Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] that the [noun] is " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , with what he callls its ‘ huge range of expression ’ as well as its power to fill even the largest concert hall , Hardenberger feels that the trumpet is a particularly valuable instrument for the contemporary composer .
2 A more recent review of the issue of imputation in the sociology of knowledge by Alan Scott suggests that the problem is with seeing knowledge/ideology as separate from the social grouping to which it has then to be linked by imputation .
3 Gary says that the game is all about patience and determination and Steve 's got it .
4 But chairman Lord Alexander warns that the economy is still not out of trouble .
5 Chan acknowledges that the state is ‘ reluctant ’ to raise salaries by substantial amounts .
6 Colin Brewer finds that the scalpel is oft mightier than the couch
7 The special deposits are only released when the Bank of England feels that the time is right to allow credit to expand again .
8 Graham reckons that the UK is one of the group 's fastest-growing geographic markets — it currently generates about 5% of total group turnover .
9 Quoting the saying that the way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time , Mr Cooper explains that the company is gradually converting more and more document types to electronic processing .
10 One young mother , Folasade implies that the distinction is implicit , " Only true slags are slags .
11 Overall , Mr Hashimoto claims that the budget is economically neutral .
12 A recent survey in the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire suggests that the need is urgent .
13 ADSS secretary John Ransford agrees that the situation is unclear .
14 At the same time , however , Ure warns that the team is not there to handle day-to-day risk management and the general belief is that the more responsibility for that is pushed down to line management , the better .
15 In the article referred to in the Introduction , Ralf Dahrendorf maintains that the underclass is not a revolutionary threat to political stability , and that accommodating political change will not be induced by this argument .
16 The UK argues that the rate is a matter for the member states to decide .
17 As to the future , Mr Sandy says that the world is Grant 's oyster .
18 When manager Victor Contini judges that the moment is right , the haunch is brought down to be skinned , boned , cured and thinly sliced like Parma ham .
19 Since then single malt has been a great success , but Mr Sandy feels that the Treasury is exploiting it : ‘ Of course we were glad that the Chancellor decided not to increase excise on whisky , but last week 's Budget has not made things right .
20 Marx believes that the individual is socially constructed but never provides or even attempts to provide the theory of knowledge which could support his claims .
21 Cummings suggests that the microcomputer is a powerful generator of discussion which should be fostered and not ignored and states that Language has a triple function in education : for communication as a thinking tool and a shaper of leanings .
22 When Roger feels that the group is sufficiently quiet he will ask for someone to say ‘ Grace ’ .
23 Like most formal linguists , Lewis assumes that the channel is speech , the code , English , the message-form conversation and the event one where one individual is informing another .
24 ( Dick reports that the paint is all that he had hoped it would be and more .
25 They dismiss US claims that the war is ‘ going to plan ’ , noting only that the multi-national force is four weeks into a war which shows no likelihood of ending soon at the time of writing .
26 The symbol T indicates a following voiceless stop or sonorant + voiceless stop cluster ; CS indicates that the vowel is in the stressed syllable of a polysyllabic word ( this environment tends to favour short realizations ) ; D indicates following fricative or voiced consonant ( excluding /r/ ) .
27 Ambrose Evans-Pritchard insists that the EGP is ‘ one of Latin America 's most vicious communist organisations ’ .
28 Things may have gone a bit quiet on Intel Corp 's joint venture with VLSI Technology Inc to develop chips that include iAPX-86 cores for use in handheld devices , but Intel says that the effort is quietly progressing and that early next year it expects to see manufacturers offering small , lightweight hand-held computers based on the new chips ; Intel is currently preparing fully functional samples of the chips for shipment to manufacturers in the second half .
29 Edelzwicker indicates that the wine is a blend of two or more varieties .
30 Both are generally positive , and Thornton notes that the testing is based upon an intellectually respectable view of language and uses assessment categories which ‘ break new ground ’ .
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