Example sentences of "is [verb] that [art] [noun sg] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main aim of the group is to see that every dog is muzzled in public . |
| 2 | . The last one then , erm , C P is the completer. and their role is to see that the team is protected as far as possible from mistakes and they also maintain a sense of urgency within the team . |
| 3 | The job of the trustee is to see that the fund is managed within the terms of its ‘ trustee deed ’ . |
| 4 | Any repairs or replacements or renewals of furnishings are noted on the cards , and they are constantly referred to by the housekeeping and maintenance departments , whose responsibility it is to see that the room is maintained to the required standard . |
| 5 | No-one is suggesting that the Government is trying to gag its critics , but the fact that relations between it and Fleet Street are n't as cosy as they once were perhaps makes it easier for the Government to introduce the tax at present . |
| 6 | Another company has now bought the freeholds and is demanding that the money is paid — in some cases amounting to almost two thousand pounds . |
| 7 | Rather , it is claimed that a culture is intellectually superior because it has acquired that technology . |
| 8 | It is claimed that the church is one of the most complete examples of the Milanese baroque style , but I think the best feature is the campanile , the only part of the older building that remains . |
| 9 | In time so much rock is dissolved that a hole is formed , called a swallow hole , and beneath it there is an underground pipe , as at Gaping Gill in Yorkshire and Eldon Hole in Derbyshire . |
| 10 | ( a ) Stamp duty Because it is considered that a settlement is created by each of the transactions contemplated in this chapter ( see p99 ) the documents concerned should be lodged ( together with a copy thereof ) for adjudication . |
| 11 | Marriage in Judaism is of such a high status that when a Jewish couple are married , it is considered that the home is like a small version of the Temple and spirituality is brought to everyday life by keeping the biblical laws . |
| 12 | If the debts and expenses have not been paid but have been secured , the report must state whether it is considered that the security is satisfactory ( r 6.207(3) ) . |
| 13 | This is not to press for a reversal of the present position , but to understand that if the work of research students is to be understood in educational terms , then the first step is to accept that the role is a hybrid of research and of higher education . |
| 14 | The rejoinder to this is to accept that the counter is pointing to a real feature of academic thought , which is that the consensus of the relevant disciplinary community does indeed offer some measure of reliability and raises knowledge claims above mere whim ; but that does not in itself amount to a demonstration of the ‘ progress ’ of knowledge . |
| 15 | Iraq is denying that the move is a bid to have sanctions lifted . |
| 16 | If the reader or his partner(s) are members of the Faculty of Taxation of the Institute , it is recommended that an approach is made to tax counsel for an opinion under the special terms available before hearing by the Commissioners . |
| 17 | It is recommended that the installation is carried out by a qualified tradesman , or , at least , is checked by one . |
| 18 | On many occasions assessments will be carried out because it is suspected that a child is experiencing some difficulty with linguistic communication , or because there are other areas of functioning in which the child is having difficulty which may have implications for language development . |
| 19 | Where it is suspected that a piece is made up of unrelated fragments , the composition can sometimes be studied to sort out which fragments are original , or at least which ones belong together . |
| 20 | Nor from the point of view of the speaker , is there any hard and fast boundary between these and a non-restrictive adjective used in order to make explicit some property , when it is suspected that the hearer is unaware that it is implied by the use of the noun , as with poisonous in : ( 10 ) she threw Maisie 's lunch-box out of the window because it had a poisonous red-back spider in it Note that ( 10 ) further exemplifies the fact that whether an adjective is taken as restrictive or not depends on the rest of the entity-identifying phrase rather than just on the head noun . |
| 21 | In the Far East it is said that a girl is not eligible for marriage until she can cook a perfect bowl of rice . |
| 22 | IT is said that every bride is beautiful and this is mostly true . |
| 23 | ‘ It is said that the past is another country . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It is said that the pattern is mentioned in records dating back to the fifth century BC , which is to say that it was known well before the Roman invasion . |
| 27 | It is said that the stench is so appalling that no one can go near them now . |
| 28 | Since the mental element required for the commission of the the offences of organisation and participation is knowledge which the courts increasingly interpret to require an awareness of all the circumstances by virtue of which it is said that an offence is committed , it may well be sensible police practice to issue a warning before arresting and prosecuting with an offence under this Part of the Act . |
| 29 | This thought can be entertained only if it is accepted that the universe is eternal and timeless , and the theory of a once only chance association of circumstances causing life , be abandoned . |
| 30 | Again no claim is made that the list is complete . |