Example sentences of "is [adj] that any " 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 I agree that it is self-evident that any viable human society which expects to perpetuate itself through procreation ( rather than through some other form of recruitment ) must institutionalize some means of creating an environment in which children may be reared .
4 It is doubtful that any other army could have coped without resorting to massive retaliations .
5 It is doubtful that any one of the described prevention programs — in isolation — will effectively prevent abuse .
6 And , it is doubtful that any of the described prevention programs , unless well-integrated into the fabric , the values , and the mores of a given community , and indeed neighbourhood , will effectively prevent abuse .
7 Cases were ascertained from multiple sources , and it is doubtful that any were missed , although we can not be certain .
8 ‘ You may think it is doubtful that any words can express what he did to that young girl , ’ he told the jury of eight women and four men .
9 The effects of electrical discharges on glass fibre and carbon fibre structures are uncertain , but it is clear that any moisture in the material would be turned to steam by a flash and would certainly cause delamination and very expensive damage .
10 It is clear that any version of monetary union will inevitably reduce national governments and parliaments to the status of charge-capped local authorities .
11 It is clear that any basic variable x i j corresponds to an edge R i to C j so there is no need to put arrows on the edges .
12 While I take Walker 's point about the trap involved in always predicating social policies on economic policies and their success , it is clear that any transformation must involve basal change .
13 It is clear that any civilised system of law is bound to provide remedies for cases of what has been called unjust enrichment or unjust benefit , that is to prevent a man from retaining the money of or some benefit derived from another which it is against conscience that he should keep .
14 ‘ It is clear that any civilised system of law is bound to provide remedies for cases of what has been called unjust enrichment or unjust benefit , that is to prevent a man from retaining the money of or some benefit derived from another which it is against conscience that he should keep .
15 It is clear that any civilised system of law is bound to provide remedies for cases of what has been called unjust enrichment or unjust benefit , that is to prevent a man from retaining the money of or some benefit derived from another which it is against conscience that he should keep .
16 It is clear that any civilised system of law is bound to provide remedies for cases of what has been called unjust enrichment or unjust benefit , that is to prevent a man from retaining the money of or some benefit derived from another which it is against conscience that he should keep .
17 It is clear that any empirical application , developing along the lines described in Lecture 6 , should take account of the input-output structure , and the nature of firm behaviour at different stages of production .
18 It is clear that any lasting solution for Yugoslavia must incorporate guarantees for minority communities such as the Kosovo Albanians .
19 If a protein is such that any change in its amino acid sequence will affect its functioning , then f will be small , and so will the rate of evolution .
20 Tories are also conscious that the image of Unionism is such that any agreement would attract inevitable criticism from opposition parties .
21 Whatever the Labour party 's views in the past , it is incredible that any responsible party could be prepared to take risks with our defence budget and could be prepared to take risks with our nuclear deterrent when the world faces the biggest risk of nuclear proliferation that it has ever faced .
22 It is unthinkable that any arguable account of dependent conditionals could be without a notion of lawlike connection , and hence of law or lawlike statement .
23 It is likely that any ‘ advance ’ paid by a record company will be in excess of the minimum level of income for compulsory VAT registration purposes , so the band should be aware of their obligation to register for VAT immediately .
24 Since earliest times it seems that attempts were made to make wine as red as possible : in those places where vines producing white grapes thrived , it is likely that any
25 In these early days of computer-based teaching units when there is very little effective material available , it is likely that any school with a computer will try to collect such material but then it will not necessarily reach all the relevant subject teachers ; the chance of getting to H2 and browsing through the program will then depend on communications within the school .
26 On balance , therefore , despite the mother 's co-operation and her wish for improvement , it is likely that any rehabilitation plan would be likely to fail .
27 Coun Hedley added : ‘ It is likely that any upturn is 18 to 24 months away and any decisions on the future of the estate should be deferred until the position is clearer . ’
28 It is improbable that any of them will be healing up yet if they have ulcers and it is certainly too early to do any pond treatment , as this will only slow up the filter maturation process .
29 If it is improbable that any further major developments will come from this stock , it is also unlikely , on the evidence of the last six hundred million years , that the group will disappear as long as life remains possible at all in the seas of the world .
30 When this residual method is employed it is obvious that any error made in any part of the estimate will be directly reflected in the residual valuation .
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