Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] [vb pp] [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is widely thought that it will , but that special protection will be given to historical portraits , textiles , arms and armour , and architectural and scientific drawings . |
| 32 | . It is clearly implied that it is not . |
| 33 | It is well established that we are in fact in a state of muscular flaccid paralysis during REM sleep , with the exception of the muscles controlling respiration , and the eyes . |
| 34 | It is well known that we remember best what comes first and what comes last in any period of study or reading . |
| 35 | It is well known that they always develop their more satisfying choreographic ideas when working with a group of dancers whose abilities they know . |
| 36 | ‘ It is well known that you do not reason as other men . |
| 37 | It is well known that he organized the transportation of Dürer 's Rosenkranzfest ( a painting full of Habsburg symbolism , including the portraits of Maximilian I and Pope Julius II ) across the Alps from Venice , with four bearers to hold it upright . |
| 38 | It is well known that it is difficult to grow plantation rubber ( Hevea brasiliensis , originally from Brazil ) successfully in the forest lands where that species grows wild , and it grows best in Malaysia ; cocoa , which is also native to the New World , grows best in West Africa , cloves from Indonesia , in Zanzibar , and so on . |
| 39 | My friend says I should not have been taking this drug during my pregnancy and that it is well known that it can cause these problems . |
| 40 | My friend says I should not have been taking this drug during my pregnancy and that it is well known that it can cause these problems . |
| 41 | It is well known that I am a prize fighter by profession … |
| 42 | It is well known that I disliked what was in the first three-year letter of intent , but I wholly approved of the principle . |
| 43 | It is also said that they are able to exercise an element of independent supervision over inside management . |
| 44 | It is also said that he leaves the defence undermanned , but neither charge was proved on Saturday as Barcelona rode adversity in an absorbing match that emphasised , as one knew it would , how hurried and imprecise so much of the British game has become and how necessary it is that we cherish such exceptions as Liverpool , Norwich and Nottingham Forest if the art is not essentially to be driven out . |
| 45 | It is also argued that it is inconsistent with human dignity that a woman should use her uterus for financial profit and treat it as an incubator for someone else 's child . ’ |
| 46 | Supposing the sentence read : ‘ It is also argued that it is inconsistent with human dignity that a man should use his muscles as a crane for transporting someone else 's goods ’ ; or ‘ that a woman should use her vocal cords for the delectation of others ’ ; or ‘ that a person should use his or her brain to work out someone else 's income tax ’ — would these substitutes carry convictions ? |
| 47 | There it is also argued that it is from the legislation of emancipation onwards that the tensions and forces making for conflict grow significantly stronger than the cohesive factors sustaining antislavery culture . |
| 48 | Sir , the pond in D thirty nine has been shown to be a breeding place for the Great Crested Newt , but it is also known that it migrates to other ponds , several others , but does not necessarily breed there , but chooses at Skelton . |
| 49 | It is usually said that they are quite passive at this stage . |
| 50 | Although it may seem that her greatest loss may be that of her husband , it is usually recognized that she may well be unable to look at the implications of his death until she has dealt with those that happened before he died . |
| 51 | Because these three associated religions appear to have in common the belief in one transcendent personal creator , it is often assumed that they all believe in the same God . |
| 52 | Someone must plough the fields or milk the cows , but much of this endeavour takes place hidden from public view and when a tractor is glimpsed across a field it is often assumed that it is a farmer who is in the cab . |
| 53 | It is often stated that we only use 10 per cent of our brain . |
| 54 | It is often argued that we would all be better off if we followed the Warsaw Pact system of accepting their superpower 's equipment , produced mainly in the Soviet Union , but also in satellite countries like Czechoslovakia . |
| 55 | For example , it is often argued that it is common sense and natural that women will engage in child-rearing and domestic tasks and that men will make sexual advances and will work outside the home . |
| 56 | If a British multinational invests in plant abroad , it is often argued that it weakens British industry because the resources could have been used to invest in new production in the UK . |
| 57 | It is often said that you can discover a great deal about a person 's character by the books on their shelves . |
| 58 | It is often said that it is not very easy to turn an omelette back into eggs . |
| 59 | It is often suggested that they are cheaper . |
| 60 | Because the eruptions burst from the viscous sub-layer , it is often suggested that they are produced by an instability there — particularly as some features of the motion in this region resemble features of transition to turbulence in a boundary layer ( for example , the development of fast- and slow-moving regions mentioned above resembles the development of three-dimensionality illustrated by Fig. 18.1 ) . |