Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 An even more extreme form of this way of thinking is to assume that there has been some type of directive force in evolution such that humans represent the ‘ pinnacle ’ of progress .
2 Another but more legally complicated way of arriving at the same result under the subsection is to say that , when the police seek to intervene , it is likely that a belief is likely to arise in the mind of the first victims , that violence towards the police is a likely outcome of the defendant 's conduct .
3 The purpose of the subsection is to ensure that there is local representation on the licensing board for a division .
4 With this defence the defendant is saying that the plaintiff has failed to take reasonable care and thereby been partly responsible for his own injuries , loss or damage .
5 If the salvage is not economically worthwhile then it should be made clear to the Policyholder when the actual total loss is paid that the remains are their property and it is up to the Policyholder to dispose of them .
6 The objective of the national facilities programme is to ensure that each sport — if appropriate — has access to at least one venue suitable for the staging of international events and for national squad training .
7 The prime objective of the HCIMA representatives in supporting the accreditation of a particular programme is to ensure that it contains all the components essential to the development of enthusiastic and resourceful hospitality managers who are required to make decisions on a broad spectrum of activities .
8 Furthermore , direct confirmation is needed that the cytoplasmic γ-interferon we detected was being synthesised actively by these cells , using appropriate techniques to assess the presence of cytoplasmic mRNA .
9 The State Department is murmuring that it is ‘ premature to speculate ’ on the long-term implications of the coup .
10 The Department is examining that issue closely , in conjunction with the boards .
11 One key way of protecting ourselves in future is to ensure that the premiums charged fully reflect the risks that the country has to take on in allowing such cover to go forward .
12 A standard fault is to assume that the reader is familiar with the jargon which the designer habitually uses .
13 Research is showing that diets which appear perfectly all right in other respects may lead to processes occurring within the gut that could increase the production or the concentration of cancer-inducing substances carcinogens .
14 Research is showing that many animals actually do possess a sixth sense but this is a natural " supersense " , rather than anything supernatural .
15 Research is showing that many animals respond to other weather cues .
16 We wake and sleep according to the sun 's cycle , and research is showing that celestial rhythms still control many other areas of our life .
17 Recent research is demonstrating that kin relations are important determinants of relationship patterns in monkey groups .
18 They associated it particularly with fertility , and modern research is revealing that the moon does influence the reproductive cycles of at least some creatures .
19 The aim of this chapter is to show that you are often your own worst enemy in learning and to look at how you can best go about teaching yourself .
20 As far as the structure of the Gospel is concerned , it would seem that Mark 's purpose in the opening chapter is to show that :
21 Our new critical practice is showing that the questions we pose on Renaissance writing , which insist on the importance of contextualisation , reflect our own concerns with the function of language and value within society .
22 ( f ) Indemnity Whilst it might readily be implied that where one partner 's breach of some provision in the partnership agreement leads to liability attaching to his co-partners the latter should have the right to an indemnity from their colleague , the better practice is to make that right express ( Clause 16.02 ) in the partnership agreement .
23 Our intention is to demonstrate that work organization has been a central strand of each of the otherwise contrasting change strategies ; namely , the evolutionary development of Pilkingtons , the total process perspective of RX , and Employee Involvement with Ford .
24 The intention is to ensure that the Policyholder will not unnecessarily cause the safety of the property to be endangered .
25 Both at home and abroad , the intention is to ensure that the people who are entitled to vote are aware of that fact .
26 The intention is to ensure that decisions are taken at national level whenever that is the most appropriate way to deal with the decisions .
27 The Golden Rule is to ensure that you have Mother Nature on your side , or rather , on your back .
28 The force is pushing that that way , that way .
29 The obvious way out of this dilemma is to say that the currents are there — inside the magnetic material .
30 The only way out of the dilemma is to suppose that sometimes the photon gets through and sometimes it does not .
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