Example sentences of "is [adj] that [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is strange that most companies insure property , plant and equipment against damage or theft as a matter of routine . |
| 2 | ‘ Master , ’ I touched him on the shoulder , ‘ it is strange that these messengers stop at the same convent where the Lady Francesca was educated . |
| 3 | From a rural development point of view it is preferable that such industries have a family or community labour base and that the initiative for their establishment comes principally from the community . |
| 4 | It is undeniable that most readers find amusement to be part of their experience of these texts . |
| 5 | If at least some people and states obey some laws for other reasons , such as moral conviction or non-coerced self-interest , then it is possible that all persons and states might do so . |
| 6 | It is possible that all dreams are merely mental detritus . |
| 7 | It is possible that such customers will not be concerned by an indirect holding via an index future ( Martin , 1988 ; Luskin , 1987 , pp. 343 4 ) . |
| 8 | Nor do the minutes provide evidence of any formal attempt to compare the cost of improving Village school building with the cost of transporting the children to Green Haven , though it is possible that such studies took place . |
| 9 | It is possible that such errors however , are merely indicative of the same craftsman 's readjustments . |
| 10 | It is possible that such perturbations to regional heat flow may have affected the evolution of vitrinite reflectance in the underlying Carboniferous rocks . |
| 11 | Lillian Faderman accepts that women 's relations may have been less physical in the past , but asserts that it is possible that such relations were still lesbian : |
| 12 | It is possible that many cases of petty assault were instituted as retaliation for verbal abuse . |
| 13 | It is possible that these countries could become virtual havens for the continuing production of CFCs . |
| 14 | It is possible that these changes have been critical in generating the considerable crustal extension ( possibly up to 100 per cent ) calculated for the Basin and Range Province . |
| 15 | It is possible that these differences reflect the availability of suitable timber , but it is difficult at present to determine the extent of woodland at a sufficient level of detail . |
| 16 | It is possible that these differences do not preclude these mosaics as works of the same mosaicist . |
| 17 | It is possible that these symptoms are due to hormonal upsets , caused by anti-bodies affecting the ovaries . |
| 18 | It is possible that some elements of the Hooligan dress-style were derived from the clothes favoured by costermongers in mid-nineteenth-century London . |
| 19 | We have seen above that it is possible that some individuals may wish to work fewer hours and take more leisure as a result of an increase in the real wage . |
| 20 | The two 1973 elections , i.e. for Local Government as well as the Assembly , were held immediately after the advertising campaign and the electorate could concentrate on one method of voting , but since that time two Westminster elections were conducted by means of the X-vote , and it is possible that some voters may have been confused . |
| 21 | But it is possible that both views were influenced by hindsight and that matters seemed less clear-cut at the time . |
| 22 | But it is possible that both views were influenced by hindsight and that matters seemed less clear-cut at the time . |
| 23 | However , it is possible that both phenomena ( adaptive cytoprotection and surfactant lipid barrier ) are integrated in a common protective mechanism , as far as the enhanced mucosal ability to synthesise prostaglandins would facour the prompt accumulation of hydrophobic phospholipids on the mucosal surface in response to mild irritation , rendering the mucosa more resistant to subsequent acid challenge . |
| 24 | Despite the extensive decline , it is possible that more Redshanks still nest in Sussex today than did in the 19th century . |
| 25 | He argues that ‘ it is possible that those universities which have done badly in the UFC exercise have paid the penalty of over-investment in course development and teaching ’ , obviously to the benefit of their students . |
| 26 | Whatever view is preferred , where a State has entered into a treaty on behalf of an individual , or a group of individuals , it is self-evident that those individuals have an interest in its performance or non-performance . |
| 27 | It presupposes that that is right that those boundaries have been rightly drawn essentially for all time . |
| 28 | It is the simplest and most obvious layout , but there are , of course , other patterns — such as the radial pattern of so many modern housing estates — and it is odd that these others should not have been tried out until within our own time . |
| 29 | It is conceivable that some electors actually misled the pollsters , not in the sense of lying deliberately but in the sense of ‘ letting off steam ’ . |
| 30 | Often he is afraid that these jobs will not be done , or not done as well as he would do them . |