Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [that] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are no positive guidelines for structure or design , and in that respect there is little that this book can contribute , other than to illustrate those impressive examples we have seen . |
| 2 | But by the time you read this , it 's possible that one manufacturer will have really stirred things up by announcing a sub-£500 pen computer running Microsoft Windows for Pens . |
| 3 | We often ignore intuition , when it 's possible that intuitive responses are our past experiences lodged in our unconscious minds . |
| 4 | His lace assumes a natural look he 's able to sit up and breathe more normally and for a time seems well My dear Dr Dunstaple , perhaps you could explain to us why , if the symptoms are caused , as you seem to believe , by damage to the lungs or by a poison circulating in the blood and depressing the action of the heart … why it 's possible that these symptoms should thus be suspended by an injection of warm water holding a little salt in solution ? " |
| 5 | In unfair dismissal cases , it is understandable that industrial tribunals tend to shrink away from complex arithmetic . |
| 6 | John Anderson , principal hydrologist with the Tay River Purification Board , is emphatic that any attempt to hold back the irresistible force of the Tay is doomed to failure . |
| 7 | It is absurd that Western citizens should give money to help victims of apartheid in Mozambique and Angola , only to find their own elected governments undermining that work by continuing to trade with South Africa . |
| 8 | Deputy Editor John Bryant said : ‘ It is absurd that any newspaper should ask the Office of Fair Trading to raise the price of another newspaper , particularly at a time when all the qualities are losing circulation . |
| 9 | It is absurd that French Railways can raise funds for new investment in the City of London , when British Rail is not allowed to do so . |
| 10 | IT IS shameful that some people are saying Britain should not give sanctuary to refugees from the civil war in Yugoslavia . |
| 11 | It is strange that that point is being made because of a shift of about 1,000 votes in a constituency . |
| 12 | ‘ It is strange that most companies insure property , plant and equipment against damage or theft as a matter of routine . |
| 13 | ‘ Master , ’ I touched him on the shoulder , ‘ it is strange that these messengers stop at the same convent where the Lady Francesca was educated . |
| 14 | Given his initial thought that properly established geometrical results would not be disputable , it is ironical that this claim led to lengthy and acrimonious argument , and brought Hobbes into some disrepute . |
| 15 | From a rural development point of view it is preferable that such industries have a family or community labour base and that the initiative for their establishment comes principally from the community . |
| 16 | While it is undeniable that that system has had a dramatic effect of the development of the market it is incorrect to assume that it is the only one which is influencing it . |
| 17 | It is undeniable that large-scale production can be technically more efficient , and so following an analysis detailed by Williamson ( 1968 ) we need to consider how the previous result is affected if , after monopolisation , production takes place with lower costs . |
| 18 | Whatever the basis for these suspicions , it is undeniable that close connections between the mining companies and some prominent politicians were to raise grave doubts about the legitimacy of state actions in relation to mining . |
| 19 | It is undeniable that most readers find amusement to be part of their experience of these texts . |
| 20 | Steers ( 1953 ) has stressed the importance of vegetation and of dune formation in the history of offshore bars on the north Norfolk coast , which will be discussed below , and it is possible that slight changes of base level may also be important in the initial stages of some offshore bars . |
| 21 | Since they collaborated on ballets there in the 1750S it is possible that Roman performance ideas were incorporated in Paris . |
| 22 | It is possible that concrete foundations for a boundary wall will be laid at the same time by the adjacent landowner ) ; |
| 23 | Most of the terraces are preserved as flattenings on spurs and it is possible that similar features might result from wasting of a spur due to attack by the headward erosion of valleys on either side . |
| 24 | It is possible that future developments in storage and warehousing may intensify these problems . |
| 25 | It is possible that future cohorts of older people will illustrate different patterns of disability . |
| 26 | As the severity of Crohn 's disease and linear growth velocity during the first two years of follow up among males and females were comparable , it is possible that varying demands on growth during normal puberty may account for these differences . |
| 27 | It is possible that other base tag sets will be added in the future . |
| 28 | Given that the recognition of the significance of portal hypertension in portopulmonary hypertension is recent , it is possible that other cases of PBC associated primary PHT have been dismissed as merely associated with liver disease . |
| 29 | Expanding upon his conversation at the Paris airshow ( see the August issue ) , Yakovlev noted that , ‘ It is possible that other types of single-engined Yak replicas or restorations will appear . ’ |
| 30 | It is not clear how such appointments related to the right of the steward of a specific lordship to appoint his own deputy , but it is possible that two deputies coexisted . |