Example sentences of "[noun sg] [that] it is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UK Parliament is certainly not widely regarded as being at all competent in the scrutiny which it exercises over public spending , and few people are under the illusion that it is difficult for government departments to deceive MPs and Select Committees about necessary levels of expenditure and unnecessary levels of waste . |
| 2 | But nobody should be under the illusion that it is likely to solve any problems . |
| 3 | They have also been attacked by the courts , with the result that it is difficult to see what practical effect such clauses might be thought to have . |
| 4 | Yes thank you Chairman erm I think important question very similar question I think we 're we 're all wondering whether the changed landscape of West Sussex , the changed use of West Sussex has had any influence on the flooding and as the County Council has pointed out worst amount of rain we 've had for about seventy years or so I think it 's very useful and important er to ask questions an and when this crisis is over we reflect on what we can learn from it , but I must bear in mind that it is first and foremost extraordinary climatic conditions which have caused these problems and that in itself of course might have implications erm the whole of global warming does tend to come to mind when you see what 's happening in Australia as well as what 's happening here erm that 's certainly not anything that agencies great or small can have any control over . |
| 5 | Bearing in mind that it is essential to include your own product somewhere in the prize structure , consider the size of the top prize vis-a-vis the second tier of prizes , whether there should be more than two tiers of prizes or whether there should be , say , 50 or 100 prizes of equal weight . |
| 6 | It has come to my mind that it is contrasting er spiritual |
| 7 | Now , new offices were being built for it on the other side of the road , but they were not quite ready , and meantime , the new publisher from the East and his editors functioned in an atmosphere of such utter confusion that it is doubtful if an efficiency expert could even have fought his way in through the door . |
| 8 | So common is this way of thinking in social research that it is difficult to recapture its radical and innovative character . |
| 9 | It is an advantage of the analysis offered in the last chapter that it is capable of accounting for authority over a group on the basis of authority relations between individuals . |
| 10 | If there is a whisper of redundancy , do not be deflected by talk that it is all in the very early stages , too soon for public discussion , and by promises that there will be plenty of opportunities for comment and debate at an appropriate stage later on . |
| 11 | If the target word was the only word selected at a particular position and was below the threshold score then it was replaced by ‘ ? ? ? ’ — the recogniser 's indication that it is unable to recognise any word . |
| 12 | Standards such as those on depreciation and current cost accounting are so different from current practice that it is impossible to rationalize them . |
| 13 | But not the manual steering , which again has such an effect on the driving character of the car that it is impossible to overlook . |
| 14 | However , one still hears all sorts of rumours to the effect that it is possible for others to obtain information , yet one or two of my constituents found it difficult to obtain information about the identity of a car owner involved in an accident . |
| 15 | the holder of a valid certificate in a form supplied by the Secretary of State , containing the information required by it , and signed by a medical practitioner to the effect that it is inadvisable on medical grounds for him to wear a seatbelt ; |
| 16 | Nevertheless , this approach has been included in the Department of Health guidelines ( DHSS 1984 ) with the recommendation that it is essential that each new intake of junior medical staff receives adequate psychiatric training in the assessment of attempted suicide patients , and that the physicians have regular access to psychiatrists to ensure that clinical standards are maintained . |
| 17 | So it our recommendation that it is premature at this pro frozen moment of time particularly with the additional thoughts of the inner northern relief road to be considering in a structure plan a western relief road . |
| 18 | I accept [ counsel 's ] submission that it is relevant for this court to have regard to the fact that in Australia there is no longer any home or any financial support for the mother and for the boys , a situation for which the mother bears no greater responsibility than the father . |
| 19 | The method suffers from the disadvantage that it is slow and consequently diffusion of low molar mass material could be large enough to introduce serious error in the measurement . |
| 20 | Any decent reform of this nonsense has to start with a firm recognition that it is better to take money from taxpayers than from consumers . |
| 21 | In choices of means , I may pay severely for failing to recognize the equality of personal as of spatial and temporal viewpoints , if for example I lose awareness of the fact that a competitor 's need and determination is as great as mine ; but in choosing between our ends , nothing compels me to feel the pull of his inclination equally with mine , other than a recognition that it is illogical to shut my eyes in one case to what I am forced to acknowledge in the other . |
| 22 | It is a defence that the breach of duty under the Act is attributable to hostile action in the course of any armed conflict , but it is not a defence that it is attributable to a natural disaster , notwithstanding that the disaster is of such an exceptional character that it could not reasonably have been foreseen . |
| 23 | Now it will not always be the case that it is optimal for the less risk-averse party to take on all the risk . |
| 24 | But if it sometimes seems to be saying , on Salim 's behalf , that race or kinship wins , it is also the case that it is full of losers , that it has a lively feeling for the Africans of market and bush , and for their African troubles , and for the situation of Salim as someone evolved or emerged from a tribal narrowness to an experience of sexual love which is liberating and dramatic , and that it does justice to Metty 's last state , left behind in the dangerous town at the bend in the river . |
| 25 | 6.1 Quiet enjoyment To permit the Tenant peaceably and quietly to hold and enjoy the Premises without any interruption or disturbance from or by the Landlord or any person claiming under or in trust for the Landlord [ or by title paramount ] This covenant quite often contains a provision that it is dependent upon the tenant paying the rent reserved by the lease and performing and observing the covenants on its part and the conditions contained in the lease , but these words have no practical effect , and do not render payment of the rent and performance of the covenants conditions precedent to the operation of the covenant ( Edge v Boileau ( 1885 ) 16 QB 117 ) . |
| 26 | One special type of reflector lamp is the PAR ( parabolic aluminised reflector ) , which can give a very defined beam , and has the advantage that it is resistant to changes in temperature , making it ideal for use outside . |
| 27 | Printed information in books , bibliographies and guides has the advantage that it is available for use , as and when required . |
| 28 | Printed material , available in many forms , has the advantage that it is available for use , as and when required . |
| 29 | This approach has the advantage that it is fast since it requires no segmentation of the word . |
| 30 | Without being offered a particle of evidence to support the accusation the young man sees in an instant that it is true , and abandons the whole project . |