Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] that [det] [noun] " 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 My hon. Friends are right to emphasise that that status operates within the NHS .
4 It was pleasant to know that that fact had been noted among the critical young gentlemen who comprised , as far as it could be done , Edwin 's set .
5 It is pleasant to find that this believer in the perfectibility of mankind was a good father to them all .
6 It is interesting to see that some developments in reading instruction are stressing the need to help pupils cope with text organisational problems .
7 Patrick had been interested to see that all traces of the damage the insurgents had wrought in the Green — the trenches they had dug , the trees they had felled — had vanished , and the only evidence of the 1916 Rising were the bullet holes in the stonework of the hotel where the rebels had fired on the British troops positioned on the roof and in some of the upper rooms .
8 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 .
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 In the face of such evidence it was a little difficult for at least some of the non-poor to accept that such conditions should continue and that free enterprise could bring them to an end largely unassisted .
11 We are very willing to accept that those parts of the judges ' visitorial jurisdiction which were not incident to the administration of justice in the courts passed down through the routes suggested by Sir William and Professor Baker , but in the context of the present case , where the court has for the first time to inquire into the particular function which is being performed , we are not satisfied that the whole of the visitorial jurisdiction passed by this route .
12 It would be unrealistic to assume that any assessment process based solely on one assessor 's judgement of another 's competence would always be regarded as completely valid and reliable .
13 It would , however , be totally wrong to assume that all apparitions are angels on assignment .
14 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 .
15 In general , it seems sensible to suggest that any discretion will be exercised so as to improve regulators ' utility ( along the lines of what would be expected from a managerial utility maximization model like Williamson 's , 1963 ) .
16 It would be wrong to suggest that any segment of an eighteenth-century electorate was truly independent , and a number of ties joined the freeholders to the party , or interest , of a local politician .
17 On the other hand , however , although 20th Century publications , taken as a whole , showed a lower-than-average proportion of items in need of repair ( 3% ) , it would be wrong to conclude that such material is in no danger .
18 These studies were not " wrong " , but it would be wrong to conclude that this pattern of interest-group politics holds for all issues .
19 It would be wrong to conclude that either material is inferior and far wiser to use such information to your advantage when choosing drawing materials .
20 It would be foolish to believe that any group of people can interact without a political undercurrent .
21 On the other hand , many people are quite prepared to concede that some animal or group of animals has been seen in the loch .
22 Although monitored allocations of the kind suggested above are the only way to ensure that library policy is translated into practice , it would be unrealistic to believe that all authorities manage their budgets in this way .
23 However , given current UK time costs , it is unrealistic to believe that many listeners will hear a given commercial many times .
24 Nevertheless , it would be wrong to suppose that all mergers were approved .
25 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 .
26 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 . ’
27 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 .
28 At best , the vendor may be willing to warrant that such forecasts and opinions are reasonable .
29 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 .
30 It is very interesting to note that many people who have been unable to eat cheese because of headaches , migraines or digestive problems following its consumption are able to eat organically produced cheeses with no side effects .
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