Example sentences of "[verb] that the [noun] is [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A central charging light comes on to let you know that the battery is being charged . |
| 2 | With new technology making our lives easier by the day , it 's good to know that the environment is being looked after at the same time . |
| 3 | These included speaking more slowly , facing the client , and checking that the advice is being understood . |
| 4 | Crewe police say that the woman is being kept under observation at Leighton Hospital , Crewe . |
| 5 | Early in September , large numbers of dead and dying dolphins appeared on the shores of the Greek island of Zakinthos , suggesting that the disease is being carried eastwards . |
| 6 | Producers may favour one-man shows for economic reasons , but that does n't in itself mean that the audience is being short-changed . |
| 7 | New agers suffer from all sorts of new syndromes like ’ earth anxiety ’ which means basically that , like anyone with any common sense , they 've noticed that the planet is being severely abused . |
| 8 | He says that the fire is being held in by the collapsed roof , they want to let air get to it so it will burn itself out . |
| 9 | The company says that the product is being pitched particularly at the UK top 400 and US Fortune 1,000 companies . |
| 10 | The re-formation , X-ray brightness and subsequent evolution of the new helmet streamer show that the corona is being heated by reconnection of the disrupted magnetic field . |
| 11 | On the facts , it does appear that the inspector is being unreasonable . |
| 12 | The Bank has quadrupled its investment in environmental projects over the past year , from US$404 million to US$1,600 million , but critics charge that the money is being used to make projects look green rather than cancelling bad projects , which Bank officials are said to be reluctant to do . |
| 13 | It sounds as if the project has the active backing of Novell Inc , because it is said that the software is being built atop a future release of the DR DOS MS-DOS-compatible operating system . |
| 14 | It sounds as if the project has the active backing of Novell Inc , because it is said that the software is being built atop a future release of the DR DOS MS-DOS-compatible operating system . |
| 15 | Disconcerting , therefore , to hear that the pub is being floated on the property market . |
| 16 | Now the belief is growing that the visit is being planned to coincide with the high-profile opening of the camp . |
| 17 | The preferred method is measuring of the contaminant concentration , combined with some other measurement to ensure that the contaminant is being mineralised rather than being transformed to some other intermediate compound . |
| 18 | Does Nat Sec have any responsibility at all to ensure that the work is being done , and if so what is Nat Sec expected to do if an Area Sec does not appear to be doing his/her job effectively ? |
| 19 | You can tell that the film is being run backward because this kind of behavior is never observed in ordinary life . |
| 20 | That is the background of neglect against which we must realise that the Bill is being introduced . |
| 21 | But it does not take long to decide that the experiment is being conducted with skill , and that the pursuits have at least a little in common . |
| 22 | It emerged that the Government is being forced to alter arrangements for protecting security of supply and impose fines on distribution companies that allow power cuts . |
| 23 | Which means that the computer is being used , as it should be , as a user management tool which can vastly improve personnel management effectiveness . |
| 24 | So a futures price of 1825.0 implies that the index is being traded at 1825.0 and the value of the contract is 45,625 ( i.e. 1825.0 ×25 per index point ) . |
| 25 | Interpreting is limited to the oral skills and implies that the translation is being done by a professional linguist . |
| 26 | There may be an inspection during the course of the work by local authority officials to check that the work is being executed according to the plans submitted . |
| 27 | In view of the evaporation of the objections of the BMA and a large number of doctors to the Government 's policy , does my hon. Friend agree that the debate is being drawn up along the following lines , with the Confederation of Health Service Employees , the National Union of Public Employees and the Labour party on one side and the Government , the taxpayers and the patients on the other ? |
| 28 | Section 188(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986 requires that where a company is in liquidation , every business document on which the name of the company appears must state that the company is being wound up . |
| 29 | We might say that the narrator is being fucked by the same in the position of the other — a formulation intentionally ambiguous as to who exactly is in the position of the other , since it is both : the narrator is in the position of the woman being fucked by the other of woman ( man ) . |
| 30 | The third of the examples above suggests that the poem is being subtle ( whereas in fact it is the author — though again , this is arguably a matter of unknowable intention ) ; use of such personification involves a minor lapse in logic which you should be aware of , even if you decide that the final effect is worth it . |