Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] that this " in BNC.

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1 It would be possible to acknowledge that this type of emotional layer exists in human beings , and that it finds expression in the brutality men are capable of inflicting on one another .
2 It would be absurd to claim that this day is already near .
3 and you knew what he , and he would sell you what he , there was no cons , no trying to pretend that this was best , and this was
4 It is strange to relate that this well-known symbol has been comparatively neglected by social scientists and especially by social psychologists .
5 It is strange to relate that this short stretch of water should be such a barrier but the hills of Wouldham and village are as foreign to some people of Halling as any parts of the world and in fact there are some who travel all over the country and to some places abroad , but have lived all their lives in the village without ever setting foot on the further banks of the river .
6 It is pleasant to find that this believer in the perfectibility of mankind was a good father to them all .
7 However it would be wrong to claim that this represented a view of existence .
8 When it was put to them that they were taking jobs away from men , many working-class women were prepared to agree that this was " not fair " .
9 Two of the three patients who were found to have coeliac disease were over 70 years old suggesting that this diagnosis should not be dismissed because of the patients age when iron deficiency is being investigated .
10 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 .
11 However , it may be wrong to assume that this inability to create a coordinated response is a bad thing : a truly-integrated response to the cities from the Conservative governments elected in 1979 and after might have been even more detrimental to the major conurbations than it has been .
12 It would of course be wrong to conclude that this particular form of co-operative , the community co-operative , is bound to fail .
13 These studies were not " wrong " , but it would be wrong to conclude that this pattern of interest-group politics holds for all issues .
14 Is it sensible to consider that this natural intelligence or healing power would produce a situation that was without a purpose , for which no reason existed and which was harmful to the person when considered as a whole ?
15 Nevertheless , it is only proper to recognise that this is the ground on which the parties have chosen to engage , and to approach the arguments accordingly .
16 Formerly , the difference between the Germans and the French was that the Germans wanted to await greater economic convergence before implementing a monetary union , while the French thought that this goal should be achieved by economic dirigisme , including monetary union .
17 It stands , alert in its inscrutable knowing that this is its proper season , primed to rebuke the dysfunctioning human subject , a riddling , aleatoric text of querulous combustion .
18 With great respect to the learned Lord Justice I am disposed to think that this reasoning rests on an ambiguous use of the word ‘ duty . ’
19 I 'm interested , thank you , I 'm interested to notice that this nineteenth century attitude is being repeated now by er , our friends over there in the Labour party , erm and I must say , that really confirm what I 've always thought that a lot of their attitudes and their mental furniture do in fact belong to that century .
20 But , I am afraid to say that this month 's Ultimate Brandy Snap , filled with gooseberry fool ( page 124 ) , is best served either on its own , or with a small tot of brandy .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 ( Incidentally , it is interesting to note that this occurred only five days after the discovery of the planetoid Chiron , the astrological meaning of which includes the collaboration of previously separate and antagonistic disciplines . )
25 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 .
26 It is also usually appropriate to emphasise that this work will be carried out by non — MAS teams and will be governed by separate terms of engagement .
27 It is easy to see that this was a practical means of enclosing a large volume which then could be used for the storage of grain , and the profile is reminiscent of the gambrel-roofed hay barns in the USA .
28 With a brass section that cheerfully joined in any chorus they could remember complete with formation instrument swaying and excellent drums , double bass and guitar , it was easy to see that this band have been all over the world together .
29 Finally , subscribers will be relieved to know that this work is done at minimal cost to the Bar — all the work is done pro bono by individual members of the Bar in their own time .
30 When Helena Levy died earlier this year the Trust was delighted to find that this generosity had extended to leaving seven-eighths of her estate to the Trust — a sum likely to amount to nearly £5 million .
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