Example sentences of "is [adj] that [noun] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible that Offa would have liked Ecgfrith to have been consecrated either by the pope or by the papal legates . |
| 2 | It is possible that juries would prefer to convict of murder in such cases so as to register their abhorrence of the defendant 's activities in general . |
| 3 | Indeed , it is possible that clinicians would treat cases which they find particularly interesting or challenging from a clinical viewpoint , rather than those which offer the most returns ( in terms of health improvement ) in relation to the cost . |
| 4 | From the extracts to which I have ventured to refer it is clear that equity would have been unlikely to have considered that there was any duty upon the creditors and their solicitors to do more than they in fact did in the circumstances of that case . |
| 5 | It is likely that Pak would have been more amenable to the Russians than Kim but Kim was the tougher of the two and had the opportunities , which he fully exploited . |
| 6 | For example , if the credit period were reduced for customers to pay their debts it is likely that sales would decrease as customers may trade with another company that gives them a greater period to pay . |
| 7 | Moreover it is unlikely that respondents would have either the time or experience to make a thorough appraisal of the information presented in the leaflet . |
| 8 | If there had been no political factor in the equation , it is unlikely that Profumo would have been ruined in the way he was and tortured for years by a newspaper interest which has survived until the present day . |
| 9 | If the Department of Industry had not made a direct grant to the company it is unlikely that SCAMP would exist . |
| 10 | It is unlikely that Eliot would have taken the trouble to defend Kipling against the charge of race superiority if he had believed in it himself . |
| 11 | But it is unlikely that Althusser would welcome such an option because , as we saw , he is anxious to reject this very distinction . |
| 12 | Referring back to Figure 5.9 in Chapter 5 , it is evident that households would prefer to be at point A rather than at points B or C , but that they have no means at their disposal to effect the move to this optimal position . |
| 13 | It has been argued that these have been entrenched as , in terms of the political realities of the situation , it is inconceivable that Parliament would repeal them . |
| 14 | It is inconceivable that Lang would drop in on any such social function hosted by the SNP . |
| 15 | It is inconceivable that Eliza would have married Wickham , just as Lucy could only have married George . |
| 16 | It is inconceivable that Edward would , for propaganda purposes , have falsely implicated one of his own household knights in treason . |
| 17 | This appears to be in conflict with Summala 's claim that ‘ it is inconceivable that drivers would continually operate under such emotional stress ’ ( Summala , 1988 , p.494 ) , and an alternative description of driver behaviour developed by Summala has been described as zero-risk theory . |
| 18 | The allegation was foreign to Papert and his colleagues , but it is true that Servan-Schreiber would be politically safer and the centre financially more secure , if French industry could contribute substantially to the hardware required for pilot projects . |
| 19 | It is surprised that Kinnock would be able to afford such a house on his £30,000 back-bencher 's salary . |