Example sentences of "[to-vb] that it is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such circumstances the pool should be placed in a more amenable situation and , by the careful dispersal of excavated soil made to appear that it is in fact lower than it really is . |
| 2 | This card may be placed next to the model or face up at the table edge to indicate that it is in play . |
| 3 | There is so much to see that it is worth buying a good guide book . |
| 4 | Well , I have been following this mailing list and have yet to post a message , but am sad to see that it is under these circumstances that I post my first … |
| 5 | I I think I 'm quite able to confirm that it is within the district power to determine that erm the I five allocation should be separate from the I twelve . |
| 6 | I wanted you to confirm that it is in fact his . |
| 7 | These questions are so plainly hard to answer that it is worth pausing to consider why they have not had more effect on the development of International Relations theories . |
| 8 | Yet we who teach in primary schools need continually to remember that it is with children that we work . |
| 9 | To suggest that it is worth the effort of destruction . |
| 10 | To suggest that it is in any way a radical new Tory revolution for the 1990s is far from the truth . |
| 11 | To represent the dependence of the world upon God it is a classic error to suggest that it is like a car that requires an initial shove down the street and thereafter runs of its own accord . |
| 12 | For instance , in some intuitive , non-technical sense of ‘ probable ’ , we may be prepared to assert that it is to some degree probable that a very heavy smoker will die of lung cancer . |
| 13 | A speaker may decide to present an element as given even when there is no sufficient reason to assume that it is in the addressee 's consciousness . |
| 14 | The temptation for some present-day commentators has been to conclude that it is in women 's ‘ real ’ interests to limit divorce . |
| 15 | Now that is not to deny that it is in effect surely of bringing Christians together , but there are certain questions . |
| 16 | The first stage in analysing the records is to scrutinize each individual record to ensure that it is in order , fully complete , and that any noticeable errors are corrected where possible . |
| 17 | Following an adjustment in planned expenditure , it is now intended to spent £0.5 million in 1993-94 on the construction of a slip road from the M2 motorway to ensure that it is in place when the new Antrim hospital opens . |
| 18 | It is also important to recognise that it is on the basis of these statistics that important decisions are made by governments in relation to their policies towards crime and its treatment . |
| 19 | It is important to understand that it is in no sense ‘ anti-Darwinian ’ . |
| 20 | For it is characteristic of an agnostic to hold that the existence of a god is a possibility in which there is no good reason either to believe or disbelieve ; and it is characteristic of an atheist to hold that it is at least probable that no god exists . |
| 21 | To maintain that the content of literature is part of a system of signs with a structure of its own , independent of the ‘ real ’ world , is clearly to maintain that it is in theory analyzable in the same way as its language ; but in practice a ready-made set of conceptual tools is simply not available . |
| 22 | Celia Brackenridge seems to think that it is at best frivolous , and at worst ideologically unsound , to suggest that any progressive change is possible in a field of civil society and popular culture ( such as sport ) unless or until we have put the world to right . |
| 23 | Autonomy is important to everyone , but I think it is fair to say that it is of particular importance in adolescence . |
| 24 | That means five thousand eight hundred and twenty five pounds which one multiplies by four , giving a total under that schedule of twenty three thousand , three hundred pounds , I regret to say that it is of course inherent in the judgment that I have to deliver that there is a good deal of what |
| 25 | Furthermore , is it not rash to say that it is to be carried out only in the patients ' best interests ? |
| 26 | John Paris , in his biography of Davy published in 1825 , wrote : ‘ I have been able to present to the world a complete history of those proceedings which have so happily led to discovery of which it is not too much to say that it is at once the pride of science , the triumph of humanity and the glory of the age in which we live . ’ |
| 27 | The nearest one can get to a level equivalence is to say that it is at roughly A Level standard , though it differs hugely from any actual A Level examination , and this comparison should not be taken too literally . |
| 28 | It is probably true to say that it is in this way , rather than in any other , that governments learn exactly where the limits of tolerance lie . |
| 29 | It is not sufficient to show that it is of less use to the owner in its present state than if developed . |
| 30 | Mamdani ( 1976 ) has put forward analyses which attempt to show that it is in the economic interests of many rural couples not to adopt family planning . |