Example sentences of "it [adj] [verb] that the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Once experimental control achieved in laboratory conditions made it possible to demonstrate that the strength of specific behaviours was indeed a function of environmental events , it seemed reasonable to describe such events as reinforcers .
2 Is , is it possible to argue that the south is fundamentally different in terms of its ?
3 Only by touch was it possible to establish that the body inside was entire , though it was not practical either to drain the liquid or to lift the remains .
4 The implied duty to co-operate ( see 8.17.4 ) should make it unnecessary to stipulate that the parties will provide the expert with all information and documents he reasonably requires : sometimes expert clauses contain a specific provision to this effect .
5 Plowman J stated at p596 : The arrangement in my view must be looked at as a whole , and looked at in this way , I find it impossible to say that the Respondent did not provide the trustee with an income … in the sense in which the word " provided " is used in [ what is now TA 1988 , s663 ] ; that is to say , as importing an element of bounty .
6 I find it impossible to believe that the Director would contemplate sending an official to interview a defendant during his trial , even if there were anything to be gained from such a course , which is hard to see , given that his answers would not be admissible .
7 With so many awkward questions hanging over the case , Coleman found it hard to imagine that the government would take it into court — and was not at all reassured by the thought .
8 Many theologians find it hard to believe that the gospel which is called Matthew 's gospel was written by the apostle .
9 Now , even those who sincerely hate capitalism find it hard to believe that the example of the third world will save us all .
10 I find it hard to believe that the answer lies in reciprocity or disguised selfishness in any simple sense .
11 Discerning Greeks like Thucydides ( i. 10 ) knew that the relative splendour of the physical remains of Sparta and Athens was no index of their real strengths : suppose , he says , that the city of Sparta were to become deserted , future generations would find it hard to believe that the place , an old-fashioned , higgledy-piggledy collection of villages , was really as powerful as it was represented to be ; whereas if the same were to happen to Athens , one would think that she was twice as powerful as she really was .
12 ( 3 ) Where goods are supplied in pursuance of a request in which a trade description is used and the circumstances are such as to make it reasonable to infer that the goods are supplied as goods corresponding to that trade description , the person supplying the goods shall be deemed to have applied that trade description to the goods .
13 However if this undefined elephant arises , bearing in mind the time the development planning process takes , is it reasonable to think that the elephant would wait around long enough for that to happen ?
14 Since these forms of compulsion are not directly relevant for present purposes , it is unnecessary to elaborate them ; but I think it pertinent to observe that the concept of duress has in recent years been expanded to embrace economic duress .
15 The buyer will find it difficult to argue that the clause was not agreed upon if it is contained in a document signed by him .
16 Is it necessary to show that the defendant subjectively knew of the dishonest design or merely that he ought to have known ?
17 Quite apart from the earlier argument about reification , is it legitimate to assume that the development of the whole school will be achieved by the collective professional development of its teachers ?
18 Is it correct to say that the tramps actually used to make a special point of coming to see your father ?
19 Was it true to say that the son ‘ had no right to complain ’ ?
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