Example sentences of "it is [vb pp] [conj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hypothesised that words processed at deeper levels will be better recognised than those processed to only a shallow level and that reaction times will be longer at deeper levels of processing . |
| 2 | Secondly , a wage-change variable is included in addition to a price variable since it is hypothesised that workers may seek to unionise not only to defend existing standards of living but also to attempt to improve upon them . |
| 3 | It is still maintained by the sophisticated falsificationist that theories can be falsified and rejected while it is denied that theories can ever be established as true or probably true . |
| 4 | It is intended that managers will have greater freedom to make the service meet the needs of the environment . |
| 5 | This is a fund to which it is intended that LECs will bid competitively with the intention of developing innovative ways to help unemployed people into work and create jobs . |
| 6 | It is intended that loans will replace parental contributions and that repayments will be similar to mortgage repayments . |
| 7 | It is recognised that nurses must care for patients during recognised holidays but they should not be expected to be in the classroom . |
| 8 | It is recognised that signs , leaflets and labels have their place , but that the most effective communication takes place at the personal level . |
| 9 | In particular , it is recognised that agents may use some assets as a buffer-stock against unforeseen changes in net receipts . |
| 10 | The old system had fallen into disrepute because of its widespread use as a tax dodge , and because it encouraged conifer planting , but it is recognised that grants are not as effective . |
| 11 | It is recognised that assignments and case studies can also be significant aspects of learning and teaching approaches in the modules as well as being used for summative assessment purposes . |
| 12 | However , it is recognised that awards for comparable injuries should be comparable and in practice in an individual case the amount of the award is much influenced by the amounts of awards in previous cases in which the injuries appear to have been comparable , adjusted as appropriate in the light of the fall in the value of money since such awards were made . |
| 13 | It is said that Arabs have no compunction about reneging on a deal , that they will blow hot and cold , use the phrase ‘ God willing ’ to suit their own purpose , say ‘ yes ’ when they mean ‘ no ’ and generally confuse their more direct Western counterparts . |
| 14 | It is said that Farafrans know the night sky better than most people know the rooms of their own home . |
| 15 | By contrast , the Corinthians passage in which Paul speaks of male headship , and in which it is said that women should be silent ( a verse which is probably an interpolation and does not owe to Paul ) , he is concerned with a practical situation which has arisen , a situation in which the church , still insecure in a pagan world , was likely to cause scandal if it departed too far from social convention — and his concern is that it should not unnecessarily put itself in jeopardy . |
| 16 | It is said that vegetarians ( who do not eat meat or fish ) are healthier and live longer than meat-eaters . |
| 17 | Gwennap Pit was originally an amphitheatre created by mining subsidence , and it is said that tinners held their cock-fighting ‘ mains ’ ( matches ) in it , but in the eighteenth century John Wesley preached his fiery sermons to the large crowds of tinners and their families who gathered here . |
| 18 | It is said that Nos. 25 and 34 were taken out of service and loaned to the War Office for use as Searchlight cars . |
| 19 | It is said that assumptions on which he was apparently prepared to proceed have now been shown to be unsound . |
| 20 | It is said that lords and ladies and royalty were entertained here , and known that George Fox , the founder of the Quakers , preached here . |
| 21 | Next , it is said that lawyers and judges are not familiar with Parliamentary procedures and will therefore have difficulty in giving proper weight to the Parliamentary materials . |
| 22 | It is said that MPs have not had many letters about the case , in which three businessmen nearly went to jail for doing what the Government had encouraged them to do . |
| 23 | It is said that men mature as they grow older like a good red wine , but that a woman 's beauty fades with age . |
| 24 | There is good reason for its common name ; the bruised foliage , whose odour has mint-like associations , induces cats to roll all over the plant , eventually ruining it , but it is said that plants grown from seed will be safe until dying down , or withering for some reason . |
| 25 | Now I think it 's in Alice in Wonderland , that it is said that words mean what I intend them to mean . |
| 26 | This may be why it is said that couples who pray together , stay together . |
| 27 | It is said that tunnels once used by escapers from the castle still exist beneath the grounds . |
| 28 | After all , it is said that children grow out of crime and naturally move to independence from their families . |
| 29 | Often the contents of a reply are non-committal ; it is said that points made by a committee are noted or that certain matters will be kept under review . |
| 30 | It is said that yaks ' milk is sometimes used and in Italy buffalos ' milk is made into cheese . |