Example sentences of "it [adj] [verb] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once experimental control achieved in laboratory conditions made it possible to demonstrate that the strength of specific behaviours was indeed a function of environmental events , it seemed reasonable to describe such events as reinforcers . |
| 2 | Is , is it possible to argue that the south is fundamentally different in terms of its ? |
| 3 | No more is it possible to claim that the strict code of social morality and convention which helped to sustain the political system was held in place from outside against the will of most Japanese people . |
| 4 | The ends of the rivets were bent over at right angles on the back of the shield making it possible to calculate that the wooden boards of the complete circular shields were 0.5 to 1.5 cm thick . |
| 5 | Only by touch was it possible to establish that the body inside was entire , though it was not practical either to drain the liquid or to lift the remains . |
| 6 | The implied duty to co-operate ( see 8.17.4 ) should make it unnecessary to stipulate that the parties will provide the expert with all information and documents he reasonably requires : sometimes expert clauses contain a specific provision to this effect . |
| 7 | Plowman J stated at p596 : The arrangement in my view must be looked at as a whole , and looked at in this way , I find it impossible to say that the Respondent did not provide the trustee with an income … in the sense in which the word " provided " is used in [ what is now TA 1988 , s663 ] ; that is to say , as importing an element of bounty . |
| 8 | The decision was justified on the grounds that Haibara 's refusal to identify the recipients made it impossible to prove that the Political Funds Control Law had been violated . |
| 9 | I find it impossible to believe that the Director would contemplate sending an official to interview a defendant during his trial , even if there were anything to be gained from such a course , which is hard to see , given that his answers would not be admissible . |
| 10 | With so many awkward questions hanging over the case , Coleman found it hard to imagine that the government would take it into court — and was not at all reassured by the thought . |
| 11 | He found it hard to believe that the 3 per cent of allegations of racial discrimination sustained by the authority could reflect the true picture , and he supported an independent investigatory agency to handle all aspects of complaints against the police . |
| 12 | I find it hard to believe that the answer lies in reciprocity or disguised selfishness in any simple sense . |
| 13 | People who hear themselves for the first time on a tape-recorder often find it hard to believe that the stranger talking is actually them . |
| 14 | Now , even those who sincerely hate capitalism find it hard to believe that the example of the third world will save us all . |
| 15 | Discerning Greeks like Thucydides ( i. 10 ) knew that the relative splendour of the physical remains of Sparta and Athens was no index of their real strengths : suppose , he says , that the city of Sparta were to become deserted , future generations would find it hard to believe that the place , an old-fashioned , higgledy-piggledy collection of villages , was really as powerful as it was represented to be ; whereas if the same were to happen to Athens , one would think that she was twice as powerful as she really was . |
| 16 | Many theologians find it hard to believe that the gospel which is called Matthew 's gospel was written by the apostle . |
| 17 | ( 3 ) Where goods are supplied in pursuance of a request in which a trade description is used and the circumstances are such as to make it reasonable to infer that the goods are supplied as goods corresponding to that trade description , the person supplying the goods shall be deemed to have applied that trade description to the goods . |
| 18 | However if this undefined elephant arises , bearing in mind the time the development planning process takes , is it reasonable to think that the elephant would wait around long enough for that to happen ? |
| 19 | Then is it any answer that the libeller is a member of the corporate body ? |
| 20 | Is it any wonder that the only people who can afford their services are rich companies , millionaires and those who are lucky enough to get legal aid ? |
| 21 | You wo n't be allowed to erect a headstone , have a name-plate or put flowers on a common grave , so is it any wonder that the whole thing smacks of the dreaded ‘ pauper 's burial ’ and that , however poor , people will make monumental sacrifices to raise the money somehow for the ‘ something better ’ that they feel they should provide ? |
| 22 | Given those records , is it any wonder that the winners of the French Open are so difficult to forecast . |
| 23 | When Sir Nicholas Goodison of the Trustee Savings Bank says that this is the worst recession in living memory , is it any wonder that the whole country knows that this is the Government of high unemployment ? |
| 24 | In view of the devastation , the unemployment and the misery caused to our people , is it any wonder that the Prime Minister is so reluctant to hold the general election ? |
| 25 | DETERMINATION : Is it any wonder that the NW Region won the Ladies Tug-of-War with on their side . |
| 26 | Well , as far as one is concerned with the A Nineteen , er is n't it fair to say that the northern and western boundaries are so er constructed with hedges and trees that in fact while er er one is travelling along the A Nineteen one does n't actually have any meaningful view of the conservation area in any event ? |
| 27 | Since these forms of compulsion are not directly relevant for present purposes , it is unnecessary to elaborate them ; but I think it pertinent to observe that the concept of duress has in recent years been expanded to embrace economic duress . |
| 28 | The buyer will find it difficult to argue that the clause was not agreed upon if it is contained in a document signed by him . |
| 29 | The paucity of inflammatory cells in the lamina propria that is usually seen with this type of gastritis makes it difficult to argue that the increased synthesis derives from inflammatory cells . |
| 30 | Provided the relaxation of the previous exclusionary rule is so limited , I find it difficult to suppose that the additional cost of litigation or any other ground of objection can justify the court continuing to wear blinkers which , in such a case as this , conceal the vital clue to the intended meaning of an enactment . |