh or Glasgow , but in view of the standard of service observed on this occasion , it is impossible to say whether this usage figure represents lower demand , or merely laxity in control . |
| 20 | In my judgment , it is impossible to say that that decision is wrong and this appeal will be dismissed . |
| 21 | Although such behaviour corresponds closely to the descriptions of other feral children , it is impossible to know whether these children might have developed similar patterns of behaviour even if brought up in greater contact with people , and it has been suggested that feral children might have been abandoned by their parents because of their behaviour problems . |
| 22 | It is impossible to know if this story is true since the police have no record of the event . |
| 23 | ‘ It is easy to see that all work represents a fight against something , an attack upon the environment . |
| 24 | It is easy to see that these information requirements expand considerably with the number of firms , product heterogeneity , spatial dispersion of markets , uncertainty about future demands and costs , rate of technological change , and the extent of threats from entry of new firms . |
| 25 | It is easy to assume that such skills will be picked up incidentally , as they will usually be by fully sighted children , who often copy what they see other children doing , especially if a teacher 's directions are unclear to them . |
| 26 | In noting such comments , it is appropriate to recall that this discussion must be seen against a background described with some outrage by many commentators . |
| 27 | Of course TI is quick to note that these projections only take into account existing compilers . |
| 28 | It is incredible to think that this trunk was collected from the house by the station Lorry , was sent by rail , Luggage in Advance , and was awaiting us when we arrived at our grandparents ' house . |
| 29 | However , the demand for people to do routine testing is likely to decrease as this task becomes increasingly automated , through the use of test equipment incorporating microelectronics . |
| 30 | whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked . |