Example sentences of "it is understood that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is understood that the US Trade Representative , Carla Hills , is insisting the US retain powers to act unilaterally against European steel producers judged by Washington to be breaking the code . |
| 2 | However , it is understood that Mr Smith , despite his non-executive position on the Eagle board , will take an active role in the running of Samuelson . |
| 3 | It is understood that the Bank of England backed higher rates to protect the pound but was less convinced that they needed to be raised to cool down the economy any further . |
| 4 | However , it is understood that the Bundesbank might favour a much lower exchange rate — of around DM2.70 — for sterling 's eventual entry into the mechanism . |
| 5 | It is understood that the Government has done nothing to discourage City expectations that it will curtail its gilt-edged buying programme . |
| 6 | It is understood that the documents include material identifying several informants . |
| 7 | But it is understood that Pepsi 's market share in France for cola drinks dropped from 18 per cent in the early 1980s to roughly 10 per cent despite an expanding market . |
| 8 | It is understood that both companies will continue to operate independently and that will mean that arrangements such as Cointreau 's joint venture with GrandMet 's IDV as well as Cinzano will remain in place . |
| 9 | It is understood that British Petroleum chairman , Sir Peter Walters has been shortlisted to take over the job . |
| 10 | It is understood that unarmed policemen accompanied the returning Vietnamese , and that two very senior government officials were on the plane when it landed in the Vietnamese capital , Hanoi . |
| 11 | It is understood that they were questioned in connection with threats to firebomb bookshops . |
| 12 | It is understood that Farrington Stead was set up by former employees of Barlow Clowes . |
| 13 | It is understood that Lloyds was chosen to withhold its co-operation when 10 banks agreed in November to participate in preparations for the scheme 's introduction next autumn . |
| 14 | But it is understood that most of the banks who have lent money to Bond have secured their loans against assets or have made provisions against ultimate default . |
| 15 | It is understood that , because the victims of the Awiel plane crash were badly mutilated , doctors who had packed the bodies before shipment to France had taken extra precautions , and an explosion from decomposition was therefore said to have been unlikely . |
| 16 | It is understood that the commission has also raised the issue of discrimination with Mr Geoffrey Dear , the West Midlands Chief Constable . |
| 17 | No further information is available at present , but it is understood that police are interviewing the five people arrested . ’ |
| 18 | It is understood that the IMF has scaled back its expectations for growth in the main industrial economies this year from nearly 3 p.c. to just under 2 p.c . |
| 19 | It is understood that he would have liked to have been offered the post of Leader of the House . |
| 20 | It is understood that Mr Major wanted her to be prisons minister , and there was speculation last night that she might have been reluctant to be back in harness with Mr Kenneth Clarke , the Home Secretary , who was her boss at the Health Department during the eggs affair . |
| 21 | Although Vauxhall has given assurances that all existing facilities will be replaced , it is understood that many will be at out-of-town sites . |
| 22 | France does have legislation against age definitions in job advertisements , but it is understood that this is not enforced in any way . |
| 23 | Once it is understood that the symptoms of disease are actually a good thing in that they are the highly characteristic outward indication of the healing and balancing process that is going on inside each individual person , then to give a medicine that is capable of mimicking and bringing about that same process suddenly seems to be a good idea ; both totally reasonable and logical . |
| 24 | B. Dept : It is understood that no subscribers are now connected to the Electrophone service anywhere in the country . |
| 25 | Details were sketchy as NME went to press , but it is understood that an application to Northaven District Council in the west country has been made to host a 100,000 capacity open air event , running over June 21 , 22 and 23 — the weekend Glastonbury traditionally takes place . |
| 26 | No future plans for record releases have been made as yet , but it is understood that the band are working on their first album proper , following last year 's singles-compilation ‘ Gala ’ . |
| 27 | An alternative date has yet to be set , but it is understood that the band are expected to reschedule the show for the end of November , following the band 's prestigious co-headline show with My Bloody Valentine at Tokyo 's 14,000 capacity Budokan arena . |
| 28 | Thus it is understood that cells are influenced by fields and not currents of electricity , as the effect is minimal . |
| 29 | Bryan wanted to join the duchess , but it is understood that her father Major Ronald Ferguson — who is in Klosters — bluntly told her it would be a ‘ bad mistake ’ . |
| 30 | It is understood that the Queen approves of her nephew 's romance . |