Example sentences of "is [verb] that the [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 IT IS said that the marketing and advertising course is now the hardest to enter in the University of Ulster , requiring ‘ A ’ -level grades that would have sent my generation scurrying off with aspirations of entering Oxford or Cambridge and a career in the fast track of the Civil Service .
2 This pivotal role is much more obvious in matriarchical societies in which it is accepted that the mother or grandmother must make the final decision about such expenditures .
3 It is argued that the breadth and depth of the market in small company shares is suffering , particularly as the volume of trading in smaller company shares has dropped since the crash of October 1987 as investors have fled to blue chip shares , and the number of brokers cutting back on their small firms business has increased .
4 By s14 , the date of knowledge is the date on which that person first had knowledge that his injury was significant ; that his injury was attributable to the act or omission which is alleged to constitute negligence , nuisance or breach of duty ; the identity of the defendant ; and , if it is alleged that the act or omission was that of a person other than the defendant , the identity of that person and the additional facts supporting the bringing of an action against the defendant .
5 It is envisaged that the wife and the new husband will have a solicitor who acts for both of them .
6 The starting-point is to recognize that the size and composition of the prison system , far from somehow being predetermined , are the consequence of action taken at every stage of the criminal justice process .
7 Engels is saying that the family and marriage have not always been as they are now .
8 Its chief task is to ensure that the charter and its offspring are being implemented by other departments .
9 The main concern with cash is to ensure that the method and arrangements for payment are clearly stated in the sale agreement and that the purchaser has adequate notice of whether a banker 's draft or telegraphic transfer is required .
10 It will take time for the resources and expertise to build up , but it is hoped that the will and intention to provide a first-class service now exists .
11 Perhaps it is hoped that the interest or pleasure generated by the event will be transferred mentally to the product name .
12 It is hoped that the analysis and insights from these other countries ( viz. Lesotho , Zimbabwe , Botswana and Nigeria ) may serve to stimulate introspection from PHC enthusiasts from within South Africa , including the staff of the Health Services Development Unit ( HSDU ) which has been my source of inspiration .
13 It is observed that the maria and the large unfilled basins tend to lie in the equatorial regions of the Moon .
14 i It is believed that the government and the tobacco industry are on the verge of signing a new voluntary agreement , according to a report in Marketing .
15 The constraint is specified that the citing and cited objects must be members of the set text : therefore , the identifiers of the text units must conform to the structure of text.id and the text units must be instances of the class text to enforce referential integrity .
16 It is required that the text and control data available to the users should be up to date .
17 It is suggested that the timing and the content of new strategies differed markedly between BR and RENFE .
18 In order to obtain a profile which summarises the child 's grammatical strengths and weaknesses , it is suggested that the teacher or therapist carry out a total of eight scans of the transcript .
19 Derrida or one of his disciples is to feel that the mystification and intimidation of the reader is the ultimate aim of the enterprise . ’
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