Example sentences of "is [adj] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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31 It is self-evident that civil servants have an important role to play in implementing policy .
32 It is doubtful that universal propositions of any sort can be got .
33 Although it is clear that mountainous areas with few nearby notable pollution sources are receiving their pollution burden from regions or countries several hundreds or thousands of kilometres distant , it is difficult to determine precisely from which source or sources the pollution originated .
34 ‘ It is clear that political-administrative elites and not the masses of acceptors are deciding on the technology to be used ’ USAID Evaluation Report , 1979
35 So it is clear that private citizens are the proper persons to ‘ enforce ’ private law .
36 Nevertheless it is clear that Anglo-American relations had suffered a number of shocks since 1950 , while Churchill was quite wrong in his expectation that the Americans would be happier to work with him than with Labour .
37 Since these variations can occur within a single species , and even within a single individual , it is clear that good samples are necessary before attempting to distinguish patterns .
38 It is clear that other groups , such as the military , scientists and intellectuals , could exercise influence over the party and modify policy .
39 The first temple at Mallia , raised in about 1900 BC , was equipped with storage rooms , but it is clear that other buildings , apparently houses , in the town of Mallia were also equipped with store-rooms .
40 It is clear that certain policies have a limited call upon union expenditure , while other policies are a heavy burden upon expenditure .
41 It is clear that general practitioners have the potential to be able contributors to the discussion of what needs to be purchased and where , although the mechanisms by which this is achieved need a variety of well thought out and appropriate structures .
42 There is , however , some difficulty in the study in relation to the choice of stimuli and in the fact that only neutral facial expression was used — while it is clear that facial characteristics are important to the holistic perception of the sign .
43 With hindsight it is clear that left-wing opponents planned to disrupt the meeting , for over 1,000 anti-fascists were involved in a counter-demonstration and in the systematic attempts to wreck the occasion .
44 Most attention has been focused on the ionotropic receptors ( like NMDA and kainic acid receptors ) , but it is clear that metabotropic receptors operating through the InsP 3 and DAG messenger systems have a profound effect on neural behaviour , including memory .
45 Whether soundly based or not , it is clear that congressional perceptions of Reagan 's popularity were important in influencing votes in the legislature ; and the defection of Boll Weevils , in particular , was essential to the president 's success on key votes .
46 Hence it is clear that N-gram models are computationally practical for only small values of N. ( Jelinek 's system used a vocabulary of 1000 words and i=3 . )
47 It is clear that male birds with more complicated repertoires can intimidate rivals more successfully and/or attract mates more readily .
48 Sugar is the natural food of yeasts ( which is why they are used in brewing ) , and it is clear that sugary diets do encourage Candida to grow .
49 His teaching is clear that wrong desires precede wrong actions .
50 Whilst Field does not emphasise an ethnic dimension to this underclass , it is clear that public fears are focused not on the elderly , sick or female , but on the young , especially young men — and particularly young black men .
51 On the question of what amounts to ‘ serious deterioration ’ , it is clear that differing views may be reached .
52 While it is correct , therefore , for the Government to claim that poor families are not theoretically faced with marginal tax rates in excess of 100 per cent , it is clear that low-income families as a group face marginal tax rates of double , and sometimes treble , what the majority of the population pays .
53 There was no evidence of this , but it is clear that old rivalries were used as an excuse for fights .
54 It is clear that insubstantial changes will not give rise to a new copyright ( or right to prevent unfair extraction ) but what is the position when a database has changed considerably from its original form but this has happened incrementally over a period of time ?
55 Turning now to middle levels of cultural control , in this case to the Smolensk guberniia offices and then to Roslavl' , our chosen locality , it is clear that fresh unorthodoxies were apt to creep in below and beyond those emanating from private central sources .
56 Thus , while it is clear that Chinese walls are effective for the purposes of regulatory rules , they can not , as a matter of pure private law , safely be relied upon as affording firms protection against breach of fiduciary duty .
57 It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy , they first make mad , and it is clear that Tory Ministers are mad .
58 It is clear that large numbers of migrants avoided the boxcars of emigrant fifth and travelled fourth .
59 Such classifications inevitably simplify reality , but it is clear that different members may hold very different views about the role of local councillors .
60 However , it is clear that sufficient places in secure accommodation do not exist to meet the need created by that change in the law .
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