Example sentences of "is [verb] that the [noun] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | . The last one then , erm , C P is the completer. and their role is to see that the team is protected as far as possible from mistakes and they also maintain a sense of urgency within the team . |
| 2 | The job of the trustee is to see that the fund is managed within the terms of its ‘ trustee deed ’ . |
| 3 | Any repairs or replacements or renewals of furnishings are noted on the cards , and they are constantly referred to by the housekeeping and maintenance departments , whose responsibility it is to see that the room is maintained to the required standard . |
| 4 | No-one is suggesting that the Government is trying to gag its critics , but the fact that relations between it and Fleet Street are n't as cosy as they once were perhaps makes it easier for the Government to introduce the tax at present . |
| 5 | Another company has now bought the freeholds and is demanding that the money is paid — in some cases amounting to almost two thousand pounds . |
| 6 | It is claimed that the church is one of the most complete examples of the Milanese baroque style , but I think the best feature is the campanile , the only part of the older building that remains . |
| 7 | Marriage in Judaism is of such a high status that when a Jewish couple are married , it is considered that the home is like a small version of the Temple and spirituality is brought to everyday life by keeping the biblical laws . |
| 8 | If the debts and expenses have not been paid but have been secured , the report must state whether it is considered that the security is satisfactory ( r 6.207(3) ) . |
| 9 | This is not to press for a reversal of the present position , but to understand that if the work of research students is to be understood in educational terms , then the first step is to accept that the role is a hybrid of research and of higher education . |
| 10 | The rejoinder to this is to accept that the counter is pointing to a real feature of academic thought , which is that the consensus of the relevant disciplinary community does indeed offer some measure of reliability and raises knowledge claims above mere whim ; but that does not in itself amount to a demonstration of the ‘ progress ’ of knowledge . |
| 11 | Iraq is denying that the move is a bid to have sanctions lifted . |
| 12 | It is recommended that the installation is carried out by a qualified tradesman , or , at least , is checked by one . |
| 13 | Nor from the point of view of the speaker , is there any hard and fast boundary between these and a non-restrictive adjective used in order to make explicit some property , when it is suspected that the hearer is unaware that it is implied by the use of the noun , as with poisonous in : ( 10 ) she threw Maisie 's lunch-box out of the window because it had a poisonous red-back spider in it Note that ( 10 ) further exemplifies the fact that whether an adjective is taken as restrictive or not depends on the rest of the entity-identifying phrase rather than just on the head noun . |
| 14 | ‘ It is said that the past is another country . |
| 15 | It sounds as if the project has the active backing of Novell Inc , because it is said that the software is being built atop a future release of the DR DOS MS-DOS-compatible operating system . |
| 16 | It sounds as if the project has the active backing of Novell Inc , because it is said that the software is being built atop a future release of the DR DOS MS-DOS-compatible operating system . |
| 17 | It is said that the pattern is mentioned in records dating back to the fifth century BC , which is to say that it was known well before the Roman invasion . |
| 18 | It is said that the stench is so appalling that no one can go near them now . |
| 19 | This thought can be entertained only if it is accepted that the universe is eternal and timeless , and the theory of a once only chance association of circumstances causing life , be abandoned . |
| 20 | Again no claim is made that the list is complete . |
| 21 | The further assumption is made that the material is isotropic . |
| 22 | And we 're going to grant this protection order which is temporary permission to keep the premises open and I must tell you that there will be a lot more investigation before the order is granted that the transfer is specialist . |
| 23 | ‘ It is only when the full transfer is granted that the applicant is eligible to display their name above the door , ’ Mr Parry explained . |
| 24 | Whilst it is accepted that the department has done exceptionally well in getting every member of the school who does Art to provide themselves with pencils , rubbers and sketch pads , it is felt that the time is now right for the department to expand this and push for pupils to provide paints for themselves . |
| 25 | However , if it is felt that the estimate is excessive , an alternative estimate should be obtained . |
| 26 | It is argued that the lobby is used to channel dis-information to a gullible public . |
| 27 | It is argued that the law is selectively enforced in the interests of the ruling classes — an issue dealt with more fully in Chapter 4 . |
| 28 | There are other fragrance sources and it is argued that the relationship is not mutually obligatory but as all the euglossine genera are involved , it is suggested that the orchids have exploited a pre-existent behaviour pattern in the bees . |
| 29 | A standard fault is to assume that the reader is familiar with the jargon which the designer habitually uses . |
| 30 | Yet , despite an increase of spending on health in the UK from 3¼ per cent of national income in 1948 to over 6 per cent ( of a much larger national income ) forty years later , it is alleged that the NHS is underfunded and periodically in a state of near collapse . |