Example sentences of "it be [adv] [verb] that [subord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is often said that as one market slows down another opens up and all is not doom and gloom . |
| 32 | Although this is uncontroversial where conversion is uncertain or unlikely , it is sometimes argued that where conversion is probable convertible debt should be reported outside liabilities . |
| 33 | It is sometimes argued that if the Earth , Venus and Mars were veneered by volatile-rich bodies subsequent to the main phase of accretion , then the inert gas graphs for the three planets in Figure 5.2 should lie roughly on top of each other . |
| 34 | It is sometimes said that whereas occult sciences , such as alchemy and astrology , were static in their theoretical content , modern science has been progressive . |
| 35 | It is sometimes said that if one wishes to reject such values one must do so by rejecting the very concepts incorporated in such words , and can not do this merely by applying their negation . |
| 36 | It is sometimes supposed that if this is so , there can be no rationality in ethics . |
| 37 | That is , it is sometimes found that when there is a part of a person 's life which is difficult or impossible to control , he or she will channel the need to exercise control onto some other aspect of behaviour such as food intake . |
| 38 | ‘ It is absolutely staggering that while the Ministry of Defence was deploying soldiers in the Gulf , the Department of Trade and Industry was allowing British companies to supply equipment that could be used for munitions to the enemy , ’ he said . |
| 39 | It is commonly agreed that while in some markets prices move in the way the model assumes — very quickly to equate changes in supply and demand — in other markets they do not . |
| 40 | It is commonly suggested that since faith depends on assumptions , it has nothing to do with knowledge , just as knowledge has no need of faith . |
| 41 | It is then assumed that if the child demonstrates a knowledge of the rules for producing or comprehending language in one setting , that knowledge will be transported with the child to any other setting and will be available for deployment in communicative interaction . |
| 42 | It is now recognised that if voting rights are to vary , separate classes of shares should be created so that the different number of votes can be attached to the shares themselves and not to the holder . |
| 43 | It is now recognised that as long as certain precautions are taken , the SP is indispensable ( Fig. 7 ) . |
| 44 | Through conversation , it was soon realised that although consultants welcomed the concept of the educational supervisor theoretically , they did not all wish to be burdened with this increased responsibility . |
| 45 | Since the earliest days of stepping motor development a large number of designs have appeared , but it was soon realised that if the motor is to produce a significant torque from a reasonable volume then both the stationary and rotating components must have large numbers of iron teeth , which must be able to carry a substantial magnetic flux . |
| 46 | It was firmly stated that where review was based upon breach of natural justice , the court should only be concerned with the manner in which the decision was reached and not with the correctness of the decision itself . |
| 47 | It was generally believed that if services were made available free to all , then they would be used by everyone who needed them . |
| 48 | It was also assumed that if people had more of their gross income to spend as they chose then they would purchase goods and services that they wanted rather than the state spending money on goods and services for which there may be little or no demand . |
| 49 | It was also said that if the bow should move of its own accord after it had been draped it was a bad omen . |
| 50 | Linked with this latter point , it was also reported that when it came to an evaluation of training courses " higher education providers revealed that their concern was very largely with improving the quality of their courses rather than assessing their effectiveness upon participants ' management practice in school " ( Wallace and Hall 1989:172 ) . |
| 51 | It was also found that while the aircraft was in service a modification to the door mechanism had been carried out in a way which did not comply with the appropriate service bulletin . |
| 52 | Not only throughout Britain , but in many parts of Europe and in the New World , it was widely accepted that if a person succeeded in erecting a dwelling on common or waste land between sunset and sunrise and lighting a fire in it he could not lawfully be dispossessed . |
| 53 | It was widely believed that if the individual was allowed to follow his own interests , within the law of the land , then general good would result . |
| 54 | It was widely rumoured that when the party leader , Klement Gottwald , died , in March 1953 , it was from grief at the death of Stalin a few weeks earlier . |
| 55 | It was widely rumoured that if the Sagawa Kyubin affair was to be fully revealed its scope would surpass not only the Kyowa scandal , but also the Recruit affair . |
| 56 | At the time it was widely forecast that if the Lords ' experiment was a success the Commons would be forced to follow suit . |
| 57 | It was then believed that if a cat crossed your path and did you no harm , you had been incredibly lucky . |
| 58 | It was then contended that because the name , the signature as the judge had held it to be , had been written at the top of the document before the dispositive contents had been written , it could not have been intended ‘ to give effect to ’ the dispositive contents . |
| 59 | Over the past couple of years , Waverley Borough Council have been considering a number of plans to redevelop the area and it was recently decided that because of the state of the building it should be demolished . |
| 60 | It was always thought that if an investor ( or purchaser ) completed an agreement knowing that some of the warranties were untrue and that fact had not been disclosed , then he would not be prevented from bringing an action for breach of warranty , though the equitable remedy of rescission for misrepresentation would not be available as the investor could not satisfy the requirement to come to equity with clean hands . |