Example sentences of "[that] it is [be] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Having set up a certain attitude and a certain power , you must check , by scanning your flight instruments , that the desired performance is being achieved , and also that it is being maintained .
2 Although doubt has been cast on that finding by the results of the national survey ( see Parker 1982 : 90 ) , McGoldrick and Cooper 's research was conducted after the national survey and it has helped to encourage a view that attitudes towards early retirement are changing significantly and that it is being regarded more and more favourably by older workers ( see for example , House of Commons Select Committee on Social Services 1982 ) .
3 This development is quite new in British higher education ( and there are signs that it is being incorporated in some universities ) .
4 Indeed , it is ironic that it is being pressed into use for ‘ social market ’ theories when the original papal encyclical seems closer to Mrs Thatcher than Ludwig Erhard : ‘ that which the individual can achieve through personal initiative should not be the business of society ’ .
5 In its humped posture it runs along in a zigzag path , quivering its wings and stopping every so often to make sure that it is being followed .
6 Whim said that ‘ it is absolutely urgent — people have got to realise that it is being withdrawn ’ .
7 It seems that it is being said that , with the onset of the campaigns , the Department feared a flood of ’ non-specific applications ’ and therefore withdrew the original regulations and laid new regulations , to come into force the following day .
8 The region or local office may feel that it is being dictated to by a central office that has no understanding of local needs and conditions .
9 So we need to have some check that it is being done in the right circumstances .
10 On the other hand , the effect of live broadcasting will be increased now that it is being done on Wednesdays as well .
11 ‘ It is abysmal that it is being done in this piecemeal way .
12 SERC chairman Sir Mark Richmond announced that it is being given additional support to help achieve some of NCS 's recommendations .
13 To ‘ work to ensure a system of legal liability for members which provides a reasonable balance between the interests of auditors , preparers and users of accounts ’ is ranked 14th in a list of 15 detailed objectives , which does not encourage one to believe that it is being given a proper priority .
14 Research indicates that behaviour may be altered by the very fact that it is being monitored .
15 There might be a faint possibility that it is being bound , although this applies more to periodicals than to textbooks .
16 Other bizarre delusions , for instance about the body ; e.g. that it is being transformed into that of a werewolf .
17 Just to avoid confusion , the slave machine pops up a small banner at the top of the screen to let you know that it is being controlled from the other machine .
18 2.1 Express indications of confidentiality Where the person disclosing information expressly states to the recipient that it is being disclosed in confidence this will usually suffice to impose an obligation of confidence ( assuming the information has the necessary quality of confidence ) .
19 Firstly , if the defendant receives the information in the knowledge that it is being disclosed in breach of confidence he will be bound by an obligation of confidence ( see for example Albert ( Prince ) v Strange ( 1849 ) 1 Mac & G 25 , Schering Chemicals v Falkman [ 1981 ] 2 WLR 848 ) .
20 However one designs the procedure — whether a parliamentary procedure or a public inquiry — the majority of poeple will think that it is unfair that it is being forced or inflicted on them .
21 One explanation of the progressive advance of the temperature rhythm is that it is being driven by a body clock that is running too fast .
22 Your solicitor will be your best friend during the claim process , so make sure you keep him supplied with all the information required and see that it is being filed promptly with the agency .
23 The way forward is for the Government to admit that the guarantee is not being delivered and that it is being overwhelmed by the recession .
24 Whannel believes that the main reason why this terminology has taken such an enduring grip is that it is being used to serve the commercial interests of Football League and club officials as part of a hidden agenda to attract a new type of football audience ( the ‘ family audience ’ ) and thereby solve the game 's economic crisis .
25 This does not merely indicate that the framework for intrinsic factor production is in place but that it is being produced actively by the parietal cell from the end of the first trimester .
26 THE spring Town Crier came yesterday and what a terrific read it is now that it is being produced by Darlington College of Technology students .
27 So , although it is tragic that every therapist is now hearing more and more from their patients about the way they were abused in the past , the fact that it is being brought out into the open and talked about publicly does bring some relief to those who until recently thought that their case was an isolated one .
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