Example sentences of "is [adj] that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is undesirable that the legal effect of Protocol II should depend upon municipal law doctrine as to its relationship with international law . |
| 2 | If , however , a culture has not got beyond a point at which satisfaction of one portion of its participants depends upon the suppression of another , and perhaps , larger portion — and this is the case in all present-day cultures — it is understandable that the suppressed people should develop an intense hostility towards a culture whose existence they make possible by their work , but in whose wealth they have too small a share . |
| 3 | Secondly , although it is understandable that the external leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organisation may be excluded at the moment , it is not understandable that the Palestinian leaders in Jerusalem should be excluded from the process . |
| 4 | It is understandable that the Military Model should be so salient . |
| 5 | It is understandable that the previous isolation of the disease results in a sense of amazement in early recovery on the discovery that other people have not only shared similar experiences but also similar thoughts and feelings . |
| 6 | It is understandable that the very existence of an ex , or exes , may be an unwelcome reminder of the mortality of relationships , but that does n't explain why the ex herself is such a hate figure . |
| 7 | However , Poulantzas is emphatic that the two are interconnected , and his claim seems to be founded on a further belief about class position . |
| 8 | The rings of Saturn are indeed spectacular , but we now know that Jupiter , Uranus and Neptune likewise have rings : it is strange that the visiting extraterrestrials should not have mentioned this . |
| 9 | One can claim compensation for the dismaying experience of a spoilt holiday : it is strange that the same principle does not apply to the breaking of obligations under employment contracts . |
| 10 | Yet it is strange that the same evening Tutilo should be sent for to Longner . |
| 11 | It is ironical that the experimental evidence of the recent past suggests that Einstein 's position on quantum mechanics can be sustained only if one is prepared to relinquish his special theory of relativity . |
| 12 | Isosceles , its debt-laden owner , is still knee-deep in hock to its big high street lenders , and speculation is rife that the remaining 10 shopping days to Christmas could be crucial . |
| 13 | It is undeniable that the individualized character of the Reeve is very prominent as a result of his self-reflexions in his prologue , and that the common theme of the scales of justice in Prologue and Tale invites us to make our own assessments of characters and actions there portrayed . |
| 14 | It is possible that the traditional tendency for researchers to exclude uncertainty variables from tested models may result in mis-specified models and false conclusions . |
| 15 | It is possible that the striking proliferative events started by TAGH in vivo reflect secondary actions of TAGH . |
| 16 | It is possible that the two women are one and the same , or that there is a serial killer on the prowl , but as none of Barbs 's friends or neighbours give a damn where she is , her continuing absence occasions little comment . |
| 17 | It is possible that the two men may have met in London . |
| 18 | Because PBC is felt to reflect immune dysfunction and autoimmunity has been suggested as a possible cause of primary PHT , it is possible that the two conditions are causally associated . |
| 19 | It is possible that the higher level knowledge sources will have to contribute to the scores of the paths being extended since , at present , no psychological or computational model of bottom-up analysis is powerful enough to guarantee correct recognition based on acoustic quality alone . |
| 20 | It is possible that the Outer Hebrides supported an independent small ice-cap ( Flinn , 1978 ; von Weymarn , 1979 ) . |
| 21 | It is possible that the subjective sensation experienced by a female bat when she perceives a male really is , " say , bright red : the same sensation as I experience when I see a flamingo . |
| 22 | It is possible that the entire animal kingdom is the inevitable by-product of the process . |
| 23 | It is possible that the entire text is a combination of description and recollection from the perspective of a single flight , in which case it takes place over the course of a few hours , the time it takes to read it . |
| 24 | If , as these authors postulate , the tumour exerts some type of inhibitory effect on the proliferation of the cells surrounding it , it is possible that the lower labelling index reported for the rectal segment is at least party related to a wider — that is , extending beyond a 5 cm radius — zone of inhibition produced by rectal tumours with respect to those arising in other colonic segments . |
| 25 | In both cases , the breccias are thought to be exclusively developed in the Z1 Carbonate , although it is possible that the upper part of the reservoir in Auk may represent a collapsed portion of the Z2 Carbonate . |
| 26 | As already pointed out , it is possible that the apparent difference in response between the two groups was due to greater severity at baseline in subjects receiving active treatment . |
| 27 | But it is possible that the poor reputation of Mary 's Council is based on too credulous a reading of the reports of Imperial envoys . |
| 28 | It is possible that the prospective commissioners will begin advising the Secretary of State on staffing matters next spring . |
| 29 | It is possible that the young Evelyn , who had never seen a Court masque , was easily impressed . |
| 30 | Allowing for the vagaries of memory , plus some very likely embellishing in the way Whitaker recounted the tale to his , then , fiancee , it is possible that the above tale contains just a couple of overt simplifications . |