Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] is [adv] [vb pp] [that] " in BNC.
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| 91 | ( Some 15 other states where the Moral Majority are by no means the silent majority , had hoped to pass similar laws , but it is now assumed that the case will go to appeal and eventually reach the Supreme Court ) . |
| 92 | But it is now argued that the increased radiation would be no more than the existent difference between the poles and the equator . |
| 93 | It used to be argued that turbulence was necessary to ensure the oxygenation of the water and the continuation of the food supply , but it is now thought that the main role of turbulence is in getting rid of excess carbon dioxide . |
| 94 | Hyenas have always been thought of as scavengers but it is now known that they are also vigorous nocturnal hunters . |
| 95 | The details of the legend 's growth are obscure , but it is now known that it was developing steadily in northern Spain and southern France in the centuries between the eighth and the eleventh . |
| 96 | This was a time of panic , in which one farmer alleged that a thousand of his sheep had been killed by these parrots ; but it is now known that they rarely kill sheep . |
| 97 | Until quite recently it was considered that it was the crust that attained equilibrium with respect to the mantle , but it is now known that isostatic adjustments also involve the rigid mantle forming the lower part of the lithosphere . |
| 98 | We do not need here to rehearse the contentious issues which surround integration , but it is sometimes aimed that the placement of a child in a mainstream school constitutes integration , or , in any event , that we all understand the same meaning of this term . |
| 99 | But it is sometimes forgotten that as far back as 1909 he built his own aeroplane in which he then made the first recorded flight over Ireland . |
| 100 | But it is commonly held that Mind and Matter both have existence , separately , one from the other . |
| 101 | But it is often assumed that so doing is to be following in the footsteps of Marx , when he gave his example of luxury goods production , basing himself on the premise that the sub-department lib produced only goods for capitalist consumption . |
| 102 | But it is often implied that these were the result of particular social and political circumstances . |
| 103 | But it is often forgotten that even less physical sports such as bowls , and even snooker , where the same movement is repeated many times , can cause problems , too . |