Example sentences of "is [adj] that [adj] " 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 unfair dismissal cases , it is understandable that industrial tribunals tend to shrink away from complex arithmetic . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is absurd that Western citizens should give money to help victims of apartheid in Mozambique and Angola , only to find their own elected governments undermining that work by continuing to trade with South Africa . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It is absurd that French Railways can raise funds for new investment in the City of London , when British Rail is not allowed to do so . |
| 7 | IT IS shameful that some people are saying Britain should not give sanctuary to refugees from the civil war in Yugoslavia . |
| 8 | It is strange that that point is being made because of a shift of about 1,000 votes in a constituency . |
| 9 | ‘ It is strange that most companies insure property , plant and equipment against damage or theft as a matter of routine . |
| 10 | It is strange that those who wish to discredit the reliability of the Bible sometimes seem to have such strong faith in the reliability of other ancient records ! |
| 11 | ‘ Master , ’ I touched him on the shoulder , ‘ it is strange that these messengers stop at the same convent where the Lady Francesca was educated . |
| 12 | It is ironical that one of the definitions of ‘ professional ’ given in The Shorter Oxford Dictionary ( 1975 ) is ‘ applied to one who follows , by way of profession , what is generally followed as a pastime , as a p. cricketer ’ . |
| 13 | It is ironical that one of the most beneficial developments of the war years , the Representation of the People Act of 1918 , should have occasioned so much party opposition . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | From a rural development point of view it is preferable that such industries have a family or community labour base and that the initiative for their establishment comes principally from the community . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | While it is undeniable that Robbe-Grillet'– early novels are indeed capable of being read as essentially modernist texts whose narrative strategics consist in the representation of a distorted perception of reality , nevertheless , ‘ retrospectively ’ , they can also be considered to demonstrate reflexivity . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Whatever the basis for these suspicions , it is undeniable that close connections between the mining companies and some prominent politicians were to raise grave doubts about the legitimacy of state actions in relation to mining . |
| 20 | It is undeniable that most readers find amusement to be part of their experience of these texts . |
| 21 | Steers ( 1953 ) has stressed the importance of vegetation and of dune formation in the history of offshore bars on the north Norfolk coast , which will be discussed below , and it is possible that slight changes of base level may also be important in the initial stages of some offshore bars . |
| 22 | Since they collaborated on ballets there in the 1750S it is possible that Roman performance ideas were incorporated in Paris . |
| 23 | It is possible that concrete foundations for a boundary wall will be laid at the same time by the adjacent landowner ) ; |
| 24 | Of course it is possible that neither of these political showbiz programmes would actually survive even until the interval . |
| 25 | We do not , however , have the diagnoses of all patients who died between three months and two years , and it is possible that chronic renal disease was a factor in some of these . |
| 26 | Most of the terraces are preserved as flattenings on spurs and it is possible that similar features might result from wasting of a spur due to attack by the headward erosion of valleys on either side . |
| 27 | It is possible that future cohorts of older people will illustrate different patterns of disability . |
| 28 | It is possible that future developments in storage and warehousing may intensify these problems . |
| 29 | As the severity of Crohn 's disease and linear growth velocity during the first two years of follow up among males and females were comparable , it is possible that varying demands on growth during normal puberty may account for these differences . |
| 30 | Expanding upon his conversation at the Paris airshow ( see the August issue ) , Yakovlev noted that , ‘ It is possible that other types of single-engined Yak replicas or restorations will appear . ’ |