Example sentences of "[coord] it [be] [verb] that they " in BNC.

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1 Dogs ca n't go in eating areas , and it 's preferred that they do n't climb all over furniture in sitting rooms , but there 's a good acre or 27 of space for romping and rambling .
2 The McGuires had another son and daughter , Hugh and Jacobina , but little is known of them and it is presumed that they both died young .
3 They are known as the five ancestors , and it is hinted that they were the original founders of the present-day Triad secret societies .
4 A comparison of the type of A. grandisquama and A. iris does not reveal any distinguishing characters and it is concluded that they are conspecific .
5 But these resources are not sufficient for them to reach their migratory goal and it is assumed that they die before the journey is complete .
6 PULSARS that are members of binary systems in globular clusters are all rapidly rotating , and it is assumed that they have been spun up by accretion from binary companions .
7 The other four patients had non-functioning gall bladders before and after treatment but their cystic ducts were patent at percutaneous cholecystolithotomy , and it is assumed that they do not respond to the fatty meal stimulus used to test gall bladder emptying .
8 Examples of these have been sent to employers , and it is hoped that they have had wide distribution .
9 But that Moorish Negress was so skilful in drawing the Turkish bow , that it was held for a marvel , and it is said that they called her in Arabic Nugueymat Turya , which is to say , the Star of the Archers .
10 ‘ The Hindus venerate oxen , ’ he wrote , ‘ and it is said that they actually drink the oxen 's urine when they fall sick . ’
11 Predator species have a long evolutionary history , and it is inferred that they have been as important in the past as accumulators of small mammal bone as they are today .
12 Their specialized working is recognized as creating staff development problems and it is agreed that they may devote up to fifteen per cent of their time to work with other client groups ; in addition they take part in a duty rota , and thus handle the full range of initial enquiries .
13 The sloths , arboreal herbivores with stomachs and digestive systems showing convergence with ruminants , at least the two-toed ( Choloepus hoffmani ) and three-toed ( Bradypus infuscatus ) on Barro Colorado Island , feed on at least 31 species , not just one or two as was long-believed , and it is estimated that they consume about 14.7 g dry weight of leaves each day in the case of the three-toed sloth , a cropping-rate of 5.1 g of leaf per kg of sloth per day , whereas howler monkeys crop at seven times this rate .
14 ( d ) If , on the true construction of the articles , the directors are entitled to reject only on certain prescribed grounds and it is proved that they have rejected on others , the court will intervene .
15 It is recognised that these are important aspects of the learning and teaching approaches for the modules and it is recommended that they are used for formative assessment .
16 Such ‘ notepad ’ machines are currently being introduced into the market , and it is expected that they will become an effective alternative to keyboards in applications where handwriting will prevail .
17 Two types of wording are cited and it is suggested that they are of similar effect .
18 However , gold and silver colourings , though stunning in effect , do not taste pleasant and it is suggested that they are not eaten in any quantity .
19 The first fifty or so milliseconds of these waves are the most consistent for any particular stimulus and it is thought that they are almost entirely generated by the incoming stimulus , irrespective of any mental activity on the part of the subject .
20 The forms set out in this book follow the prescribed forms as nearly as circumstances permit and it is thought that they will be acceptable to HM Land Registry .
21 It might be something of a race , then , once the Scots were in sight and it was perceived that they were going to cross , with ten thousand horsemen to get over .
22 Not me , no the drivers and conductors and inspectors , they had a uniform and it was seen that they did wear it .
23 Two were unaccounted for eventually , and it was presumed that they were on loan .
24 In Amersham , the church meeting of the Lower Meeting House ( Baptist ) heard in 1892 that ‘ several of our young members have been absent from the means of grace [ communion ] for many months and it was resolved that they be visited by two members of the Church ’ .
25 The governors of royal colonies , appointed by the king , were expected to maintain a rather dignified and aloof attitude and it was thought that they might find it hard to do this if they had lived in the colony as subordinates or as private citizens in the past .
26 The Minutes of the last A.G.M. were read and it was agreed that they be signed by the Chairman as correct .
27 They refrained from claiming until that date because they had a contract with the yard for another tanker and it was suggested that they feared that , if they initiated the claim before the tanker was delivered , the yard might have refused to deliver .
28 In the report members of the police were accused of acting illegally and it was suggested that they were biased in favour of Inkatha .
29 And it was known that they ate well and that they patronised the theatre , and the concerts in the City Hall in Newcastle .
30 That was discovered especially during the South African war , when a number of university graduates were commissioned and sent out to South Africa , and it was found that they singularly lacked an ability to act in an officer capacity .
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