Example sentences of "it is [verb] that [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He studied engineering in both France and Germany , patenting the first compression ignition engine in 1892 , so it is fitting that while Germany probably had the early lead , particularly with trucks , French makers have had a love affair with diesel cars since the 1930s . |
| 2 | In this regard , it is recognised that while a faith background can be assumed in the Catholic R.E . |
| 3 | It is said that if you visit the Mermaid Pool of Derbyshire just before dawn , you will see them swimming gracefully in the dark waters below . |
| 4 | Typically for the Piaroa , the women are not warned against seeing the instruments with a threat of rape ; rather , it is said that if a woman should see the flutes , the entire village must commit mass suicide by joining hands and jumping off a cliff ( and I must admit that their reasoning on this is not clear to me ) . |
| 5 | It is said that if the Logos is to be conceived to be in some sense male , then equally the Spirit is to be held to be female . |
| 6 | It is said that if a placebo is to have a therapeutic effect , the patient must believe that it will . |
| 7 | It is said that when he heard his own voice on the radio , some seven years after writing this letter , Lewis was surprised and in some measure disconcerted . |
| 8 | ( It is said that when playing his ‘ interview ’ round of golf he did each of the holes from 13–18 inclusive in three ) . |
| 9 | It is said that when travelling by boat the Duchess of Windsor sent to the bridge for hourly weather reports to be sure that she was appropriately clad . |
| 10 | Perhaps for this reason the topmost stone supposedly retains its own curious powers : it is said that when a cock crows nearby , it turns three times . |
| 11 | Now it is said that when in the present case the tenant entered pursuant to the agreement and paid a yearly rent he became a tenant from year to year on the terms of the agreement including clause 6 which prevents the landlord from giving notice to quit until the land is required for road widening . |
| 12 | It is said that when Christie moved into the new mill he took the machinery with him and this must have included the scribbler and carder. with the " Devondale " piercing machine , the slubbing Billy and spinning Jennys . |
| 13 | It is said that when a High King or Queen is born , if the child is Ireland 's true heir , they will sing him into the world and they will weave a spell of protectiveness . ’ |
| 14 | It is said that when received the wrappers are of no value to Nestle 's . |
| 15 | It is said that when a wizard is about to die Death himself turns up to claim him ( instead of delegating the task to a subordinate , such as Disease or Famine , as is usually the case ) . |
| 16 | It is said that as he left , blood flowed from the nostrils of the dead king , a fact which some took as a sign since the body of a murdered man will bleed in the presence of his murderer ; but Henry 's death was the outcome of a life lived at full tilt . |
| 17 | It is said that as route 30 was high on the list for trolleybus conversion , the rails on the new bridge were laid in shallow troughs , from which they could easily be removed , when the tram route was abandoned . |
| 18 | It is to say that whether it has done so can not be determined by asking whether the statute requires a certain state of facts to exist before a decision is reached : all statutes always do this . |
| 19 | It is recorded that when the Local Government Board assumed control of the waterworks in 1854 , Henry was most upset . |
| 20 | it is seen that if equally split each man would have had £13 : 11s. : 3d. for his 3½ months of labour . |
| 21 | Introducing the variable , it is seen that when this second contribution is but when it is To summarise , the foregoing analysis has established that the complete Fourier spectrum of a unit step function comprises a delta function centred on zero frequency that provides the mean direct level of one-half and a continuous spectrum of sinewaves with amplitude that provides the unit step about the mean . |
| 22 | It is hoped that since the breed is becoming numerically stronger , it will be the next step taken . |
| 23 | No explanation was given in the SAC 's statement , but it is understood that once the recent problems of the orchestra have been resolved the SAC may be prepared to consider other funding . |
| 24 | It is understood that while the insurers of Townsend Car Ferries Limited have admitted liability in negligence no concession has been made as to recklessness . |
| 25 | When attention moves from behaviour at the individual to the organisational level , it is argued that since organisations are not unitary actors , but are made up of individuals and groups with competing interests and objectives , companies can not be understood as pursuing a single goal , but rather a range of conflicting goals . |
| 26 | The recent developments in youth training policy are reviewed and it is argued that while the Youth Training Scheme has many attributes as a basis for an integrated training system , it fails to take account of two problems . |
| 27 | It is argued that although cattle stealing was affected by administrative arrangements , particularly in the twentieth century , it was more sensitive to economic influences , especially changes in land use brought on by the expansion of plantations . |
| 28 | It is argued that whilst this tradition continues today it has been accelerated by the arrival of North Sea oil money and consolidated by the housing needs of incoming workers many of whom desire to own their own property . |
| 29 | In sum , it is argued that whilst much more research needs to be done in the field of business organisation , management and labour , sufficient evidence already exists to identify these as key areas in the explanation of Britain 's comparatively poor economic performance . |
| 30 | Instead , it is argued that when the cat 's blood-flow through its main veins into the heart is increased , turbulence is created . |