Example sentences of "is [verb] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although evidence is accumulating that in a number of birds females prefer long-tailed mates , the role of natural selection in tail elaboration has been largely ignored . |
| 2 | It is recognized that in practice ‘ equality in equilibrium ’ is most unlikely to be reached , since well before such processes could have fully played themselves out other changes may well have disrupted the system in other ways . |
| 3 | It is intended that in future sessions SCOTVEC will publish a catalogue and associated HN Unit Specifications which give information on all its advanced provision . |
| 4 | The key to a successful prosecution is proving that at the time of the offence the children understood the seriousness of what they were doing and were not simply behaving mischievously . |
| 5 | After an appeal at a Qualified Teachers ' Training Day money is now available to help those Teachers who have classes in this category as it is realised that in some cases it is impossible for these people to be asked for money . |
| 6 | It is claimed that during the hour-long phone call Prince Charles and Camilla exchange affectionate remarks as they try to find a ‘ safe ’ house to meet . |
| 7 | It is claimed that with intent to defraud the Sun Alliance Insurance Group and while acting with the dead man , Sutherland set fire to the house at Pilton Drive North , Edinburgh . |
| 8 | The second principle used in tone-unit boundary identification is a rhythmical one : it is claimed that within the tone-unit , speech has a regular rhythm , but that rhythm is broken or interrupted at the tone-unit boundary . |
| 9 | The receiver is not , however , obliged to fulfil existing contracts and because of this it is claimed that in this regard he is better placed than the company which of course must stand by its contracts . |
| 10 | It is claimed that by having sharply separated black and white regions of the skin , rotary breezes will be created between the black and white zones and that these will have a cooling effect . |
| 11 | It is revealing that on the fifth disc , which comprises material all drawn from BBC broadcasts — Chausson 's Poème , Brahms 's Vier ernste Gesänge plus a recital of English songs — there is very little distortion . |
| 12 | However , it is considered that during the first stage of the expansion of GIS use the largest group of new users are non-computer-literate professionals who frequently have a highly developed insight into spatial data . |
| 13 | It is considered that in the past the children 's learning in crucial areas of their lives may have been either insufficient or inappropriate . |
| 14 | It is considered that in the last resort it is to civil remedies that she should have recourse . |
| 15 | When it is considered that in the ‘ real world ’ mathematics does not come in the small , fragmented packages that so frequently exist on our syllabuses ( e.g. ‘ Fractions ’ and ‘ Decimals ’ , ‘ Addition ’ and ‘ Multiplication ’ , ‘ Perimeter ’ and ‘ Area ’ ) , it is not surprising that pupils are unable to get a useful overview , or see relationships . |
| 16 | This is to certify that in my opinion you are unfit to : work/join the Army/propagate your species . |
| 17 | The Assistant Government Agent at Matara agreed that the establishment of village tribunals had led to a decrease in the number of police court cases , but asked ‘ what good end is obtained by merely removing the scene of litigation from one set of courts to another , and doubling the amount of litigation in the process , and how it is supposed that by increasing litigation twofold the peace and harmony of the district is secured , and litigation robbed of all the rancour and bad feelings it engenders in the ordinary courts ? ’ |
| 18 | For several years Spain has been the biggest source of sales for the majority of ELT publishers ; indeed , it is reported that for one of the smaller players it represents a dangerous 50% of turnover . |
| 19 | It is reported that on 22 March Nijazi Beqa and five other political prisoners there went on a hungers-strike against their conditions . |
| 20 | It is reported that on discharge from hospital on the thirty-sixth postoperative day " he appeared to have perfectly normal powers of comprehension of the spoken word " and was able to refer to the medical and nursing staff by name . |
| 21 | Here it is reported that in cities whole neighbourhoods illegally tap overhead lines , part of the reason for the fact that some 40% of gross energy output disappears and revenue always lags well behind billings . |
| 22 | Official figures give average class sizes as forty to fifty , but it is reported that in the rural areas there are often seventy to eighty children in a class . |
| 23 | It is reported that in a large printing office in the city [ which can only be R. & R. Clark ] where there are about 100 females employed , more than 70 handed in notices to strike yesterday , while correspondingly large proportions of the females employed in other firms are said to have signified their intention of going on strike , failing a settlement . |
| 24 | It is reported that in a number of countries that are regionally , culturally and socio-economically heterogeneous , malnutrition has been found to be more common among children born after short than after long intervals ( Rinehart , 1984 , p. 686 ) . |
| 25 | Thus the guidance given to governors by DES Circular 11/87 that , although it is expected that at least some sex education would be provided by the school , they have freedom to decide whether or not sex education should be offered should now be revised . |
| 26 | Schools could work forwards or backwards in time ( though it is expected that at all times there will be reference to time-lines , and time-charts , and that attention will be given to the question " when did this happen in the past ? " ) . |
| 27 | And it is expected that in the next few days she will address the military 's other grievances . |
| 28 | The alternative method is to provide that upon any adjustment of the base figure , the rent payable immediately before the adjustment becomes a fixed amount payable under the terms of the lease ( or is substituted for a fixed amount previously reserved ) . |
| 29 | it is recommended that at least half the length of the palisades should be buried in the ground . |
| 30 | It is recommended that at the start of a particular project , the project manager should draw up a set of guidelines for filling in module headers . |