Example sentences of "is [adj] that [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , while other factors ( such as structure ) cause most of the breakdowns , it is undeniable that your faulty perceptions of what I am saying , and my faulty perceptions of what you are saying , can cause a whole chain of problems . |
| 2 | Though Minton encouraged the Kitchen Sink painters it is possible that their rapid success unnerved him . |
| 3 | It is possible that your local authority may ask you to audition for them after you have been offered a place . |
| 4 | It is known that Dionysos was worshipped at Pylos shortly after the Minoan period on Crete and it is possible that his orgiastic cult was preceded by a Minoan proto-Dionysian cult . |
| 5 | The work of the Dragon Project though , is beginning to show that there may be some basis for thinking that unusual behaviour of certain known energies could be taking place at certain sites ( New Scientist , 21 October , p 166 ) , and it is possible that our ancient ancestors could detect this ‘ Earth energy ’ . |
| 6 | The Christian Democratic prime minister , Giulio Andreotti , is afraid that his Socialist coalition partners will walk out on him if the referendums look like going ahead this year ; by provoking a general election , the Socialists would automatically put off the referendums for at least 12 months . |
| 7 | The collection of historical data on natural hazards is important since it is clear that their spatial pattern varies through time . |
| 8 | While the Danzig Poles were thought to be docile and largely invisible , it is clear that their slumbering sense of identity had been roused by anti-Polish policies . |
| 9 | Though it is mistaken to suppose that the British made no effort to leave the Masai better than they found them , it is clear that their potential emergence from the colonial period much as they had entered it was something their administrators could in the end accept with equanimity . |
| 10 | Yet it is clear that something akin to what Kazantzakis depicts must have occurred in actuality . |
| 11 | It is clear that something important is supposed to be happening . |
| 12 | There seems to be a lot of anger locked up in a sense of competition that he apparently directs first and foremost against himself ; and it is clear that his endless tampering with his swing must have at least as much to do with mind-control as with bodily mechanics — either that , or Faldo has a very perverse and forgetful body indeed . |
| 13 | In retrospect , of course , it is clear that his creative powers were beginning to wane and that his real work had been done . |
| 14 | Thus it is clear that our typical inhabitant is a peasant living in European Russia . |
| 15 | It is interesting that her famous question ‘ Is he one of us ? ’ has usually been asked about fellow-Conservatives . |
| 16 | The man who is convinced that his little clam-digger is much smaller than that of his peers will be delighted to discover that he is much more likely to have a greater co-efficient of linear expansion than his mates . |
| 17 | The Trust is fortunate that its regional structure was conceived and laid down in the 1971 Act of Parliament . |
| 18 | The orbit of the moon is such that its gravitational pull is great one week , and smaller the next , then great again . |
| 19 | Another example is where the immune system is not functioning adequately ; suppose we keep animals in a condition which is such that their immune system does not work properly . |
| 20 | It is ironic that her new show will be called simply Sue Lawley . |
| 21 | It is ironic that your educational piece did not recognise Mr Heinlein , as he clearly recognised your educational role . |
| 22 | It is , of course , pathetic that a man who used to be a raging republican should turn into a slavering royal poodle , just as it is sad that his economic and political principles should have become as unrecognisable as the Welsh rugby team . |
| 23 | If Target is being acquired out of a corporate group , it is likely that its immediate parent company will wish to extract value from it by way of a pre-acquisition dividend paid under a group income election , as this will preclude any charge to ACT on Target and will not be a taxable receipt for the parent company ( see ss208 and 247 Taxes Act 1988 ) . |
| 24 | Despite the quasi-judicial character of the process it is likely that his appellate functions serve to ‘ heighten a minister 's perception of his supervisory role ’ ( Boynton , 1982 , p. 205 ) . |
| 25 | I have now resumed and read enough to assure my correspondent that he is lucky that his impatient reminder was directed at me and not at God , whose response to murmurings about the unforeseen delays in reaching the promised land was smiting with pestilence . |
| 26 | In such circumstances , it is effrontery that my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Monklands , East and my hon. Friend the Member for Derby , South ( Mrs. Beckett ) should be attacked for what they might do , instead of the Government being brought to account for what they have done and continue to do . |
| 27 | It is curious that its political champions have barely touched on its merits in the election that may well herald its demise . |
| 28 | He could never penetrate , not even if his life depended on it , for he is sure that their nether mouths contain teeth , and that once his limb was inside them , they would bite it off . ’ |
| 29 | Although I admire Mrs Dinwiddie 's concern for her family , I remind her that had she been a mother less than 80 years ago , when there were no modern crop chemicals , animal health products , food preservatives , human vaccines and modern medicines it is unlikely that her complete family would have survived childhood . |
| 30 | One of the elements in good liturgy is participation , so it is important that our handicapped friends do not lose the sacredness of this moment through long queues . |