Example sentences of "is [adj] [that] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The corks were tight enough to keep the wine in good condition for perhaps forty to fifty years , but it is understandable that after sixty years some evaporation should have taken place . |
| 2 | IT is unbelievable that in 1970 , during our formative years , only 30 undergraduates were awarded the first general degree of the University , at a ceremony in Pathfoot . |
| 3 | It is possible that within two or three years the left wing will not have a single executive member it can truly call its own in the constituency section . |
| 4 | It is clear that by 1945 there was widespread popular support for the extension of state welfare provision , for a measure of nationalisation of industry and ‘ planning ’ and for a governmental commitment to the maintenance of full employment . |
| 5 | It is clear that in 1788–92 , then in 1823–33 and , with some uncertainty in various localities , up to 1838 petitioning expanded concern with the slave trade , slavery and apprenticeship . |
| 6 | The apparent paradox of Nizan 's ideological/psychological mentality needs to be scrutinised at this juncture since it is clear that after 1935 his intellectual itinerary became far more complex , shaped as it was by countless pressures arising not only from a new party strategy but also from a deepening international political crisis . |
| 7 | It is appalling that in 1991 the only way in which the Government want to save money is by cutting people 's pay and working conditions . |
| 8 | There is no doubt that this bone yields the most reliable sexing information of all , and it is probable that between 90 per cent and 95 per cent accuracy in determination can be achieved ( Krogman , 1946 ; Washburn , 1948 ; Genoves , 1959 ) . |
| 9 | It is surprising that in 1992 patients can still be treated with radical radiotherapy , chemotherapy , or surgery , including liver transplantation , without establishing a definitive diagnosis . |
| 10 | For the whole sector it is much in line with the overall growth of GDP , but it is noteworthy that between 1951 and 1964 insurance , and banking and finance grew by nearly 50 per cent faster than GDP and between 1964 and 1973 by just over 90 per cent [ Matthews et al. , 1982 ] . |
| 11 | It is noteworthy that by 1976 , eight years after the original Pastoral Measure came into effect , almost 500 churches had been declared redundant by the Church Commissioners . |
| 12 | It is true that since 1982 allowance has been made for inflation — indexation — when calculating capital gains generally ( and gains made before 1982 are no longer eligible for any tax ) . |
| 13 | It is true that between 1980/81 and 1988/89 expenditure on education in real terms increased by 7.4 per cent but this compares unfavourably with defence and law and order . |
| 14 | It is true that on one occasion , when asked if Gandhi had not been tiresome , he replied that ‘ Some people found Our Lord very tiresome ’ ; but in the context of general unsympathy it is difficult to know what to make of this very Irwinian rebuke . |
| 15 | Moreover it is true that in one or two specific minor ways the express tried positively to limit serfdom — by ordering in 1781 that war prisoners were in future to become free men if they were converted to Orthodoxy ; and by reducing the possibilities which had hitherto existed of enserfment by marriage . |
| 16 | With binoculars the chances are obviously much less , but one never knows — and it is true that in 1885 a supernova blazed out in the Andromeda Spiral and almost reached naked-eye visibility . |
| 17 | It is true that in 1914 most Russian workers still had rural ties and very often owned land . |
| 18 | It is true that before 1979 the marginal rates of income tax on the very rich were high ( marginal tax rates are the percentage of the last pound earned taken in tax ) . |
| 19 | It is significant that at one time in their lives both Sarah and Diana have suffered from debilitating eating disorders , anorexia nervosa and bulimia respectively . |
| 20 | It is plausible that on one level this new démarche was directed at Indian reservations about Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and the intensified tensions which ensued in the Indian Ocean . |