Example sentences of "it [is] [adj] that some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last night Labour MP Bridget Prentice said : ‘ It 's appalling that some judges excuse crime on the basis that some men have problems in their relations with women . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't think there 's enough evidence to bear that out as yet , but it 's clear that some companies are now ahead of their consumers in terms of what they 're trying to do and the products they 're developing . |
| 3 | It 's true that some women are not keen on erm electing women , but then some men probably are keen on electing women . |
| 4 | It is probable that some islands around Britain have been formed by the oscillatory nature of Pleistocene sea level ( Fig. 9.3 ) . |
| 5 | Following changes in school curricula , and the consequent introduction of the new first-year course described above , it is probable that some lectures will be introduced into the fourth year , and graduate lectures will be increased . |
| 6 | It is probable that some units on sale will find applications in other , wood-rich developing countries . |
| 7 | Going back to those first commands and prohibitions on which ( among other things ) conscience is founded , it is apparent that some babies heed them more readily and consistently than others , and that some parents convey them more effectively than others . |
| 8 | In these circumstances we accept that it is reasonable that some trustees may feel that in the new situation produced by the tax the right course would be for the settled property to cease to be held on discretionary trust . |
| 9 | It is possible that some elements of the Hooligan dress-style were derived from the clothes favoured by costermongers in mid-nineteenth-century London . |
| 10 | The two 1973 elections , i.e. for Local Government as well as the Assembly , were held immediately after the advertising campaign and the electorate could concentrate on one method of voting , but since that time two Westminster elections were conducted by means of the X-vote , and it is possible that some voters may have been confused . |
| 11 | We have seen above that it is possible that some individuals may wish to work fewer hours and take more leisure as a result of an increase in the real wage . |
| 12 | It is conceivable that some electors actually misled the pollsters , not in the sense of lying deliberately but in the sense of ‘ letting off steam ’ . |
| 13 | It is true that some nurses who observe poor standards in ward management or patient care will resolve never to perform so badly . |
| 14 | It is true that some Nonconformists were suspicious of the King 's motives , and were concerned about the legality of the suspending power . |
| 15 | It is true that some opponents of the Government saw rearmament as the main issue — notably Churchill . |
| 16 | It is true that some members of the party were inclined to take a ‘ soft ’ line towards Germany : prominent among them were Philip Noel-Baker and Richard Stokes , both of them middle-class members of the party . |
| 17 | Although it is true that some fathers are involved with their children for seconds in a day rather than hours or even minutes , their presence can encourage confidence to make those expeditions and explorations which are vital to the process of child development . |
| 18 | Of course it is true that some children have specific needs which it would be inappropriate to attempt to deal with at the level of the curriculum as a whole . |
| 19 | It is true that some journalists are greedy and ask for rather more samples than they require , but this is not the norm and these people are soon sniffed out . |
| 20 | It is significant that some parts of the mathematics curriculum ( notably arithmetic and algebra ) are seen by many people both inside and outside education to be relevant , whereas other parts ( topology and , perhaps , geometry ) are not . |
| 21 | He added : ‘ It is scandalous that some sports clubs in the region are happy to have women make the tea and coffee and provide home baking , yet they wo n't allow them to be full members . ’ |
| 22 | The policy basis for this solution is that it is desirable that some points of law of general public importance be finally resolved by the House of Lords . |
| 23 | It is unfortunate that some speakers in the debate — for example , the Prime Minister — have cast doubt on the quality of the debate on these momentous issues in other European Community countries . |
| 24 | Whenever a CU is formed it is likely that some industries will flourish in certain countries as the market widens . |
| 25 | He says : ‘ While there is no doubt that the Causey Mounth once was a public right of way , it is likely that some sections of the route may have fallen into disuse . ’ |
| 26 | Many of them are in old , dilapidated buildings , and it is likely that some authorities would take the opportunity to reduce surplus places by closing them . |
| 27 | Under these circumstances it is likely that some schools will be less willing to take pupils with special educational needs . |
| 28 | However , it is clear that some collocations only exist in particular inflected forms [ Schuetze , forthcoming ] . |
| 29 | From the present findings , described later , it is clear that some theses are quite widely consulted , and the majority lead to the formal publication of research results in journals and books which , presumably , reach a wider readership . |
| 30 | It is clear that some groups of animals , like the proboscideans ( elephants and allies ) , are much reduced now compared with the late Tertiary , both in variety and geographic distribution . |