Example sentences of "is [adj] [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.

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31 In horizontal mergers it is possible that a merger will allow exploitation of economies of scale .
32 Although it is possible when a program is used for individual tuition for it to collect data on pupil performance , this is only one mode of diagnostics .
33 Admission for assessment for twenty-eight days ( section 2 ) is possible where a person is suffering from mental disorder and it is considered that he or she ought to be detained in the interests of his or her own health or safety or with a view to the protection of other persons .
34 This is possible where a target 's management are bargaining on behalf of their shareholders .
35 Now if the minister is right and a partner in the firm or indeed an assistant in the firm a acting as a tax advisor or financial planner , might come across something er tha that er if er he were acting as auditor he would be bound to report .
36 To put it no more strongly , it has not been proved beyond doubt that self-paced learning is the most effective , and it is odd that a movement claiming to " individualize learning " has paid such scant attention to individual personality and other differences among learners in its practice .
37 The company , as anticipated , is profitable and a dividend is paid into the trust .
38 Although the chances of a complaint being made or a prosecution being brought in these circumstances seem remote , it is conceivable that a prosecutor with censorious views could make use of the legislation for purposes for which it was not intended .
39 It is conceivable that a partnership could be used as the buy-out vehicle where the managers wish to acquire the shares in Target rather than its business and assets , on the principle that the fewer the corporate layers in the structure , the easier it is to fund borrowings and extract profits .
40 Implied in this is a view of faith that is unrealistic and a view of doubt that is unfair .
41 Talk of catastrophe is popular and a money-maker for authors and publishers .
42 It is abysmal that a gossip writer should use spiky chit-chat from anonymous donors to make money and notoriety for herself .
43 Nevertheless , if it is doubtful that a patient will keep his first appointment , or if more information about his home circumstances is required , it may be helpful to start therapy at home and continue in outpatients .
44 In spite of the prevalence of economic planning in the 1960s and 1970s , it is doubtful whether a development policy has existed in most of Africa in the last twenty-five years .
45 It is doubtful whether a right of way over other land belonging to the landlord can ever be an appurtenance , strictly so called ( Re Walmsley and Shaw 's Contract [ 1917 ] 1 Ch 93 ) .
46 Rather , it is the highest level of qualification held by an employee which is of interest , and therefore any lower level information is superfluous and a burden on the system .
47 From the recent work of Clive Partridge at Skeleton Green , Herts , it is clear that a trading post had been set up c .
48 Moreover , it is clear that a verdict of death aggravated by the lack of care may be a ‘ free-standing ’ verdict .
49 It is clear that a payment made by him for goods bought is binding , though payment could not have been enforced against him .
50 However , it is clear that a mistake can relate to two quite different types of circumstance , namely circumstances qualified by mens rea and circumstances not qualified by mens rea .
51 It is clear that a swing has occurred to a position where the greatest proportion of maintenance effort is now spent at the problem/solution identification stage .
52 It is clear that a reduction or increase in funding did not automatically lead to similar changes in each of the schools .
53 From these , it is clear that a buyer can be owner of the goods even though he has not paid for them and even though they remain in the seller 's possession .
54 Firstly , it is clear that a transfer of responsibility has taken place between the different forms of provision .
55 In either case , it is clear that a parent who wants his/her child to receive denominational RE at school may have to pay for it .
56 It is clear that a waiver is of no effect unless it is unequivocal and only where the representee acts on it to his detriment .
57 Where subsequent to intimation of a claim it is clear that a Capital Sum Payment will be made , H.O .
58 Whatever his sins it is clear that a man subject to such fits of remorse would have been well aware that a crusade was a religious act as well as a great military adventure .
59 From graph ( iii ) , it is clear that a demand for labour of OM ( greater than the labour force ) leads to an unemployment percentage of OU 1 .
60 It is clear that a leisure centre can turn a Monday-to-Thursday out-of-town operation into a seven-day-a-week one and thus substantially increase occupancy rates .
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