Example sentences of "[is] highly [adj] [that] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had no such provision been made , and had it merely been left to the initiative of backbenchers to keep an eye on instruments tabled , it is highly probable that many instruments would become or remain law with never a critical eye being cast over them . |
| 2 | It is highly probable that many men will claim a belief that the girl was over 16 since , if sexual intercourse has taken place , this is the only defence available to the charge . |
| 3 | R v Secretary of State for Home Department , Ex parte Kuku ; CA ( Woolf , Nicholls and Staughton LJJ ) ; 28 Sept 1989 It is highly desirable that foreign nationals to whom r 10 of the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 169 applies should not only by warned by the Home Office of the necessity under s 3(4) of the Immigration Act 1971 of obtaining a visa if seeking re-entry to the UK after a short visit abroad , but that that warning should take the form of a document attached to the foreign national 's passport , so there is no question of any misapprehension . |
| 4 | It may not be easy for social work training to take account of this adequately but it is highly desirable that more attention should be paid , in the making of a social worker , to the sexual side of his or her personality and sexual adjustment . |
| 5 | But we think it is highly regrettable that economic development is being seen as an integral part of the war against terrorism , not least for those charged with making it work on the ground . |
| 6 | It is highly likely that one corner , edge or the centre of the object you have just drawn will need to be lined up with a corner , edge or centre of one or more of the objects already on the screen . |
| 7 | It is highly likely that interglacial sea levels are represented by marine terraces or raised beaches , but the levels associated with each interglacial are to some extent in dispute . |
| 8 | A survey will be carried out of sewage disposal systems and it is highly likely that major expenditure will be necessary . |
| 9 | It is highly likely that special forces — 22nd SAS Regt. , and Special Boat Squadron RM — have been present in the Gulf since an early stage of Operation ‘ Granby ’ . |
| 10 | Even if we restrict the process to include only lagged values of s and f , it is highly likely that longer lags in s and f will have an effect on their current values . |
| 11 | Near Roman towns , it is highly likely that original churches were founded as mausolea or temples in graveyards outside the Roman settlement proper . |
| 12 | It is highly likely that this agglutinin is fibrinogen ( Gartner et al , 1980 ; Berndt & Phillips , 1981 ) . |
| 13 | First , ‘ It is highly improbable that single-celled organisms ( on another planet ) could ever develop into complex intelligent beings . ’ |
| 14 | In this study , sulphate reducing bacteria must have been absent , or their activities limited in the non-methanogenic samples tested , because it is highly unlikely that methanogenic bacteria will displace sulphate reducing bacteria for this mutual growth substrate given an adequate supply of electron acceptor ( sulphate ) . |
| 15 | It is highly unlikely that any consultancy you appoint will know enough about a company to allow it to undertake the audit without considerable input from your senior management . |
| 16 | It is highly unlikely that any reader of this sentence will interpret rare in the sense of ‘ undercooked ’ ( as in a rare steak ) , or steep in the sense of ‘ unjustifiably high ’ ( as in steep charges ) , or bank in the sense of ‘ financial institution ’ , or burn in the sense of ‘ injury caused by fire ’ , or run in the sense of ‘ progress by advancing each foot alternately never having both feet on the ground simultaneously ’ , etc . |
| 17 | I would suggest that it is highly unlikely that sufficient numbers of Timbury type continuing care units will be provided . |
| 18 | If society in all its aspects has always been in a state of flux , it is highly unlikely that this process will end at any particular time . |