Example sentences of "it is [adj] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is salutary that in their report on the dangers of long waiting times for outpatient appointments at a urology clinic K German and colleagues say that five of the seven cases of prostatic cancer were detected on rectal examination and one by a raised serum prostate specific antigen concentration . |
| 2 | Yet these matters , it has been suggested , lie deep — indeed , unutterably deep — in every American psyche ; and it is good that from time to time the unutterable be uttered — it is , one might say , one of the things that we look to poets for . |
| 3 | For although Force Orders inevitably direct that such material will be submitted for assessment , it is typical that in a task-orientated institution which gives low priority or credence to the academic tome , the systems to ensure submission of the essays , or the ability to make much use of any useful ideas they contain , often remains sketchy . |
| 4 | However , it is probable that under the common law a minimum payment clause stipulating for future rental payments would be void ( see Chapter 13 ) . |
| 5 | There is no doubt that this bone yields the most reliable sexing information of all , and it is probable that between 90 per cent and 95 per cent accuracy in determination can be achieved ( Krogman , 1946 ; Washburn , 1948 ; Genoves , 1959 ) . |
| 6 | It is probable that about a further 10,000 jobs are generated by whisky exports , giving an estimate of approximately 93,215 jobs generated by all Scottish manufactured exports . |
| 7 | It is probable that during the short drive from the palace to Villeneuve l'Etang both decided that certain aspects of court protocol would have to be looked into and that changes would have to be made . |
| 8 | The records of the parliament say very little about the nobility , yet it is probable that without their support the commons would have achieved few if any of their more substantial demands . |
| 9 | It is probable that like the mammals the roots of the great variety of living birds are to be found in the Cretaceous , but fossils , which could document this , are only now slowly coming to light . |
| 10 | It is probable that in retrospect he gave that factor more weight than it carried at the time . |
| 11 | It is probable that in most hypertriglyceridaemic insulin-dependent patients , the main defect is at the lipoprotein lipase level and hence there is a clearance defect . |
| 12 | It is probable that in very early times if his powers weakened a king would be ritually killed . |
| 13 | Clearly , it is essential that throughout the nomination period Room 4.17 is manned continuously during normal office hours . |
| 14 | So it is worth making changes , but it is essential that in the process you do not make your everyday life a misery . |
| 15 | It is essential that in exercising the very important jurisdiction to grant judicial review , the court should not intervene just because the reasons given , if strictly construed , may disclose an error of law . |
| 16 | It is worrying that after all this time Labour appears to think that being in opposition means solely that one must oppose everything . |
| 17 | In order that the shelf-life shall be sufficiently long it is necessary that at the time of manufacture , the product shall comply with a specification which sets narrower limits , particularly for those parameters in respect of which the product is least stable . |
| 18 | In order for settled property to be excluded from inheritance tax it is necessary that the settlor was not domiciled in the United Kingdom at the time the settlement was made and , in addition , it is necessary that at the time of the relevant charge , eg on the death of a life tenant or when a ten year charge occurs if the trust is a discretionary trust or where assets are appointed out of a discretionary trust , the particular trust assets are not located in the United Kingdom . |
| 19 | It is inconceivable that at this juncture when Mark is heralding the return of the Spirit in Jesus he should introduce The writings of it with anything so banal and second-hand as an echo . |
| 20 | IT IS IRONIC that at a time when the shares of motor traders are dropping like stones , the price at which dealerships change hands has remained steady . |
| 21 | It is ironic that by privileging sexual difference Scruton shows himself the victim of precisely the modern intensification of sexuality which in other ways he might regard as contributing to a legitimation of the perversions he repudiates . |
| 22 | Although visiting grandparents was the basis of many significant memories and relationships , it is surprising that in the first set of interviews there are even more significant mentions of grandparents who at some point lived in the same house as their children . |
| 23 | It is surprising that in his time and ever since , his culpability has received so little attention . |
| 24 | It is surprising that in 1992 patients can still be treated with radical radiotherapy , chemotherapy , or surgery , including liver transplantation , without establishing a definitive diagnosis . |
| 25 | An RUC spokesman said : ‘ It is surprising that in many cases , people who have lost quite large sums do n't take the trouble to check with police to find out if their money has been handed in . ’ |
| 26 | In earlier life he had been in Canada and it is certain that at least some youthful potential emigrants to Canada were inspired by his accounts of life there . |
| 27 | To understand this point you should imagine ( or even actually perform ) your pronunciation of a sentence in a number of different ways : for example , if the sentence was ‘ I want to buy a new car ’ and you were to say it in the following ways : ‘ pleading ’ , ‘ angry ’ , ‘ sad ’ , ‘ happy ’ , ‘ proud ’ , it is certain that at least some of your performances will be different from some others , but it is also certain that the technique for analysing and transcribing intonation introduced earlier in the course will be found inadequate to represent the different things you do . |
| 28 | However it is certain that by extending our set of laws and rules , and by the use of inductive methods , we can develop systems that will require the use of infinitary rules a good deal less often . |
| 29 | Whether or not in our time parents may be said to be justified by the sad statistics of the permissive society , it is certain that in the nineteenth century , parents had little option because of the sad statistics of mortality among children . |
| 30 | A survey of this type , whilst useful to illustrate the extent of the odour problem in England does not , however , give an accurate picture and may even underestimate the problem , as it is apparent that in many cases the public , for various reasons do not complain . |