Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] that [ex0] " in BNC.

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1 Because the level of transactions was so high ahead of the slump in house prices , it is widely believed that there is a substantial number of homeowners waiting to sell when prices do start to recover .
2 It is widely known that there are harmful effects from inhalation of outfall from a lead works ; for children who ingest it by licking lead-painted toys ; and for families whose drinking water is supplied through lead pipes .
3 The accommodation consisted of semi-converted stables , and it will be known by those acquainted with the residence of horses that the door of a stable is so constructed that there are two gaps , one between the door and the floor and another between the door and the ceiling , and through these gaps blew drafts of freezing cold .
4 I wish I could join him in the corridor , but now it is so crammed that there is no room .
5 On many issues , the convergence with the Liberal Democrats is so marked that there may be mileage in cross-party initiatives .
6 It is generally recognised that there is a great deal of information in the speech wave — particularly prosodic information — which we are not yet able to isolate and use .
7 The term substantial steps is used because prior to that stage it is generally assumed that there is nothing for the offeror to disclose publicly .
8 This is not to claim that there would be a change in their basic natural impulses ( to assist animals or fellow beings , to protect children , prefer friends , and so on ) .
9 This is not to say that there are ideas and no things : that would be the ultimate scepticism .
10 Most Christians had a strong reserve towards that polytheism that pervaded society , which is not to say that there were not quiet compromisers , like the Christians of southern Spain early in the fourth century who held official cultic positions in the worship of Jupiter , or the bishop of Troy who could painlessly apostatize under Julian because he had never ceased to pray to the sun-god .
11 That is not to say that there are not many other ‘ innocent ’ causes for these two symptoms , but simply that urethritis , which is usually sexually transmitted , makes up the great majority of such cases .
12 This is not to say that there is only one right way of making such a choice but it can be helpful to have an insight into your own personal style of decisionmaking , and how this was applied to your career choice .
13 This is not to say that there is no place for the principle of legality in constitutional matters .
14 This is not to say that there are not many households where there is peace and contentment , when the old person is fortunate enough to keep well in mind and body even when she becomes frail , and where the daughter prefers to remain at home , and is able to make a satisfying life for herself .
15 This is not to say that there are not many people of good will who are working conscientiously for a more humane society , but such efforts inevitably succumb to the demonic .
16 This , of course , is not to say that there will be no hunt-ball afterwards .
17 This is not to say that there were no outstanding individuals or charismatic heroes .
18 This is not to say that there is no collaboration between organizations .
19 That is not to say that there is not the power to do it and , in my judgment , the Act provides for this exceptional circumstance to take place .
20 This is not to say that there are not important distinctions between , say , the large cities , or between declining industrial areas ; individual localities may all show different social relationships ( Cooke , 1989 ) ; it may be that similarities of trends in the 1960s and 1970s were in part coincidental , and that there will be salient differences in the 1990s .
21 That is not to say that there has been universal agreement , but there has been an attempt to discover what is best for the consumer .
22 This is not to say that there is a " natural " style for you ; all styles are constructs , and the question is not one of " authentic " versus " faked " but of appropriateness .
23 That is not to say that there was no literary skill around .
24 That is not to say that there are no theories , at least of some stages of the transition of some types of flow .
25 This is not to deny that there were not some major setbacks .
26 But to say that my desire for coffee is the cause is not to deny that there are physical structures in my brain that are the cause , or that those structures are present because of my previous experience .
27 This is not to deny that there may be good reasons why members of religious minorities should have sought a career in science and why they excelled in particular areas .
28 This is not to deny that there are those amongst the Sandinistas who are urging a more orthodox Marxist-Leninist approach to the problems of Nicaraguan development and the need to counter threats from Washington , but to date the Nicaraguan Communist party ( Partido Socialista Nicaragüense ) has been almost completely excluded from the process of implementing the revolution .
29 Nevertheless this is not to deny that there are some very curious features about the fossil record .
30 This is not to deny that there were unscrupulous landlords who were guilty of depopulation — the evidence that there were is clear .
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