Example sentences of "are [verb] that it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier Griffin has bemoaned the fact that ‘ throughout our educational system students are taught that it is unscientific to ask what an animal thinks or feels ’ ( 1984 : vii ) . |
| 2 | Polygamy is now going out of favour , especially as the risk of contracting AIDS through multiple sexual partners is high , and as women become more liberated they are demanding that it be made illegal . |
| 3 | Staff and students are reminded that it is their responsibility to ensure that all books on loan to them from the Library are kept securely , in good condition , away from harmful environments , and readily accessible to Library staff in the event of their being required for other readers . |
| 4 | Teachers are reminded that it is necessary to notify the office if they have candidates for this award . |
| 5 | Especially when they are tipped that it was you who topped him . ’ |
| 6 | Thus we are told that it is a ‘ good film ’ , is ‘ riveting viewing ’ and has ‘ excellent acting ’ but are never told what makes a film ‘ good ’ , why certain images are ‘ riveting ’ or what is ‘ excellent acting ’ . |
| 7 | If they ask for an explanation and are told that it is shooting at a wooden bird in the graveyard with bows and arrows , they may think they are being hoaxed . |
| 8 | We are told that it is the most flexible and fast-reacting source of aid , and that is exactly why we have pursued that route . |
| 9 | Participants in a television programme , for example , who are told that it is a " pilot " which will not be transmitted , can not be held responsible for defamatory statements they have made if it is subsequently screened at prime time . |
| 10 | It is ‘ well written ’ ( Edward Peace , The Sunday Times , 13 July 1988 ) with a ‘ certain stylish force ’ ( The Daily Telegraph , 4 July 1988 ) , the ‘ verisimilitude achieved by … script and direction has been dazzling ’ ( Paul Paterson , The Daily Mirror , 4 July 1988 ) and all are agreed that it is a ‘ first class production ’ ( Edward Pearce , The Sunday Times , 13 July 1988 ) . |
| 11 | Scholars of Confucianism are agreed that it is not so much a religion as a guide to a system of political organisation , and as time went on , it too fell victim to divisions and disputes . |
| 12 | In the election campaign you are arguing that it 's the guarantor of the transition . |
| 13 | I 'm , I 'm , quite amazed that , that , the question has even been asked , you know , that er that , that , er is this a good thing , I mean er presumably the people that are arguing that it 's not a good thing and that are concerned about events are actually condoning imperialism , er these people seem to think that it 's okay for a country to be occupied er like Poland was occupied by Germany and Czechoslovakia and France , that 's okay er and in fact you know we should just turn a blind eye to it and just let it carry on forever . |
| 14 | They are arguing that it is not fair to have the ‘ haves ’ and the ‘ have-nots ’ ; it 's not fair to have a north and south divide . |
| 15 | It was taken in the early 1900s , but we are assured that it is not a tinted photograph , but a true colour print . |