Example sentences of "[conj] it is [vb pp] that [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It may be that this goddess was worshipped at the peak sanctuaries , where it is known that pyres were lit ; the later Artemis cult also involved mountain-top bonfires .
2 Where it is expected that circulars , advertisements and other public documents will be used as part of the takeover process it will be important that all statements contained in them can be substantiated with adequate fact .
3 discretion or it is hoped that pupils would be afforded the opportunity to make their own , if
4 If they are placed in secondary roles , or it is assumed that women 's identity is to be found in mothering , then the fact of their presence reinforces a certain understanding of the feminine .
5 Although it is assumed that birds have not a highly developed sense of taste , both tits and blackbirds , despite any flamboyant coloration to attract them , recognise Sturmers as worthy of attention , and those out of reach , when harder weather prevails , will , as in former winters , attract both fieldfares and winter-visiting blackcaps .
6 Although it is known that Hains had genuine and legitimate professional links with Georges Rudier , the nephew of Rodin 's own bronze-founder , Alexis Rudier , further investigations still have to determine how Hains came to acquire original Rodin plaster casts .
7 The claim that status frustration is the motivating factor also suffers from a middle-class bias , in that it is assumed that delinquents cherish middle-class status goals , such as educational success .
8 Now I think it 's in Alice in Wonderland , that it is said that words mean what I intend them to mean .
9 Once it is accepted that principles can be part of the law for reasons not reflecting convention but just because they are morally appealing , then a door is opened for the more threatening idea that some principles are part of the law because of their moral appeal , even though they contradict what convention has endorsed .
10 The submissions made to your Lordships on the basis of the history of eleemosynary corporations do not seem to me to justify the drawing of such a distinction at the present time once it is accepted that certiorari can be available ( as in Thomas ) on some grounds .
11 There are obvious attractions in affording the Registrar an additional weapon in the form of a penalty recoverable by civil suit to which there is no defence once it is shown that accounts have not been delivered on time .
12 A common observation has been that there are soils in which some diseases never seem to occur and it is presumed that microorganisms that are antagonistic to pathogens naturally occur in these ‘ suppressive soils ’ .
13 The conference will be held at Gleneagles Hotel from 11–13 November , and it is hoped that delegates will include , doctors , sports scientists , physiotherapists , coaches , athletes and administrators .
14 The first meeting was held in January 1992 for tomato growers and it is hoped that clubs will be established for all crop groups by the end of 1994 .
15 The Scottish Railway Preservation Society has made contact with General Maude 's Regiment , The Coldstream Guards , and it is hoped that members of the Maude family to be guests at the locomotive 's celebration .
16 These visits will be taking place throughout this year and it is hoped that members ' work will encourage these galleries to give the artists some sort of exhibition exposure .
17 MITI is working to ensure that there is broader and more open international collaboration in the New Information Processing Technology Programme than was possible in the Fifth Generation Programme , and it is hoped that organisations in other countries may be able to play a major role both in the research and its exploitation .
18 The Bar is increasingly recognised as a world leader in the use of video conferencing as a practice tool , and it is hoped that practitioners will make more general use of the facility in its new home at Warwick Court ( ) .
19 Gwennap Pit was originally an amphitheatre created by mining subsidence , and it is said that tinners held their cock-fighting ‘ mains ’ ( matches ) in it , but in the eighteenth century John Wesley preached his fiery sermons to the large crowds of tinners and their families who gathered here .
20 It is furthermore of great importance that the devices interfere less with working procedures than traditional shielding equipment does , and it is experienced that investigators use them more frequently than the traditional large shields .
21 The Equal Opportunities Officer is now in post and it is anticipated that costs will reduce next year .
22 The TUC 's response to such criticisms has been characteristically heavy-handed : McIlroy was barred from teaching on TUC courses , and it is alleged that attempts have been made to stifle debate .
23 In Slovakia , Christian Democratic clubs have been formed before the establishment of a party , and it is expected that counterparts in Bohemia and Moravia will follow .
24 SCIAF has been supporting income-generation schemes for AIDS sufferers in Uganda as well as training and counselling , and it is expected that demands for assistance with AlDS-related projects will increase substantially in the next few years .
25 The current study shows that Hand is likely to have retrieved the vast majority of derived papers , and it is suggested that studies in other subject fields would be statistically safe in limiting themselves to similar time periods .
26 The current study shows that Hand is likely to have retrieved the vast majority of derived papers , and it is suggested that studies in other subject fields would be statistically safe in limiting themselves to similar time periods .
27 ‘ The terrorist group included a youth of about fifteen with bleached hair and it is thought that glimpses of this boy were used skilfully to support the terrorists ' claims .
28 However , even if it is accepted that treaties do not perform a single function and should not all be subject to the same rules , there remains the threshold question of how treaties are best conceptualised and categorised .
29 Less obvious is the misguided logic it offers , for , if it is accepted that blacks have the natural ability and talent to do well in sports , then it can do no harm to encourage their participation in sport .
30 However , even if it is accepted that IIAs are marginal to the prospects of urban economic development and employment creation , it seems evident that some approaches to industrial improvement are more successful than others .
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