Example sentences of "[vb pp] that it is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Q.T 's are also reminded that it is through their efforts that class members see the range of goods we now sell ( a price list is attached . |
| 2 | * The animal rights group , Lynx , has reported that it is on the verge of financial collapse because of the costs of defending a long-running libel action by a fur farm and a decline in contributions due to the recession in Britain . |
| 3 | Lord Justice Browne-Wilkinson said that it is now apparently accepted that it is for the courts to decide whether a privilege exists and for the House of Commons to decide whether such privilege has been infringed . |
| 4 | Although in the past the courts and the House of Commons both claimed the exclusive right to determine whether or not a privilege existed , it is now apparently accepted that it is for the courts to decide whether a privilege exists and for the House to decide whether such privilege has been infringed : see Erskine May on Parliamentary Practice , 21st ed. ( 1989 ) , pp. 147–160 . |
| 5 | It has been widely accepted that it is in the interests of individual patients , that psychiatric treatment and services should be provided as near as is reasonably practicable to the patient 's home and community … . |
| 6 | Will the Secretary of State accept that there are those of us who have never made the point that trust status is about opting out of the national health service , but have said that it is about local accountability and the views of local people ? |
| 7 | And it might even be said that it is from this , far more than from early Christianity , that we have inherited our sense of the dubious physical nature of the female , and our idea that the human norm is male and that to be female is in itself a pathological state . |
| 8 | It must , however , be said that it is by no means crystal clear that this forms the mental element of the ‘ species ’ torts of unlawful interference with contract and unlawful means conspiracy ( indeed , in the case of the latter it very probably does not ) and it is not easy to see how the species can differ in this respect from the genus . |
| 9 | The hon. Gentleman has said that it is in the process of acquiring two incredibly beautiful works and the point is that it is acquiring them even though they cost much more than the nominal amount of Government grant available . |
| 10 | It can be argued that it is on the strength of these supposed qualities of writing , as identified by Hildyard , Olson and other exponents of the ‘ autonomous ’ model of literacy , that Lyons rests some at least of his more general claims for ‘ differences among languages ’ . |
| 11 | There it is also argued that it is from the legislation of emancipation onwards that the tensions and forces making for conflict grow significantly stronger than the cohesive factors sustaining antislavery culture . |
| 12 | Critically discuss the concept of the coefficient of diversification and show how it might be argued that it is in direct contradiction to the theoretical conclusions of the CML . |
| 13 | We have already seen that it is through the uniting Spirit that Jew and Gentile alike have access to the Father ( Eph. 2:18 ) . |
| 14 | I would have thought that it is in the government 's interest to promote efficiency , it 's certainly in the government 's interest to maintain the public interest with regard er to fraud or other wrong doing er but it 's something that the government ought to look at and again it seems to me that it ought to be a matter that er could be looked at if there was a proper inquiry . |
| 15 | It is less likely that any significant number of such staff will be persuaded that it is in their own interests to initiate sweeping reforms . |
| 16 | Western governments , and the populations that vote for them , have to be persuaded that it is in their own interests , quite apart from any considerations of common humanity , to start the reconstruction of the developing world . |
| 17 | It has been shown that it is in situations where a number of design teams are working on separate projects that have to be mechanically joined , that the majority of assembly errors occur . |
| 18 | Experience in the bus industry has shown that it is in practice very difficult to persuade different operators to reach agreement on cross-validity of discount fares : ‘ only one in four bus operators now accept each others ’ tickets . ’ |
| 19 | It also has to be demonstrated that it is in the best interests of the child . |
| 20 | It should be recognised that it is in the interests of all firms involved in the provision of financial services that regulation is adequate and seen to be adequate by investors , or custom will be lost for all concerned . |
| 21 | Tabasco is so well known that it is to pepper sauces what Hoover is to vacuum cleaners . |
| 22 | Thus , a lease for less than three years may be validly created on an informal basis , provided that it is for a market , as opposed to a " peppercorn " , rent . |
| 23 | Smaller animals can therefore live where there is less food , provided that it is of high energy content . |
| 24 | HIRING — We are only prepared to provide cover for plant hired out provided that it is under the terms of a Hiring Agreement which is no more onerous than C.P.A. Conditions . |
| 25 | Okosan Securities , one of Japan 's 10 largest securities companies , has declared that it is considering tying up with a London-based company to take advantage of its knowledge and expertise in the specialised area of offshore investment . |
| 26 | Mercury One-to-One has also confirmed that it is to beta test the service before the launch , which is planned for this summer . |
| 27 | She has discovered that it is against the law to discuss Christianity in public , even with another Christian . |
| 28 | The only words from which it can be contended that it is to be implied are the words , ‘ I am glad to hear of your intended marriage with Ellen Nicholl . |
| 29 | ‘ … the extent of the establishment is but barely sufficient for the exigencies of the County , and it can not be contended that it is on too large or extravagant a scale ; the number of patients constantly on the books of the Infirmary ; the high reputation which it has justly acquired under the excellent management of the medical and other officers belonging to it ; the strict economy which to the general satisfaction of the Governors has been observed in the ordinary expenditure of the House … call forcibly upon the County at large to hold out a protecting hand to save it from ruin which appears inevitably to have waited , if not averted by our timely interference . ’ |
| 30 | The defence has been considered in a number of recent cases in which it has been held that it is to be applied in a flexible and pragmatic way . |