Example sentences of "but it [be] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 61 | That is still the government 's public view , but it is understood that privately ministers have conceded they may have to change the law in three or four years . |
| 62 | No official announcement has yet been made by the DoH , but it is understood that the new ‘ community care unit ’ is to be headed by Liz Wolstenholme , general manager of Bradford Family Health Services Authority and one of the 18 members of the original Support Force . |
| 63 | United States judges also have gone abroad on rare occasions , e.g. , to England in the Westinghouse case , but it is understood that the United States now discourages this practice . |
| 64 | But it is understood that a new report is critical of the system developed at the Peto institute in Hungary , finding no difference with conventional therapies . |
| 65 | Former Irish international Dr Geraldine Barniville from Dublin has been nominated as the new president but it is understood that Ulster 's Billy Bell and Paddy McAuley the outgoing treasurer and secretary will not be standing for election. , It is widely acknowledged that Paddy McIlroy , past president of Ulster , and the outgoing Irish vice-president , made a major contribution in drafting the new constitution and by-laws . |
| 66 | Palace have accepted a bid of £1m from City but it is understood that Sheffield Wednesday have made an identical offer . |
| 67 | No explanation was given in the SAC 's statement , but it is understood that once the recent problems of the orchestra have been resolved the SAC may be prepared to consider other funding . |
| 68 | Officially , a spokesman for Trainload Freight sector said BR was in negotiation with PowerGen about a new contract , but it is understood that BR sees the contract cancellation as merely a negotiation ploy and feels a new deal could be struck . |
| 69 | Senior tutors may make offers on conditions differing from the norm to take account of an applicant 's special circumstances , but it is stressed that this should be an exceptional practice in case targets be overshot . |
| 70 | However , it has been agreed that they should be analogous in structure and language to the National Certificate Module descriptors , but it is anticipated that they may not be so prescriptive in content . |
| 71 | Little systematic evidence on Asian girls is available at present , but it is emerging that their educational achievements are continually improving and it is clear that the common image of the docile Asian girl uninterested in education and ‘ torn ’ between western and Asian cultures is a gross stereotype ( Brah and Minhas , 1986 ) . |
| 72 | As eating-time continues , the body sends out more and more satiety signals , but it is estimated that it takes about twenty minutes for a meal to have its full effect in filling our stomachs and sending out all the other physical signals of sufficiency . |
| 73 | Exact numbers of step-families are unknown , but it is estimated that there are between 1 and 1 . |
| 74 | IBM 's investment in Supercomputing Systems has never been disclosed , but it is estimated that the company needed at least $200m to get this far . |
| 75 | The idea that people can be sensitive to natural gas is a contentious one , but it is claimed that some people have made dramatic recoveries after removing the gas supply from their house . |
| 76 | And they could have continued to pay £1 a year for the next 21 years but it is claimed that they failed to act in time . |
| 77 | Of course , this is easier said than done , but it is thought that up to 50% of births of this type could be prevented by better standards of care . |
| 78 | Estimates vary but it is thought that in 1574 the population of Prague was 5 per cent Catholic . |
| 79 | The date of its founder , Zarathustra ( Zoroaster is the Greek form of his name ) , is uncertain but it is thought that he flourished in the first half of the sixth century BC . |
| 80 | These awful conditions naturally made it quite impossible to tell what was happening actually on Krakatoa , but it is thought that some milder explosive activity continued . |
| 81 | Because no records of these are kept , the number of victims is unknown , but it is thought that nearly 200 die in street falls per annum in England and Wales . |
| 82 | The full extent of the work carried out is not known , but it is thought that at least the outboard wing panels were replaced but certainly it was given four new Merlin 22 engines , H2S and the navigation aid Rebecca , as well as a brand new paint scheme . |
| 83 | The Office for Fine Arts has not made definite plans about the procedure to be followed but it is thought that those institutions which already have some of the works of art on loan will be allowed to keep them , while the museums will be able to choose from what is left . |
| 84 | Examples of jackets faced in this way do survive , badged to Militia and Volunteer units ; but it is thought that few , if any , Regular officers acquired them . |
| 85 | There is very little known abut the carvers of medieval bench ends but it is thought that most of them were ordinary local craftsmen , and so there would have been no reason to record this fact . |
| 86 | Persian values also made themselves felt at native satrapal courts : a recently published Greek verse inscription from Lycian Xanthos , put up by a local dynast , echoes Persian educational ideals ( ‘ riding , shooting and speaking the truth ’ , Hdt. i. 136 ) when it speaks of : The dynast in question is called Arbinas : he is certainly a Lycian but it is thought that the form of the name is Persian . |
| 87 | This subsection does not , of course , affect any liability for negligence which the defendant may incur qua occupier of the premises or keeper of the animal , but it is thought that the keeping of guard dogs is consistent with the occupier 's duty to trespassers , provided at least some warning of their presence is given . |
| 88 | Thus George Harrison 's song " My Sweet Lord " was alleged to have infringed an earlier song " He 's so Fine " , but it is thought that the evidence required to support this proposition would have to be quite strong . |
| 89 | There are problems with this case discussed later , but it is thought that the accused would still be guilty nowadays . |
| 90 | The significance of this observation is still unknown , but it is thought that such larvae may resume development if the adult hookworm population is removed by an anthelmintic or at times of stress such as lactation . |