Example sentences of "[vb -s] that the [noun] is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He adds that the case is likely to take three years to sort out . |
| 2 | A more recent commentator on Marx 's concept of ideology , Jorge Larrain , accepts that the concept is vague and that it has to be worked out from what little Marx wrote ( Larrain 1979 : 36 ) . |
| 3 | As we have mentioned , the efficient market hypothesis holds that the market is efficient , in the sense that share prices are determined in the light of all relevant publicly available information . |
| 4 | Organizations using open-ended contracts always make clear in the course of recruiting staff and making formal job offers that the employment is seasonal . |
| 5 | But if the Government thinks that the public is gullible enough to be happy with a table or two every now and again , it is quite wrong . |
| 6 | The present scheme 's inadequacies are best highlighted by a constituent , Mr. Russell , who wrote to me on the advice of his local DSS office , which also thinks that the system is unfair . |
| 7 | Reading experiences expressed by this node are characterised , in ordinary language , by the total dependence of the reader 's satisfaction on whether he or she thinks that the author has enjoyed writing the text , on the basis additionally that the reader thinks that the author is satisfied by the enjoyment gained by readers ' interpretative efforts . |
| 8 | She thinks that the college is alright but it 's a bit of hole ! |
| 9 | The award guarantees that the candidate is competent in a significant range of work activities . |
| 10 | Official doctrine , first proclaimed by Chairman Mao Zedong 40 years ago , insists that the state is entitled to use all the dictatorial weapons at its disposal to suppress its enemies . |
| 11 | ADSS secretary John Ransford agrees that the situation is unclear . |
| 12 | The approver agrees that the package is appropriate for a baseline and may provide a short approval caveat . |
| 13 | ‘ Those extensive powers are conferred upon the court for the beneficial winding up of the company , for sometimes it happens that the liquidator is unable to obtain from unwilling persons the information which he requires . |
| 14 | A hotel advertises that the hotel is RAC- and AA- recommended when it is not , this is an offence within the scope of s.14(1) . |
| 15 | He says that the church is dangerous — ‘ not fit for a man of God to officiate at a most solemn sacrament ’ . ’ |
| 16 | When successive instabilities have reduced the level of predictability so much that it is appropriate to describe a flow statistically , rather than in every detail , then one says that the flow is turbulent . |
| 17 | ‘ . Yours is a common-sense interpretation which says that the company is entitled to the exemptions but that it chooses not to use them . |
| 18 | TNO vice-president Arthur Rörsch says that the government is pleased that the centre is valued so highly but that , ‘ against a background of budget cuts , with health budgets particularly under fire , it is not really easy to be optimistic ’ . |
| 19 | He says that the dialogue is fun — much of it is made up as they go along ! |
| 20 | Alain Schnapp , lecturer in Greek archaeology at Paris University , says that the profession is short of at least 400 practical archaeologists . |
| 21 | Gary says that the game is all about patience and determination and Steve 's got it . |
| 22 | He says that the venue is huge . |
| 23 | He says that the bid is hostile because it goes over the heads of the directors . |
| 24 | Adam Ruck knows when his heart quickens that the standard is high |
| 25 | As the highest degree that can be awarded , it proclaims that the recipient is worthy of being listened to as an equal by the appropriate university faculty . ’ |
| 26 | You see , the cross preaches a radical message to us all — it proclaims that the ground is level at the foot of the cross . |
| 27 | This closing technique assumes that the buyer is willing to purchase but moves the decision to whether the colour should be red or blue , the delivery should be Tuesday or Friday , the payment in cash or credit , etc . |
| 28 | This assumes that the bathroom is next to or above the kitchen ( as is usually the case ) ; if running hot water to another room ( a bedroom , say ) will create a very long pipe run , it might be simpler to install a separate instantaneous or small storage heater . |
| 29 | If there is no load torque then this motor torque is used to accelerate the motor/load inertia ( 1' ) , therefore : This is an equation of simple harmonic motion for the rotor position and so the natural frequency of rotor oscillation about the equilibrium position is : The simple analysis of oscillation frequency assumes that the system is undamped . |
| 30 | It is an area where a woman may gain control over a man , for while he gaily assumes that the present is spontaneous , and the future an open book , she is quietly mapping out the course of future events and by the time he wakes up to this fact it is too late to do much about it . |