Example sentences of "is [verb] that [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 No-one is suggesting that animal experiments are the only method of medical research .
2 It is to emphasise that Papert is fighting major battles over the nature of the relationship between computers and education .
3 It is claimed that catering colleges have failed to get to grips with the developments of technology , acknowledge its importance and provide students with a level of understanding based on the industry 's needs .
4 Thus , using arguments which are , in effect , the same as the criticisms levelled against nationalised industries , it is claimed that privatisation leads to greater competition and efficiency , by exposing the privatised firms to market forces .
5 Because of its compatibility with this standard , it is claimed that Photo CD can be used with virtually any type of computer adhering to common industry standards .
6 No-one is denying that development should n't go on , as change is inevitable .
7 Where it is suspected that headgear is below the British Standard the assistance of a Forensic Science Laboratory could be sought .
8 Then it is said that court time will be taken up by considering a mass of Parliamentary material and long arguments about its significance , thereby increasing the expense of litigation .
9 In addition , it is said that gas is cheaper , but that is not true on two counts .
10 If it is felt that incapacity should be at an end an unannounced visit to the claimant may be necessary .
11 Delightful prospect that this is , it is felt that certification problems will frustrate any such plans .
12 In the event that it is felt that enquiry is allowable , the usual choice is between Proof or Jury Trial .
13 In Africa , it is argued that man was using fire at least 50–55 000 years ago , taking coals from camp to camp and using the fire to smoke out bees from their nests in honey-hunting , or driving game .
14 If it is argued that sarvodaya is an unattainable ideal , and that in the end one may have to settle for the happiness or good of 51 per cent , it could be stated in reply , that it is infinitely better to strive for sarvodaya and fail to realize it , than to start out with a limited objective and attain it at the expense of an unfortunate minority .
15 If this cycle obtains , then it is argued that government is controlled , and public policy is congruent with the wishes of the majority of the electorate for most of the time .
16 In some case such as subsidised motorists and those with high values of time , it is argued that road pricing will have little impact , and could even encourage additional travel .
17 It is argued that birth is an illogical and inappropriate criterion for membership .
18 As against this , it is argued that insurance companies act as an additional monitoring agency : in fixing premiums insurers will assess the degree of risk and directors thus have an incentive to minimise the chances of liability arising in order to keep premiums as low as possible .
19 It is argued that participation will result in :
20 In the remaining chapters , it is argued that religion in Ireland basically solidifies the opposing alliances in an exclusive way and precludes a common state form , thus providing the structure of violence which such divisions entail .
21 ‘ Although it is argued that fear of punitive jury awards has made the US business safety-conscious , quite a price has had to be paid for that by way of corporate and insurance company bankruptcy , the closing of municipal facilities and the practice of defensive medicine . ’
22 Here it is argued that jurisdiction is conditional on its proper exercise so that even if a tribunal is entitled to enter into the enquiry , it can lose its power by the way that power is used .
23 In standard economic theory it is argued that regulation is required if market failures occur .
24 On the one hand , it is argued that labour costs in advanced countries have become too high to be competitive for many industrial tasks .
25 These points are taken up again in the second chapter of Kingman , where it is argued that language ‘ expresses identity , enables co-operation , and confers freedom ’ , and that an understanding of language is vital to children 's intellectual , social , personal and aesthetic development .
26 Provided that labour and capital are perfectly mobile , that factors of production are fully employed and that there exists free competition , then it is argued that market forces will ensure the removal of spatial disparities .
27 The worst thing that happened to diesel recently is the allegation of carcinogenic properties.It is argued that diesel fumes contain microscopic particles of sticky carbon , on to which are attracted carcinogens that can enter the lungs .
28 Whereas in breast and cervical cancer active treatment is instituted on detection of the disease , it is argued that screening would not be appropriate in localised prostatic cancer because no treatment is often the option chosen .
29 The first trap for young reporters is to assume that responsibility for a libel can be avoided if it is made in an attributed quotation .
30 This is not to say that women 's experience , perceptions , feelings and emotions are self-validating and constitute in themselves an epistemological standpoint , or even to say that they are always correctly identified and described , but it is to suggest that philosophy would look rather different if women 's experience had the same rights of entry as that of men .
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