Example sentences of "is [verb] [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The direction ‘ laissez vibrer ’ is given here to indicate that the cymbals are to be allowed to vibrate freely — to ring on until their vibration dies away naturally . |
| 2 | With regard to the audience for children 's project work , it is becoming widely agreed that it is important for children to learn to take into account their potential audience when they are producing written work . |
| 3 | In consequence it is becoming increasingly accepted that not only does the anthropologist have his own social history and subjective stance , but more importantly , that those accounts which ignore this seem to lose something in the telling . |
| 4 | Although techniques such as infrared spectroscopy and atomic spectroscopy are alien in the world of art it is becoming increasingly accepted that scientists have a major role to play in art research . |
| 5 | Severe deficiencies of these nutrients occur only rarely , but it is becoming increasingly appreciated that mild or borderline levels of these nutrients may be found not infrequently in the " normal population " . |
| 6 | It is becoming increasingly appreciated that while food allergies may be relatively rare , food intolerance may be much more common , and usually produces milder symptoms . |
| 7 | But there is a partial definition of ‘ appropriates ’ in clause 3(1) , which is included partly to indicate that this is the familiar concept of conversion but also for particular reasons later to be mentioned . |
| 8 | Care is needed here to ensure that the interviewers ' questions do not get crossed . |
| 9 | It is difficult to believe that all the paraphernalia of sex is needed merely to ensure that males are not confused with females or males of another species : that could be achieved much more quickly and less colourfully . |
| 10 | Where the record is produced simply to show that a statement was made , not whether it is true . |
| 11 | Since only adults can give consent , he is bound logically to admit that a child " is born a Subject of no Country or Government " . |
| 12 | But when one is dealing with associative use , we have to do with a binary distinction ; the adjective is introduced solely to indicate that its property , even though applicable to some other entity , is associated with the entity of its noun phrase , and here there are only two possible states — either the property is associated , in the view of the speaker , or it is not ( and of course by a slightly curious consequence of the communicational process , the state must always be the positive one , since if the property were not felt to be associated with that entity and needed for identification , then the adjective which designates that property would simply not appear ) . |
| 13 | Perhaps not , but Sheena Fraser is trying hard to ensure that you will soon . |
| 14 | All sperm is tested twice to ensure that there has not been an error in the initial testing . |