Example sentences of "is [adj] [conj] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are no positive guidelines for structure or design , and in that respect there is little that this book can contribute , other than to illustrate those impressive examples we have seen . |
| 2 | In 1988 , though , the price index is 120 and this means that part of the increase in national income is a result of the rise in prices rather than the rise in physical output . |
| 3 | Their predilection for keepers who can contribute in the middle order is understandable since this permits a full hand of bowlers , and Downton , of course , vindicated the policy in admirable fashion . |
| 4 | Few Marxists today believe this ( and certainly Marx himself never believed anything so crude ) , but the misconception is understandable since this simplified version of Marx 's message was communist orthodoxy for a long time . |
| 5 | are greatest and where the greatest problem there are or , or , er exist under normal circumstances to which the trunk roads , the A roads , the primary roads , the principle roads , these roads are where the traffic is greatest and this therefore constitutes in my mind at least the most important roads , I think your correct term , we will er consider the phraseology used in perhaps more accurately to described the , the , the title road which we are talking about here , but I certainly take the point you make . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A place is private and this offence can not be committed where only a minority group of the public are admitted . |
| 8 | It is possible that this has contributed to the risk of the glider zooming too high just after take off . |
| 9 | Since the same concept occurs in an even stronger form among groups like the Pathans who still retain their tribal structure , it is possible that this particular form of family identity originated in the strife- and tension-ridden relationships between Muslim tribes . |
| 10 | It is possible that this statement commits us to a misnomer at the outset . |
| 11 | It is possible that this appearance of non-particulateness is illusory , and that the analogy with genes does not break down . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It is possible that this may be a little reduced by budgetary adjustment , ’ he told a gathering of French researchers and administrators on the Cote d'Azur . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It is possible that this physical activity , combined with his medical condition , may have brought about some degree of incapacitation in flight prior to impact . |
| 16 | It is possible that this year we 'll have hunt saboteurs to contend with . |
| 17 | ‘ It is possible that this incident might be linked with them , but it is very difficult to say . ’ |
| 18 | It is possible that this form of political organization is more conducive to non-competitive peaceful behaviour but , as many instances from New Guinea and Amazonia show , it is certainly no guarantee of it . |
| 19 | It is possible that this , the second showing of the collection in Russia , could also be the last . |
| 20 | It is clear from these data that the capacity to form and present this influenza epitope has been returned to the T2/TAP1+2 transfectant , although it is possible that this capacity is suboptimal . |
| 21 | It is possible that this increase may have been , on the one hand , indicative of a greater frequency of homosexual activity ‘ in public ’ and , hence , of a degree of ‘ permissiveness ’ . |
| 22 | It is possible that this could represent the killing of the Hydra by Iolaos , but the third sherd ( fig. 14.33a ) is undoubtedly a female and difficult to associate with Hercules unless , by a remote possibility , she is the Queen of the Amazons ! |
| 23 | It is possible that this disparity of purpose contributes to the discrepancy in performance indicated above . |
| 24 | It is possible that this difference of opinion was pre-arranged and intended simply to minimize the extent of the cooperation between Richard and Philip as a preliminary to the new proposal which the King of France now made and which clearly had been worked out between them . |
| 25 | In the case of Venus you can see from Figure 5.2 that the abundances of C and N are fairly similar to those on the Earth , and it is possible that this is true of the planets as a whole . |
| 26 | It is possible that this surface , which is not entirely obliterated in the intercrater plains , predates almost all the craters on Mercury . |
| 27 | It does seem that since the last investigation certain development work , " Minerall Adventures , " had been carried out and it is possible that this was in progress at that time . |
| 28 | A family with a rounded flat disk covered by small imbricating plates amongst which the centrodorsal and primary plates usually distinct ; the radial shields small , length less than half the radius of the disk , well separated from one another ; the jaw broader or as broad as long ; usually one sometimes two apical papillae flanked by 5–7 oral papillae on each side the distalmost slightly curved and extending beneath the largest oral papilla just proximal to it , it is possible that this distalmost papillae is part of the second oral tentacle pore ; the adoral shields large and wing-like ; the oral shield large , rounded triangular or arrow shaped , usually longer than broad ; the arms long and slender ; the dorsal and ventral arm plates well developed and contiguous at least proximally ; the tentacle pores moderately large each armed with one or two flat leaf-like tentacle scales ; usually three times long , erect arm spines , equal in length to two arm segments . |
| 29 | It is possible that this too was the resurrection of a much older trend , possibly as old as the Hudsonian-Ketilidian-Laxfordian-Svecofennian orogeny of Archaean times . |
| 30 | It is possible that this may have been the result of overcommitment of advisory staff and thus arisen from difficulties in attending to this detail . |