Example sentences of "is now [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is now reckoned that 80 per cent of laws enacted by Congress emanate from the executive — if one were to weight these laws in terms of importance , almost certainly that proportion would be higher . |
| 2 | It is now accepted that new prerogative powers can not be created , but the scope of many established prerogative powers is unclear . |
| 3 | While it is now accepted that coronary arteriography can be safely performed following myocardial infarction , there is considerable variation between centres about the perceived indications for the test . |
| 4 | While the application of procedural checks to licensing activities has therefore increased it would be mistaken to say that it is now accepted that any licensing function should be subjected to such safeguards . |
| 5 | The migrating larval stages in large numbers may cause a transient pneumonia , but it is now recognised that many cases of so-called " Ascaris pneumonia " may be attributable to other infections , or to piglet anaemia . |
| 6 | It is now recognised that this approach , seldom if ever actually applied in practice , is based on a confusion of thought . |
| 7 | The play centres on the severe cultural disturbance generated by the fact that Clara , a girl , has been brought up as a boy and wants to remain one , while her brother , Lucio , has been brought up as a girl which he wants to remain , despite the fact that society is now demanding that both return to their normal gender ascriptions . |
| 8 | It is now recognized that many seriously disabled patients can not be resettled into open employment but their need for real work can be met , none the less , by providing a special working environment where good job performance and long-term achievements are rewarded . |
| 9 | The hospital is now insisting that hi-tec scans will be available in all urgent cases . |
| 10 | It is now realised that lesser landowners , or gentry , played a crucial role in all aspects of medieval English history from at least the mid-thirteenth century . |
| 11 | It is now believed that such names were used for monastic communities modelled on genuine desert prototypes in Egypt . |
| 12 | The Guild is now advocating that further steps should be taken , namely , that women should be made eligible for seats on town councils . |
| 13 | It is now agreed that global action is urgently required to first to control and then to reduce these and other emissions . |
| 14 | ‘ Trials have been conducted in the UK which have proved successful and it is now proposed that commercial cultivation should be permitted in appropriate circumstances , ’ he added . |
| 15 | The Clean Air Act of 1970 set out to create a healthy atmosphere for the population within less than a decade , but even by the 1990s this has not been achieved and it is now expected that some urban areas will not achieve healthy air until well into the next century . |
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| 17 | On the ground most larvae are active ; although they require a film of water for movement and are stimulated by light and temperature , it is now thought that larval movement is mostly random and encounter with grass blades accidental . |
| 18 | " This Meeting being informed that Cart Drivers are very inattentive as to their Conduct upon the road with Carts It is now recommended that all Travellers upon the road shall take to the Left in all situations , and that when a Traveller upon the road shall loose a shew of his horse , the Parochial Blacksmith shall be obliged to give preference to the Traveller . " |
| 19 | But the government is now proposing that all schemes , including small ones , should not be allowed to invest more than 5 per cent of their money in their employer 's businesss . |
| 20 | The district which was due to take over the funding is now claiming that some of the people who are now living in the special units attached to old people 's homes are not their responsibility They did not originally come from their districts and so they are refusing to pay some of the finance over . |
| 21 | Until quite recently it was considered that it was the crust that attained equilibrium with respect to the mantle , but it is now known that isostatic adjustments also involve the rigid mantle forming the lower part of the lithosphere . |
| 22 | It is now known that many plants grow at temperatures as low as 0°C , albeit slowly , and it is thought that higher temperatures are more important in the earlier half of the year . |
| 23 | It is now known that most children who are sensitive to cow 's milk are actually reacting to the proteins it contains . |
| 24 | However , it is now known that some corals can survive settling sediment and that even reefs may develop in muddy surroundings . |
| 25 | — If you can , avoid alcohol and smoking ( even passive smoking ) as it is now known that excessive alcohol consumption , combined with heavy smoking , lowers the number and activity of sperm and may be linked to higher rates of miscarriage. — If you have a condition that requires medical treatment , consult your doctor . |
| 26 | It is now known that three species of forest plant in the Amazonian forest of southeast Peru are visited by up to seven species of diurnal and six species of nocturnal non-flying mammals in the dry season . |