Example sentences of "it is [adj] that [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is disgusting that two Christian and humane countries ( one at least ) should resort to this , all for some petty reason . ’ |
| 2 | It is essential that one lawyer has an overview of the caseload of every personal injury lawyer . |
| 3 | It is ironical that one of the definitions of ‘ professional ’ given in The Shorter Oxford Dictionary ( 1975 ) is ‘ applied to one who follows , by way of profession , what is generally followed as a pastime , as a p. cricketer ’ . |
| 4 | It is ironical that one of the most beneficial developments of the war years , the Representation of the People Act of 1918 , should have occasioned so much party opposition . |
| 5 | He told Mr Maclean : ‘ It is unacceptable that one quarter of the annual authorisation of particular radio nucleids should be discharged in just a 24-hour period . |
| 6 | Despite food hygiene regulations and the Food Safety Act , it is surprising that one of the principal aids to compliance is often neglected ; where one would expect to see commercial refrigeration it is still not uncommon to find domestic style refrigerators and freezers . |
| 7 | I do n't think anyone is sure what happened to cause it , but it is certain that one aircraft loaded with incendiaries started to burn and the fire spread to the two aircraft on either side . |
| 8 | Looking at in-law relationships generally , it is apparent that one of their distinctive features in any culture is that they are conducted both through , and in a sense for the sake of , a third party . |
| 9 | Even if one accepts the figures , it is apparent that four out of five fatal accidents are caused by people who are stone-cold sober . |
| 10 | It is noticeable that 153 's are working the Aberystwyth trains quite often . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | When there is no mobility of labour across jurisdictions , it is possible that two identical individuals residing in two different jurisdictions may obtain different net fiscal benefits . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It is possible that one day you will come back to Normandy . ’ |
| 15 | In any game of brinkmanship , it is possible that one side will collapse suddenly . |
| 16 | It is possible that one of the epitaphs Leapor wrote was for Mary Freemantle , rather than for her own mother as first seems likely [ ML , 1 , 263 ] . |
| 17 | It is possible that one enclave — Sarajevo and the area to its north — will survive . |
| 18 | But all of them are constantly watching the keyboard for their particular call up command and it is possible that one command may affect more than one accessory — with predictable , and disastrous , results ! |
| 19 | One of the regions adjacent to Surrey which is referred to in Frithuwald 's charter is Sonning , the province of the Suningas in east Berkshire , and it is possible that one of the three sub-kings who witnessed with Frithuwald ruled here , in which case Wulfhere 's presence in Berkshire was already established at the time of Frithuwald 's grant . |
| 20 | Of course , with this strategy being market-oriented , it is possible that one firm could purchase more pollution permits than it needed , with the intention of keeping out competitors , and the market would cease to function . |
| 21 | It is possible that one of these earlier attacks had ended with a promise by Alaric II to pay tribute . |
| 22 | ‘ It is possible that one day we will return . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It is possible that one or two plants might think it worthwhile to upgrade but they would have to be very sure there was a large and lucrative market there to warrant the investment . ’ |
| 24 | Both Thoc1 and Thoc3 have a single open reading frame and it is possible that one of the two methionine residues at nucleotides 76 and 94 ( Figure 1 ) is used for translational initiation in vivo . |
| 25 | It is possible that three months later the spot rate could be DM3.88–3.92 ( dollar weaker/DM stronger ) in which case the contract value will be DM38.8m ( alternatively the spot rate might be DM4.08–4.12 , therefore the contract value is DM40.8m ) . |
| 26 | It is possible that DP-1 and E2F-1 interact because DP-1 is present in all DRTF1/E2F complexes , some of which contain E2F-1 , rather as in the transcription factor AP-1 , in which different proteins interact through related domains . |
| 27 | In addition to its apparent role in controlling limb mesenchyme proliferation , it is conceivable that FGF-4 also functions in the specification of pattern along the anterior-posterior ( A-P ) axis by regulating the expression of genes that play a role in this process . |
| 28 | If it is true that 7 million tonnes of straw are wasted each year , why is straw so expensive to horse riding , racing , and show jumping stables ? |
| 29 | It is true that 8 exemplifies a recurrent semantic contrast , but this is possible only because of the presence of m — in both sentences . |
| 30 | It is true that one of the features of Japan and Germany is the intimate nexus between industry and political power , which gives some credence to this view . |