Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [verb] [that] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She expects him to be an untidy swimmer , but is irritated to find that he has a smooth powerful crawl which takes him through the water swiftly and seriously . |
| 2 | It is , however , worth looking at the parent fish when spawning is completed to check that they have not been damaged . |
| 3 | It argues that free market mechanisms can not resolve , or even erode , the North-South Divide and that positive national and regional planning is needed to ensure that it does not widen after 1993 . |
| 4 | This is got to confirm that they 've , they 've actually done the reading at home , yeah ? |
| 5 | So vague , indeed , is Mustakimzade that one is led to suspect that he doubts the validity of Abdulkerim 's claim to the Muftilik . |
| 6 | This fancy name is meant to indicate that you take only one loose-leaf binding cover to all lectures . |
| 7 | The country is very keen to host the summer Olympics in the year 2000 and , with a visit pending from an International Olympic Committee delegation , Beijing is determined to show that it has put the Tiananmen Square massacre behind it . |
| 8 | A propos , one is tempted to suggest that he reflect further on the Walther Benjamin question of the aura which perhaps no longer needs to be ‘ blocked ’ since it is historically lost . |
| 9 | The applicant is required to certify that he has taken nature conservation into account when implementing his scheme , even though the average farmer can not be expected to be capable of assessing such impacts . |
| 10 | It is mentioned to indicate that we stand at the start of communication changes and must prepare to play our part imaginatively in the future and not just retrospectively . |
| 11 | Thus the pilots may be found in the Engines Section absorbing the means whereby the aviation spirit and flames arrive at the right place at the right time to produce the urge for forward movement , or they could be watching in some fascination an array of lights and switches on a array known as ‘ electrics ’ which behave themselves so well under the persuasion of the engines instructor , but which flash and fail to respond in such heart-breaking fashion when the student is urged to demonstrate that he has ‘ got ’ it . |