Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adj] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is right that water should be improved locally on the basis of what it is to be used for … |
| 2 | Perhaps it is right that faith should not need its followers to pray for the dead … |
| 3 | industrial and commercial employment needs of the area and therefore it is right that car showrooms can be provided on sites allocated under I five . |
| 4 | Except in relation to advertisements to which the deemed consent procedure applies , a local authority can serve a discontinuance order when it is satisfied that removal is necessary ‘ to remedy a substantial injury to the amenity of the locality or a danger to members of the public ’ . |
| 5 | Memories are cruel to the present in that way and , as far as sexual intercourse is concerned , it is axiomatic that familiarity breeds contempt . ’ |
| 6 | From this it is plain that Ulpian cited quite accurately , but that his version has been compressed , whether by himself or the compilers . |
| 7 | It is plain that food was a permanent interest , and he faithfully records details of dinners , with comments on the madeira in the common-room cellar . |
| 8 | It is clear that time will be allowed for improvements to be carried out and only when it is clear that there is no prospect of the business in question being able to operate without causing an odour , which amounts to a statutory nuisance , will the court permit the issue of a writ of sequestration for contempt of court , in committing breaches of the undertaking not to cause a statutory nuisance , thus closing the business down without compensation . |
| 9 | In the government 's view it is wrong that planning decisions about land use should so often result in the realizing of unearned increments by the owners of the land to which they apply , and that desirable development should be frustrated by owners withholding their land in the hope of higher prices . |
| 10 | And within 10 and 15 years , he is convinced that public opinion will swing back in favour of the mainframe . |
| 11 | He is convinced that abortion is evil and that the historic Lords ruling will open the floodgates to mercy killings and euthanasia . |
| 12 | Mr Kinnock is uninterested in finding a visionary ‘ big idea ’ for the party ; he is convinced that Labour 's values remain popular . |
| 13 | He is right that manufacturing exports have increased by nearly three quarters since 1981 . |
| 14 | Where no charge is registered , the registrar , if otherwise prepared to accept the application , may well be prepared to register the restriction without the land certificate provided he is satisfied that severance has taken place ( see Ruoff and Roper , Registered Conveyancing , Looseleaf edn , Sweet and Maxwell , 1991 , 39.21 ) . |
| 15 | A searcher reaches the second level of understanding when he is satisfied that Christianity answers the first of these questions . |
| 16 | But he is worried that track charges will form too large a part of the total costs . |