Example sentences of "is [adj] [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is vain to think that more of the load will be shouldered by voluntary effort . |
| 2 | Yet the central point is that it is absurd to assume that any woman is less competent to direct her life than any man she marries . |
| 3 | To someone such as I , who had the vague but tenacious idea that Indians communicated in pictures only , a fragile method , it is pleasant to see that one scholar of native American languages calls the manuscripts ‘ the largest corpus of texts ’ of them and ‘ a remarkable resource ’ . |
| 4 | It is pleasant to find that this believer in the perfectibility of mankind was a good father to them all . |
| 5 | When there is a market for the intermediate product , it is usual to assume that each division can trade with that market if it wants to . |
| 6 | It is strange to think that these two extraordinary symphonies came from the composer of the student-exercise Piano Quartet movement which has been recorded by the Alpe Adria Ensemble . |
| 7 | It is strange to relate that this well-known symbol has been comparatively neglected by social scientists and especially by social psychologists . |
| 8 | It is strange to relate that this short stretch of water should be such a barrier but the hills of Wouldham and village are as foreign to some people of Halling as any parts of the world and in fact there are some who travel all over the country and to some places abroad , but have lived all their lives in the village without ever setting foot on the further banks of the river . |
| 9 | It is possible to argue that certain sections could , with advantage , have been expanded to stress the more chemical aspects of topics — eg the section of enzymes ‘ in reverse ’ ( why not refer to this as synthesis ? ) touches on an area of great value and which is increasingly used industrially . |
| 10 | On the other hand , where severance of the subject matter is envisaged under the contract and property is to pass at this time , it is possible to argue that this is only a sale of goods ( see Kursell v Timber Operators and Contractors Ltd [ 1927 ] 1 KB 298 ) . |
| 11 | The world can be divided up on a purely climatic basis by using any climatic parameters one likes , so that the number of possible methods of division is very large , but , as most of these are meaningless geographically , it is possible to say that pure climatic regions do not exist , at least from a geographer 's point of view . |
| 12 | It is possible to say that Christian beliefs are ‘ symbolically true ’ . |
| 13 | Decision tables are less graphical but are concise and have an in-built verification mechanism so that it is possible to check that all the conditions have been catered for . |
| 14 | If it is possible to show that existential propositions are equivalent to denials of the validity of inferences of a certain kind , then instead of talking about existence we can confine ourselves to talking about the validity of inference . |
| 15 | In both Devon and Somerset it is possible to show that some of the surviving medieval farmsteads represent former hamlets . |
| 16 | The general form is Under certain conditions it is possible to show that any functional y may be expressed in the form ( Frechet 1910 ) . |
| 17 | It is possible to think that this plebeian has been lent some part of Naipaul 's aristocratic fastidiousness , some part of his hostility , while also suffering the consequences of an exposure to these qualities , and to recall that both Ahmed and the author of An Area of Darkness are preoccupied with the hanks of human shit that litter certain landscapes . |
| 18 | It is possible to imagine that one of them was brightening with the low cunning of unscrupulous greed and that the other was already stepping into that heavy gloom of shame and guilt which could only take him to the hospital or worse . |
| 19 | Sir Ian is right to emphasise that plebeian savagery was more vulnerable than its patrician counterpart : cock-throwing declined while fox-hunting flour ished . |
| 20 | Macdonald is right to state that future research must find out how genes and environment operate ( or co-operate ? ) and that newer twin study-designs may help with this . |
| 21 | While Fisher is right to argue that some important principles can , nevertheless , be applied , he is also right to say that the consumerist philosophy and concepts of compulsory care which involve acting in the individual 's interests are basically incompatible . |
| 22 | Keith Flett is right to claim that Labour needs active grassroots supporters to defeat the Tories ( Letters , 24 April ) . |
| 23 | Hall is right to say that current Labour and Liberal parties can not take on the task of realignment , but would be equally correct in saying they ca n't be by-passed . |
| 24 | Although my hon. Friend is right to say that budget-holding practices have been outstandingly successful and are now very popular with most doctors — |
| 25 | My hon. Friend is right to say that British Rail needs to use available modern technology to reduce further the incidence of accidents involving loss of life and injury on the railways . |
| 26 | Half the patients who require heart surgery are dealt with immediately , but the hon. Gentleman is right to say that some patients have to wait . |
| 27 | J R Hall ( Points of View , 12 February ) is right to suggest that British Rail would be able to make a profit if the Government took full responsibility for funding the provision and maintenance of railway infrastructure as it does roads . |
| 28 | For my part I think it is right to accept that that was in the eyes of the appellants a formality . |
| 29 | Second the behavioural view of such behaviour was introduced along with the concept that in the context of intervention it is profitable to consider that all behaviour is learned . |
| 30 | However , given current UK time costs , it is unrealistic to believe that many listeners will hear a given commercial many times . |