Example sentences of "[adj] [that] it is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not today 's figures make it clear that it is official — Majorism is n't working ? |
| 2 | At first sight , nine tricks are comparatively easy , but on closer inspection it becomes clear that it is impossible to get at all of them . |
| 3 | But it is very clear that it is present , though at times its influence waxed and waned . |
| 4 | It seems fairly clear that it is possible to make this argument in a convincing way . |
| 5 | Talk about safer sex with your partner , or make it clear that it is safer sex you want by your actions . |
| 6 | However , it also seems clear that it is permissible to argue , in defence to a prosecution for breach of a statute or regulation , that the relevant statutory provision or regulation is ultra vires ; but it is difficult to see how this involves assertion of a ‘ private law right ’ : there is no private law right not to be prosecuted apart from the right not to be prosecuted maliciously . |
| 7 | It is also clear that it is difficult to draw comparisons between the Western Isles and the developing countries . |
| 8 | But Spenser also makes it clear that it is difficult and sometimes impossible to distinguish between the true and the false , regardless of how clear-sighted and self-controlled his masculine knights may be . |
| 9 | And to make clear that it is ready to unleash an Interbase onslaught , Borland appointed directors of Interbase operations in the UK for Northern and Germany for Southern and Eastern Europe , and one back home in Scotts Valley for the Pacific Rim . |
| 10 | I emphasise that the Community has made it clear that it is ready to continue and to complete the negotiations according to the work plan laid down by Mr. Dunkel . |
| 11 | As the Ruddock case has shown , the standard of review employed in national security cases is set so high that it is possible that the Tribunal could be compelled to refrain from interfering with discretionary decisions taken for this reason . |
| 12 | The opportunities opened up by the technical innovations are so large and exciting that it is hard to grasp the full extent of the change . |
| 13 | A few other French demands are so regressive that it is inconceivable that they will be met . |
| 14 | Is the paper so glossy that it is difficult to write on with a highlighting pen ? |
| 15 | There are few days when the weather is so unpleasant that it is impossible to walk ; and even on a rainy day there are often periods when the rain stops . |
| 16 | Other people found his looks so engaging that it is sad to think that he was deeply conscious of noses , especially when he was worried about Jewishness . |
| 17 | They are so closely interrelated that it is difficult to separate them . |
| 18 | The situation in the three separate parts of the United Kingdom is not so radically different that it is appropriate to establish different crimes as part of the panoply of the law for dealing with offences in prisons . |
| 19 | The principles on which these three kinds of bodies are built are so fundamentally different that it is difficult to believe that they can be related to one another except right at the very roots of the evolutionary tree . |
| 20 | That , at least , is a clear statement of the belief that the arts and sciences were incompatible ; for one thing , the arts and the sciences are considered so different that it is difficult to concentrate one 's energies on both ; for another , English is not useful — and , therefore , by implication , worthless — to someone studying science . |
| 21 | If Pollard 's architecture is so disposable and flippant that it is odd to call him a ‘ patron ’ , Palumbo 's patronage is so single-minded that he can hardly be called a developer . |
| 22 | Now , is it not possible that it is this rule which is the explanation of our referring to the feelings produced in our bodies by prolonged contact with hot or cold objects , as ‘ hot ’ and ‘ cold ’ ? |
| 23 | I trust I have provided enough reasons to show that the use of the phrase ‘ pain in animals ’ is so indefinable that it is meaningless to animals and to those who have the well-being of animals at heart . |
| 24 | NEWCASTLE United yesterday sent a written offer to Celtic for Roy Aitken reportedly so low that it is likely to be returned to St James ' Park unopened . |
| 25 | Although throughout Marx 's and Engels 's work reference to property is so extensive that it is impossible to take them all into account , a general pattern emerges . |
| 26 | Another milestone was passed in 1989/90 with more than 200,000 candidates registering for one or more modules for that year ; indeed the growth in the number of candidates has been so strong that it is likely to pass 225,000 this year , a rise of more than 15% . |
| 27 | IT seems almost unbelievable that it is 20 years since the Brodsky String Quartet 's public concert in the Teesside Polytechnic while still at school in Middlesbrough . |
| 28 | Thus , although the legal model may prevent directors from regarding third party interests as ends in their own right , it is arguable that it is consistent with the directors ' obligations to the shareholders for the company to sacrifice profits in order to protect them given these possible relationships with shareholder utility . |
| 29 | Indeed , in the absence of a codified constitution , it is arguable that it is impossible to state what laws are of constitutional significance without reference to constitutions elsewhere to see what kinds of matters are dealt with therein . |
| 30 | Government departments are now so vast that it is unrealistic to expect a minister to know all about matters of administration . |