Example sentences of "[conj] [that] it is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may be meant to think that time is simultaneous , in a way that may owe something to the simultaneity propounded , ‘ perhaps ’ , in Eliot 's Four Quartets , where ‘ History is now and England ’ ; or that it is cyclical , a turning wheel , with human depravity paling into insignificance as the wheel turns into modern times . |
| 2 | Supposedly grown-up people that believe human beings can not practise safe sex and contraception , or that it is right to deny a 14-year-old girl who has been raped an abortion because it would be morally wrong in the eyes of God , are not living in the real world . |
| 3 | whether or not that is a purpose for which such goods are commonly supplied , except where the circumstances show that the buyer does not rely , or that it is unreasonable for him to rely , on the skill or judgment of the seller … ’ |
| 4 | ( j ) The implied obligation of fitness for purpose The implied condition of merchantability is supplemented by the fitness for purpose provision found in s14(3) of SGA 1979 which provides : ( 3 ) Where the seller sells goods in the course of a business and the buyer , expressly or by implication , makes known ( a ) to the seller , or ( b ) where the purchase price or part of it is payable by instalments and the goods were previously sold by a credit-broker to the seller , to that credit-broker , any particular purpose for which the goods are being bought , there is an implied condition that the goods supplied under the contract are reasonably fit for that purpose , whether or not that is a purpose for which such goods are commonly supplied , except where the circumstances show that the buyer does not rely , or that it is unreasonable for him to rely , on the skill or judgment of the seller and credit-broker . |
| 5 | No wonder that the heads of Deutsche Bank or Dresdener Bank today have the Chancellor 's ear' : or that it is impossible to acquire German banks . |
| 6 | Or that it is saintly to suffer ? |
| 7 | Politicians must never make the mistake of thinking the state must always know best , or that it is entitled to the lion 's share of people 's money . |
| 8 | Does Astrophil , who is the ostensible author , mean he loves truth or that it is true he is in love ? |
| 9 | Or that it is wrong to take an excerpt from a programme and look at it in isolation . |
| 10 | For example , where a meeting that started out being fairly informal raised some key issues and a member of the meeting feels that a record of decisions taken should be made , s/he may feel uncomfortable or that it is inappropriate to write a memo or produce formal minutes of those decisions . |
| 11 | This means it fights exactly like any other model in hand-to-hand combat except that it is immune to psychology and does not take a break test . |
| 12 | First , one of the most important conceptual changes brought about by the most recent wave of feminism is the general recognition that housework is work in all the conventional senses , except that it is unpaid . |
| 13 | I desired with almost sickening intensity something never to be described ( except that it is cold , spacious , severe , pale and remote ) and then , as in the other examples , found myself at the very same moment already falling out of that desire and wishing I were back in it . |
| 14 | In essence this doubt holds nothing against truth except that it is inconvenient . |
| 15 | And nobody even knows the full extent of contamination by trihalomethanes — other suspected carcinogens — except that it is widespread . |
| 16 | Rizzo maintains no more than that it is possible that he wrote the poem . |
| 17 | And I would have thought us giving five percent and , and there are other provinces that are giving more will ensure at least the the on twelve thousand we pay next year and therefore , starting with eleven and half thousand we paid this year and that provinces and in ourselves went further than that it is possible . |
| 18 | If ethics and the interests of the business conflict , managers and employees are invariably told that they must always do the right thing — for no other reason than that it is right . |
| 19 | At the same time , Adorno argues — rightly — that these aspects are actually indivisible , and that it is essential , therefore , to retain a sense of the wholeness of the musical process . |
| 20 | It is commonly assumed that it is impossible to change this state of affairs , but the Guild of Food Writers believes it can be done , and that it is all-important , even vital , to do so , says Claudia Roden , its vice chairman . |
| 21 | It considers that early implementation-would not add greatly to the costs of preparation of financial statements and that it is probable that such costs would be exceeded by the benefits to users . |
| 22 | It also reaffirmed , with greater emphasis than the 1944 Act , the principle that children with special educational needs should normally be educated in ordinary schools provided that their needs can be met there , that the education of the other children does not suffer , and that it is compatible with the ‘ efficient use of resources ’ . |
| 23 | But my experiences in Guatemala , where the government has murdered tens of thousands for taking the tiniest steps towards development , have convinced me that non-violence does not always work , and that it is arrogant and dangerous to insist on such methods . |
| 24 | Bankers retaliate by pointing out that accountants ' advice is invariably based on historic record rather than future possibility , and that it is impossible for them to give impartial advice if they have been auditing their clients ' books over the past years . |
| 25 | Because we know that there is a substantial input of deleterious mutations to populations , and that it is impossible for individuals to combine indefinitely high survival and fertility , both the optimality and the mutation-accumulation explanations of senescence must apply . |
| 26 | that history is impossible , meaningless , in the finite totality , and that it is impossible , meaningless , in the positive and actual infinity : that history keeps to the difference between totality and infinity . |
| 27 | This also states that the individuals concerned must be in an intense relationship and that it is impossible or very difficult for the victim to ‘ escape from the field ’ . |
| 28 | In defence of the charges , David Moffat , fund manager of Eagle Star European ( 071–929 1111 ) , agrees that unit trusts are more expensive to buy but argues that with investment trusts there are dealing charges on purchase and sale , and that it is better to pay a percentage at the beginning when the fund is worth less than on redemption when , hopefully , it should be worth substantially more ! |
| 29 | While some workers believe that the best place for a child is within a family , and that it is better for a child to be placed transracially than to have no family , anxiety is increasing about the outcome of transracial placements . |
| 30 | It is interesting that the Minister believes that could have a damaging impact on the quality of bids and that it is better to receive one bid that represents management and employees . |