Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [verb] that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The key is to recognize that a market is a natural focal point of any town or city and therefore a potential asset . |
| 2 | In time so much rock is dissolved that a hole is formed , called a swallow hole , and beneath it there is an underground pipe , as at Gaping Gill in Yorkshire and Eldon Hole in Derbyshire . |
| 3 | Another fatal error is to assume that a product with general appeal should be marketed broadly ( with consequent high costs of promotion ) . |
| 4 | If a child is told that a particular outing is to take place tomorrow , this becomes a certain fact in his or her mind . |
| 5 | Here it suffices to say that the aim is to ensure that a company is required to do so when it is thought that the matter is one that the public needs to know . |
| 6 | If the hon. Gentleman is suggesting that a review of defence by an incoming Labour Government , should we happen to have such an Administration , would mean more money being spent on defence , I am a Dutchman . |
| 7 | Finally , evidence is accumulating that a person 's emotional environment influences his or her likelihood of suffering an acute psychotic episode if he or she already has a history of schizophrenic disorder . |
| 8 | Evidence is accumulating that an efficient service infrastructure increases the attractiveness of a location for potential investors ( Marshall , 1985 ; Browne , 1983 ) . |
| 9 | The difficulty for the prosecution is proving that a child so young intended to commit a crime . |
| 10 | However , to prevent friction between country residents and visitors , the Commission is recommending that a new Country Code should be established , and the tourism industry should help to preserve the attractive elements of the country . |
| 11 | A strong gatekeeper role will limit sales access to influencers and decision takers in the way laid down by company policy , and it may not be until that policy is changed that an individual supplier may be permitted sales access to present his wares . |
| 12 | The objective of media planning is to ensure that a reasonably large proportion of the target audience ( this is called ‘ coverage ’ ) sees the advertising a sufficient number of times ( this is called ‘ frequency ’ ) . |
| 13 | Penguin 's motivation is to ensure that a core stock of its titles is always available in the stores . |
| 14 | One of the tasks for the Solidarity government is to ensure that a revival in the Polish spirit does not preclude an honest appreciation of the nation 's history . |
| 15 | CONCERN is growing that a number of stockbrokers will be unable to meet a January deadline for VAT changes which are expected to reduce the cost of share dealing . |
| 16 | Page 29 Broking concern : Concern is growing that a number of stockbrokers will be unable to meet a January deadline for VAT changes which are expected to reduce the cost of share dealing . |
| 17 | The mistake is to say that a ‘ directing mind ’ accused is to be treated as having validly consented on behalf of the company to his own dishonest taking of the company 's property . |
| 18 | The burden of Nordhaus 's model is to suggest that a democratic economy will exhibit an inflationary bias with the gains from exploiting a ‘ fooled ’ electorate being a higher rate of inflation at point 3 than at point 5 . |
| 19 | WorldView 's brief is to ensure that a user can read a document irrespective of the software that created it . |
| 20 | The story is told that a certain academic was recruited as an expert ( supposedly ) on cryptograms , when in actuality he was an authority on crypto gams . |
| 21 | His responsibility is to ensure that a particular package has achieved the quality standards set by the project which is using it . |
| 22 | His responsibility is to ensure that a particular package has achieved the quality standards set by the project which is using it . |
| 23 | As an alternative to the cash dividend the Board is proposing that an enhanced scrip dividend is offered to shareholders whereby they may elect to receive new ordinary shares with a value of 10.65 pence per share , an increase of 50% over the proposed final cash dividend . |
| 24 | As an alternative to the cash dividend the Board is proposing that an enhanced scrip dividend is offered to shareholders . |
| 25 | The practice of the present Auditor is to accept that a Tender lodged one week before a Proof is good in relation to the expenses of the Proof itself . |
| 26 | Where a capital sum is paid to the settlor in the year of assessment by a body corporate connected with the settlement in that year it shall be assumed until the contrary is shown that an associated payment of an amount not less than the amount of the capital sum has been made to that body corporate by the trustees of the settlement ( s678(7) ) . |
| 27 | The principle is fixed that a scholar aspiring to high office must first teach at a graded series of medreses , one after the other , and that only when he reaches a certain grade does he become eligible for the great offices of the learned hierarchy , the mevleviyets , which are in their turn graded . |
| 28 | One way is to arrange that an identical snack is taken every 5 hours throughout the day and night . |
| 29 | For example , it is necessary to hear only a brief phrase of some Grand Waltz by Tchaikovsky , Glinka or Strauss to know that steps of grande élévation are the object of the exercise ; to hear some slow pavane , minuet or saraband is to realise that an adage is being practised . |
| 30 | Two years later , professor D. M. Armstrong , in his book Bodily Sensations , offered an alternative explanation : ‘ To have a sensation of heat is to feel that a portion of our body is hot . ’ |