Example sentences of "is [adj] that some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT IS shameful that some people are saying Britain should not give sanctuary to refugees from the civil war in Yugoslavia . |
| 2 | It is possible that some day such concern will change . |
| 3 | It is possible that some elements of the Hooligan dress-style were derived from the clothes favoured by costermongers in mid-nineteenth-century London . |
| 4 | It is possible that some basis for explaining British football hooliganism may be found in appropriate studies of American sports-related disorder . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Quantitative measures of its effect are hard to come by , but it is possible that some co-citation clusters may be subject to this form of coupling distortion . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | But at the same time it is clear that some periods display radical situational change , while others , in between these , are periods of relative situational stability , when day-to-day conjunctural movement assumes a more prominent position in the historical picture ( see Gramsci 1971 : 175–85 ) . |
| 10 | We may imagine a measure of disappointment when these requests were vetoed by the committee , and it is clear that some re-education of staff must have been necessary in arriving at appropriate submissions . |
| 11 | It is clear that some groups of animals , like the proboscideans ( elephants and allies ) , are much reduced now compared with the late Tertiary , both in variety and geographic distribution . |
| 12 | It is clear that some provision of communal rooms is important in the conversion of old buildings to multiple occupation , and consistent with other comparable projects analysed in this book , the common room of Thames Tunnel Mills is logically located at ground-floor level . |
| 13 | However , it is clear that some collocations only exist in particular inflected forms [ Schuetze , forthcoming ] . |
| 14 | From the present findings , described later , it is clear that some theses are quite widely consulted , and the majority lead to the formal publication of research results in journals and books which , presumably , reach a wider readership . |
| 15 | Though it is clear that some PTAs have become highly organized and participate actively in the life of their schools , there are considerable variations across the country . |
| 16 | However it is clear that some advice is necessary about those situations in which this might not be possible . |
| 17 | If a search for money and/or an avoidance of stress are two indicators of strong arousals from this goal category , then it is clear that some people can be motivated for long periods of time either by stress avoidance or by accumulating more and more money . |
| 18 | However , it is clear that some people will want to consider seeking an assessment to enable them to move into a residential or nursing home . |
| 19 | On the contrary , it is clear that some pressure groups and their campaigns are successful because they are the expressions of existing economic power , because they are lavishly financed , and because they are supported by " important " people rather than ordinary people . |
| 20 | It is clear that some variables in English do function in a very general way : for example , variation between the alveolar and velar nasal in the present participle ending ( ing ) is universal and can be said to mark the whole English-speaking world as a single speech community . |
| 21 | The age span 65–100 is such that some families may have two generations in retirement , with young-old people as carers of very old parents . |
| 22 | The problem is such that some scientists are warning of increased skin cancers and eye cataracts in Europe and America as a result , as well as damage to crops . |
| 23 | The Authority is of the opinion that the scale imbalance is such that some adjustment to begin correct this should be made whilst the balance and extent of CAA regulatory activities is reviewed , the probable impact of JAA influence is assessed and the affect of these on the relationship of cost is determined . |
| 24 | At a time when HMI and others are prescribing more consultative and collaborative ways of working in primary schools it is appropriate that some research takes place into the kinds of social and communication skills required of teachers . |
| 25 | It is unfortunate that some speakers in the debate — for example , the Prime Minister — have cast doubt on the quality of the debate on these momentous issues in other European Community countries . |
| 26 | It is difficult to identify this character in unsectioned skulls , but it is likely that some degree of airorhynchy is primitive for hominoids , greatly exaggerated in the pongine lineage and modified towards klinorhynchy in hominines , but as my observations lead me to believe that the bonobo is airorhynchous to some degree , it is difficult to be sure of the ancestral hominine character state . |
| 27 | It is likely that some degree of unity could have been achieved between them had not Mrs Webb become convinced that the division was irreconcilable and determined to make every effort to bring her proposals to fruition . |
| 28 | Whenever a CU is formed it is likely that some industries will flourish in certain countries as the market widens . |
| 29 | He says : ‘ While there is no doubt that the Causey Mounth once was a public right of way , it is likely that some sections of the route may have fallen into disuse . ’ |
| 30 | McCann suggests that the idea of having a march through the city centre to commemorate him was inspired by this desire to provoke the authorities ; but given the importance of the centenary , it is likely that some kind of parade would have been organised in any case . |