Example sentences of "it is [vb pp] that [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is said that nothing so concentrates a man 's mind as the knowledge that he is to be hanged in the morning . |
| 2 | It is said that one can not go anywhere — I know that this was true in west Africa — without meeting someone from Upton who will give good and wise advice . |
| 3 | Across all divisions , Heartwatch participants are getting younger and younger and it is hoped that everyone who is waiting to be involved in the programme will be given an appointment before summer 1993 . |
| 4 | It is hoped that someone might be found from Africa . |
| 5 | The presidential year does cost the individual money ; if it is decided that one 's partner goes to dinners then this comes out of the individual 's pocket and is not subsidised , at least in my case , by anyone else , and it is entirely a matter of personal choice as to how this part of the arrangements is made . |
| 6 | Not of course that the reasoning is invalid , or that the paradigm itself can not be questioned when it is sensed that something is going wrong ; indeed it is its destiny to lead eventually to intolerable anomalies and be replaced by another . |
| 7 | However , if that application process takes a long time , it is felt that one can not upset that person 's lifestyle — he may be married — and he is allowed to stay . |
| 8 | It is assumed that anyone knows how to run a workshop , publicize a meeting , organize a local campaign , set up a committee — or whatever . |
| 9 | While it is recognized that anyone might experience anger at some time , and engage in a quarrel , most would not admit to having done so . |
| 10 | When asked a question such as ‘ What do you do ? ’ , it is implied that something more should be going on , that standing around on a comer must be a means to an end . |
| 11 | It is implied that anybody with mental illness in the community who refuses medication might be compelled to take it . |
| 12 | It is estimated that one in three people will develop cancer at some stage in their lives . |
| 13 | Provided the ultimate prognosis were one of improvement or recovery , it is submitted that anyone — doctor , medical attendant , or other — who turns off the ventilator with knowledge that death will result and an intent to bring this about is guilty of murder . |
| 14 | It is known that none of the three thousand or so of letters were received by the children until their return home . |
| 15 | From this it is deduced that one who is seised must have an estate , and unless he claims through some gift which cuts down the estate then it will be a fee simple … |
| 16 | Grant and the rest , however , believe the fans should know how the board feels about Celtic 's crisis , but it is thought that no-one on the board wants Brady 's resignation . |
| 17 | They are therefore sometimes known collectively as ostracoderms ( bony-skinned ) and it is thought that one or other ostracoderm groups gave rise to the gnathostomes . |
| 18 | It is thought that none of the selection of vintage aircraft sold , the Stearman , for example , reaching £30,000 against a reasonably realistic estimate of £35–38,000 . |
| 19 | It is reported that everyone in the area has lost a relative as a direct result of pollution . |
| 20 | If one suppresses the name , one does not suppress the rest of what is reported , so it is reported that someone , or perhaps more than one person who has been defamed , has done something in the course of the case and it may be that he or she is not known to the public and is of no interest to the public . |
| 21 | In starting a negotiation it is suggested that one has a clear plan from the start identifying : |
| 22 | It is suggested that one or other method of service be expressly incorporated . |
| 23 | It is considered that something in the region of 40g daily should be quite sufficient to protect your health in all the ways which have been described , and to make it much easier for you to control your weight in the future . |
| 24 | This is taking up time , but if hon. Members are alleging that I took a point of order from the hon. Member for Surbiton ( Mr. Tracey ) , I did so because the Chair has to hear the point of order if it is alleged that something unparliamentary happened during the course of Question Time . |
| 25 | It is anticipated that one in five Britons will be carers by the turn of the century . |
| 26 | It is anticipated that anyone who has been admitted already to the AVMA panel will either be automatically admitted to the Law Society Medical Negligence Panel or will certainly receive something by way of an exemption . |