Example sentences of "[noun] is [adj] [to-vb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nuclear Electric is keen to stress that such exercises demonstrate how safety conscious the industry is . |
| 2 | This immediately puts their organisation in a good light and the journalist is disposed to feel that this outfit may be a useful source of information in the future . |
| 3 | A complete planned maintenance programme is necessary to ensure that pests are controlled and hygiene standards are maintained . |
| 4 | Liaison with the marketing department is important to ensure that the productive effort is meeting the customer 's needs , or , where there are difficulties in production , ensuring that the customer is informed and/or is prepared to accept a slightly different standard or quality of product , for example . |
| 5 | Sir David is likely to stress that proposals which are viewed in the colony as ungenerous would create difficulties for his administration 's attempts to ensure a smooth transition to Chinese rule . |
| 6 | Echoing the sentiments of Slam , Gypsy 's Graham Drinnon is keen to emphasise that the Limbo lot ‘ like to see ourselves as British musicians making British music , and certainly not as a Glasgow thing … |
| 7 | Of course TI is quick to note that these projections only take into account existing compilers . |
| 8 | At most , the prosecution witness is obliged to testify that there was a person present or in the vicinity who was likely to have been subjected to the sensations described . |
| 9 | Freud is reluctant to say that there would not be unforeseen consequences if the restrictions on young people 's sexual activities were altered , for human beings seems to devise conventional restrictions upon sexual life in all cultures . |
| 10 | ‘ To the extent that Koons is able to prove that the profits at issue derive solely from his position in the art world ’ , Judge Richard J. Cardamone wrote , ‘ he should be allowed to retain them ’ . |
| 11 | If the milk yield of the experimental group varies , and the variation is linked to water intake , the experimenter is entitled to assume that there is a causal link between milk yield and water intake , since there is no other difference between the two groups . |
| 12 | Correct timetabling in rural areas is essential to ensure that people get to work on time , and the consultative committee could examine such matters . |
| 13 | As this medical view is based fundamentally on the gender identity and self-image of the transsexual , he implies that the law is prepared to concede that in most circumstances sex determination is a matter for the individual . |
| 14 | Your Committee is pleased to report that they have reached agreement in principle with the owner of suitable premises adjoining Bull House , Bull Street , Bishop 's Castle , for their use as the Bishop 's Castle Railway Museum . |
| 15 | Your Committee is delighted to announce that the Salop Steam Society have granted this request and take this opportunity of expressing their grateful thanks to them . |
| 16 | Curator Maryan Ainsworth of the Metropolitan Museum is quick to note that , ‘ The thorny problem of underdrawings and workshop practice in , for example , the works of Lucas Cranach and his circle is not easily resolved through underdrawing analysis , since in many cases , the picture was drawn in with a non-carbon substance , like iron-gall brown ink , that is not penetrated by infra-red , and is invisible on the reflectogram screens . |
| 17 | If this is so , Quine is wrong to say that one can not be an empiricist in one 's theory of meaning unless one accepts his brand of verificationism , centred on MP . |
| 18 | I think that the hon. Lady is unwise to assume that Scotland will react as she proposes , but in any event , were that unlikely event to occur , Scotland would have to reapply for membership of the European Community . |
| 19 | Hall is right to say that current Labour and Liberal parties can not take on the task of realignment , but would be equally correct in saying they ca n't be by-passed . |
| 20 | Brighton Council is concerned to ensure that visitors to the town know how to identify a bona fide taxi . |
| 21 | But a moment 's reflection is sufficient to show that no such reduction is possible . |
| 22 | Now clearly we can teach a child a rule if the child is willing to learn that if we put the two plus one in brackets then that means add them together first and then multiply . |
| 23 | However , this effect may not last , and long-term follow-up is useful to ensure that the patient does not lapse into those unhealthy ways which made him unwell in the first place . |
| 24 | The correct interpretation of the outcome of any such test is necessary to ensure that appropriate techniques are used in subsequent analysis . |
| 25 | The only journalist to put Mrs Thatcher on the spot during the Falklands War is happy to admit that she loves housework . |
| 26 | In such circumstances the purchaser is likely to insist that the obtaining of these critical consents is a condition precedent to completion of the acquisition and it is difficult for the vendor to oppose this if the consents are truly critical . |
| 27 | Will he confirm or deny that the Tomlinson inquiry is likely to show that two directly managed units and one trust are in serious trouble ? |
| 28 | He comes from a reasonably conservative background and Mains is sure to insist that a lot of very basic work is done before the backline frills are attempted . |
| 29 | Often the relevant population is stratified to ensure that the sample will be more representative in certain respects . |
| 30 | The RNLI is pleased to acknowledge that in all material respects the hull form of all boats of the Arun class have been built to the lines drawn by Mr McLachlan . |