Example sentences of "is [adj] that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Anderson , principal hydrologist with the Tay River Purification Board , is emphatic that any attempt to hold back the irresistible force of the Tay is doomed to failure . |
| 2 | Deputy Editor John Bryant said : ‘ It is absurd that any newspaper should ask the Office of Fair Trading to raise the price of another newspaper , particularly at a time when all the qualities are losing circulation . |
| 3 | It is strange that that point is being made because of a shift of about 1,000 votes in a constituency . |
| 4 | Given his initial thought that properly established geometrical results would not be disputable , it is ironical that this claim led to lengthy and acrimonious argument , and brought Hobbes into some disrepute . |
| 5 | While it is undeniable that that system has had a dramatic effect of the development of the market it is incorrect to assume that it is the only one which is influencing it . |
| 6 | It is undeniable that large-scale production can be technically more efficient , and so following an analysis detailed by Williamson ( 1968 ) we need to consider how the previous result is affected if , after monopolisation , production takes place with lower costs . |
| 7 | Since they collaborated on ballets there in the 1750S it is possible that Roman performance ideas were incorporated in Paris . |
| 8 | It is possible that other base tag sets will be added in the future . |
| 9 | While waiting for an ambulance it is possible that first aid carried out immediately would save a patient from choking or bleeding to death . |
| 10 | It is possible that one enclave — Sarajevo and the area to its north — will survive . |
| 11 | It is possible that one day you will come back to Normandy . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It is possible that one day we will return . ’ |
| 13 | Of course , with this strategy being market-oriented , it is possible that one firm could purchase more pollution permits than it needed , with the intention of keeping out competitors , and the market would cease to function . |
| 14 | But all of them are constantly watching the keyboard for their particular call up command and it is possible that one command may affect more than one accessory — with predictable , and disastrous , results ! |
| 15 | In any game of brinkmanship , it is possible that one side will collapse suddenly . |
| 16 | Apparently it was convenient for BR to say that , because , had there been such a high-speed line included in the Channel Tunnel Bill , it is possible that that Bill would have fallen . |
| 17 | It is possible that advance notice of these strikes , combined with some noisy revving of jet engines from American aircraft carriers off the Dalmatian coast , would be enough to make the Bosnian Serbs change their minds . |
| 18 | On the contrary , it is possible that greater training in counselling skills may lead to a more skilfully directed and efficient interview . |
| 19 | Finally , it is possible that tighter control of restrictive practices agreements between firms is one of the factors that provide an incentive for mergers , a subject we take up in the next section . |
| 20 | In addition , it is possible that colonic decompression may reduce the chance of perforation and improve blood flow to the bowel wall . |
| 21 | So it is possible that avian death-feigning is tuned in to this one crucial moment of possible escape . |
| 22 | Theoretically , it is possible that longterm use of H 2 receptor blockers , or the even more potent proton pump inhibitors , could lead to an increased risk of gastric cancer . |
| 23 | Jordan says it is possible that genetic engineering could be used to enhance plants ' resistance to UV radiation . |
| 24 | It is possible that some day such concern will change . |
| 25 | It is possible that some basis for explaining British football hooliganism may be found in appropriate studies of American sports-related disorder . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It is possible that this disparity of purpose contributes to the discrepancy in performance indicated above . |
| 28 | It is possible that this expression is sometimes used to reinforce a plural reference pattern in circumstances where such a reference pattern may be overshadowed by the potential for singular reference . |
| 29 | We initiated the solution of P2 by solving LP ( 1 , θ ) , but it is possible that this problem is unbounded whereas LP ( 1 , θ ) has a solution for some other values of θ . |
| 30 | Its cause is not fully understood , but in view of the known connection between infra-red reflectance and water content on the one hand , and the demonstrated correlation between exposure to a low humidity regime and a decline in the measurement on the other , it is possible that this behaviour is related to reflectance . |