Example sentences of "it is [verb] that [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given our endorsement of an Article 85 and Article 86 reform for UK competition policy , it is unsurprising that our evaluation of EC policy has been positive . |
| 2 | The evidence shows that such children will make greater progress in English if they know that their knowledge of their mother tongue is valued , if it is recognised that their experience of language is likely to be greater than that of their monoglot peers and , indeed , if their knowledge and experience can be put to good use in the classroom to the benefit of all pupils to provide examples of the structure and syntax of different languages , to provide a focus for discussion about language forms and for contrast and comparison with the structure of the English language . |
| 3 | And it is said that her sister , the Lady Isabella Thynne , saw the like of herself also , before she died . |
| 4 | It is said that his influence came through his extraordinary power , both learned and ‘ uncanny ’ , to rearrange suggestively the letters of the divine Name ( the Tetragrammaton : YHWH ) , which are so sacrosanct that they are considered to be unpronounceable . |
| 5 | Alternatively , he could argue that a defendant has sufficient awareness for the purposes of section 6(4) if he knows of the circumstances by which it is said that his conduct is disorderly . |
| 6 | It is said that his ghost still haunts the crypts below the tower and occasionally assists searching scholars . |
| 7 | It is said that his journey to America had taken him via Mexico , where he spent some time in discussion with Trotsky , on the issue of Negro involvement in the revolutionary movement . |
| 8 | one which does not exclude the bailor from possession , an action for conversion against a third person is maintainable by either bailor or bailee ; by the bailee because he is in possession , by the bailor because it is said that his title to the goods draws with it the right to possession , that the bailee is something like his servant and that the possession of the one is equivalent to that of the other . |
| 9 | It is said that his height at the time of his death was only 39 inches . |
| 10 | Alf had married quite early in his career , and it is said that his son , also Alfred , was an even more talented player . |
| 11 | To say that it is a duty to do it is to say that its consequences would be better than those which would ensue from any alternative . |
| 12 | Once the base is operational , it is hoped that its existence will facilitate contact between researchers in various institutions and disciplines , and help create a network between people who have a common interest in gender issues . |
| 13 | Many application forms for membership were handed out and it is hoped that our numbers will grow as a result . |
| 14 | Though the Library will miss his expertise and knowledge of the collection , it is hoped that his removal to Register House will further enhance the good relationship between the two institutions . |
| 15 | Bryan wanted to join the duchess , but it is understood that her father Major Ronald Ferguson — who is in Klosters — bluntly told her it would be a ‘ bad mistake ’ . |
| 16 | It is understood that his wife , a former assistant secretary of the association , is also resigning . |
| 17 | I am not suggesting that it is proven that our motives , reasons and purposes are not themselves reducible to mechanically operating causal factors , as a fully determinist model would have it ; but if that is the case , we are so far from being able to specify these factors that they do not offer a model we can actually work with — as we saw in the discussion of positivist criminology in Chapter 2 . |
| 18 | It is accepted that our journal list should be kept under continuous review , but the Library costs are actually below average for UK plant science research institutions ( Royal Society/SEPSU Policy Study ) , and should be protected against short-term financial exigencies . |
| 19 | This allows a comparison to be made between markets in countries that are at a different stage in their development , but it is assumed that their development will follow a similar pattern . |
| 20 | NOTE : In this article it is assumed that your machine has a hard disk called C : and MS-DOS is stored in a directory C : \DOS . |
| 21 | It is believed that their bogies were sent to Leeds as ‘ spare parts ’ . |
| 22 | Although the markets served by those businesses remained at a low level throughout 1992 , it is believed that our European aggregates businesses will become a significant contributor to the Group in the medium term . |
| 23 | More recently , Twin Peaks ( 1990- ) may be less surprising in its unsettling mix of crime , pastiche and parody when it is recognized that its coauthor , Mark Frost , was also a script writer of the first Hill Street Blues series . |
| 24 | ‘ The danger is that it is perceived that your board is already committed to change . |
| 25 | Rather , it is to emphasise that their members are in general uninformed about it ; and that even where they are not uninformed , they are for the most part unversed in it . |
| 26 | It is estimated that its completion alone will increase lorry traffic across frontiers by between 30 and 50 per cent . |
| 27 | It is recommended that their training stretches over a period of about 15 months from the time that they take up their post . |
| 28 | It is recommended that your database is large enough to cope with current LIFESPAN data plus an allocation for future data . |
| 29 | However , whilst Lord Denning 's view does not represent the law on this topic , it is submitted that his lack of faith in the traditional approach because the question of reasonableness is bound to be viewed with hindsight , is a valid criticism . |
| 30 | For this reason , amongst others , Reid 's recent suggestion that perhaps parents in Britain should , like those in France , lose some child benefit if it is proved that their children are truanting — ‘ Fines imposed on parents should be collected directly from child benefit ’ — deserves rejection . |