Example sentences of "it is [vb pp] that " in BNC.

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1 It is related that Annia Galeria Faustina , the wife of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius ( 121–180 ) , was so desperate to become pregnant that she drank the warm blood of a dead gladiator .
2 However , if you receive a groin kick and it is discovered that you are not wearing a guard , then you will automatically be disqualified , regardless of whose fault the low kick was !
3 When it is discovered that the combination of certain proportions of charcoal , sulphur and saltpetre produces disagreeable results , then there is no reason why the benefits of gunpowder should be restricted to China .
4 But when it is discovered that a substance harms women 's reproductive health , women of childbearing age are usually kept from jobs that might expose them to it .
5 If it turns out that this is not the case , if it is discovered that the prohibition denies the would-be rapists more of a chance to pursue the good life than it gives their possible victims , then one may have to adjust other features of the political framework to make sure that this does not result in inequality of ability to pursue one 's conception of the good .
6 However , where it is discovered that the tax law does not have the effect that the Government and taxpayers generally thought it had , there are circumstances in which it is right to introduce legislation to restore the position retrospectively to what it was thought to be .
7 Years later it is discovered that Grom reached the Elven Kingdoms of Ulthuan , causing great destruction until finally defeated by the High Elves .
8 When the sentence has been passed , possibly ( as the sentencer indicated in this case ) with the benefit of some mitigation , it is discovered that the means to pay either did not exist or have in one way or another disappeared .
9 This goal is about to be reached when it is discovered that a great deal more investment is required .
10 I do not believe it is disputed that this factor has been powerfully in operation recently .
11 Secondly , a wage-change variable is included in addition to a price variable since it is hypothesised that workers may seek to unionise not only to defend existing standards of living but also to attempt to improve upon them .
12 It is hypothesised that most existing studies of adoption are not sufficiently long term to , demonstrate these effects .
13 It is hypothesised that many children do not assimilate the link between the pre-requisite experiences and the generalisation which follows , as for example in the finding of the area of a rectangle by counting squares and the presentation of a formula which generalises the results .
14 It is hypothesised that words processed at deeper levels will be better recognised than those processed to only a shallow level and that reaction times will be longer at deeper levels of processing .
15 Later , in a treatise written in the eighteenth century , Mémoire sur la manière de cultiver la vigne et de faire le vin en Champagne ( written , it is believed , by Jean Godinot c. 1718 ) , it is stated that the Champenois had begun to study how to produce a ‘ grey … almost white wine ’ some fifty years before , that is to say approximately 1668 .
16 But in these papers it is stated that Tyndale headed his written defence , ‘ Faith alone justifies before God ’ , and that among the questions debated were worship of saints , the Sacraments and the authority of the Pope .
17 For example in the February issue of The Art Newspaper ( No.25 pp.1 and 2 ) , in the article entitled ‘ Yugoslavia covered-up over the Sevso treasure ’ , it is stated that ‘ Mr Rikanovic almost certainly knew nothing about Swiss law , by which anyone holding an item publicly for three years without judgment against him acquires title …
18 When for once it is stated that Sir Raynold , the chaplain of Ridlington , Norfolk , owned a house and three acres , the reason must have been some difficulty over determining the value , which in this case is omitted .
19 At paragraph 1497 , it is stated that in larceny the owner of the thing stolen has no intention to part with his property therein to the person taking it , although he may intend to part with the possession ; in false pretences the owner does intend to part with his property in the money or chattel , but it is obtained from him by fraud .
20 The mountain before them was the birthplace of mankind ; and he referred the ladies , while excusing himself with an ingratiating laugh for mentioning an indelicate subject , to the authority of Our Saviour 's words to Nicodemus , where it is stated that a man can not enter a second time into his mother 's womb and be born once more .
21 In the discussions with the monks over the qualities of Benedict as Bishop it is stated that they carefully discussed the matter with each other and also with the Archbishop at the Prior 's lodgings and also at Halling .
22 From one of these , situated within half a mile of the proposed Chirbury Station , it is stated that 10,000 tons are annually raised for local requirements , and that easy and cheap means of transit , such has the railway would supply , are only required to bring it into extensive use .
23 It is stated that the moneys have to be additional to any funding by a member country which qualifies for assistance — hence the word ’ additionality ’ , which is associated with funding .
24 Moreover , in the 1986 Green Paper it is stated that ‘ The main task of central government is to establish national policies and priorities for defence , foreign affairs and the economy as well as for public services — such as education — which are provided locally , but where there is a national interest in standards . ’
25 ‘ … In recent literature it is stated that the diet of Haas ( Banana-diet ) and Fanconi ( fruit and begetables ) gives the best results in the treatment of patients suffering from coeliac disease .
26 5.3 Electricity gas and other services consumed To pay to the suppliers and to indemnify the Landlord against all charges for electricity gas and other services consumed or used at or in relation to the Premises ( including meter rents ) In a footnote to the precedent it is stated that this clause is possibly superfluous in the case of a separate building as the tenant would make arrangements for a separate supply to be provided to the premises , but there is no objection to its inclusion .
27 I NOTE that in Durham County Council 's publication Charter for the Environment it is stated that the council intends to reduce domestic and industrial waste by preparing a recycling plan for County Durham and encouraging district councils to collect waste for recycling .
28 I NOTE that in Durham County Council 's publication Charter for the Environment it is stated that the council intends to reduce domestic and industrial waste by preparing a recycling plan for County Durham and encouraging district councils to collect waste for recycling .
29 Where it is suspected that a piece is made up of unrelated fragments , the composition can sometimes be studied to sort out which fragments are original , or at least which ones belong together .
30 It is suspected that the peat serves as a sediment filter in the watershed of Lake Kinneret .
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