Example sentences of "is [adv] [v-ing] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , with the proposed acquisition of CGI , IBM is effectively saying that despite its vast army of surplus employees , it ca n't find 4,000 among with the skills , or the ability to acquire the skills to be found in an unexceptional middle-ranking software and computer services company — and the move is hardly a morale-booster for all the people within IBM that ply their trade in software and services . |
| 2 | This is an interesting passage because Platt B. is effectively saying that an undertaking to pay this excessive charge had been extracted from the clerk before he commenced his search and that he could not honestly have gone back on that undertaking . |
| 3 | J. P. Morgan , a New York bank , is optimistically forecasting that the current account for the year will be in balance , compared with a deficit of $99 billion in 1990 . |
| 4 | And it is especially fitting that her statue should stand so close to the parade ring , the scene of such joyous pandemonium at Cheltenham after she had completed her unique double in March 1986 . |
| 5 | Role ‘ It is only fitting that the standard of his office should reflect his role . |
| 6 | After all in an age where everyone is becoming more environmentally aware , perhaps it is only fitting that even artists are getting into recycling . |
| 7 | Before any committal warrant is issued , the magistrates court must hold a means inquiry , and it is only following that that a warrant can be issued . |
| 8 | He is only saying that after a certain point in his life he himself did not doubt . |
| 9 | ‘ Anyway , you know that Tim is only saying that because he wants you to marry him . |
| 10 | Galbraith ( 1976 ) put forward the idea that in the technological world the technology is so demanding that a given new technology is handled in the same way anywhere in the world no matter what the local culture . |
| 11 | It is entirely fitting that Dawn Run should share the statuary honours with the other two Cheltenham legends , for she was the first — and to date the only — horse to win both the Champion Hurdle and the Cheltenham Gold Cup . |
| 12 | It is perhaps fitting that he was carried to his pauper 's grave by the stonemasons then engaged in restoring Camborne Church . |
| 13 | It is perhaps unsurprising that the matter should have been challenged in the courts , given that it was an affront to the requirements of even the most basic conception of the rule of law . |
| 14 | In the light of these concerns , and the dismal outlook of many , it is perhaps unsurprising that only 28 per cent agreed that helping older people to live as long as possible should be a priority issue . |
| 15 | It is perhaps reassuring that they at least recognised utter nonsense when they wrote it , if disappointing that this was essentially a confession of failure by a Ministry whose central function had been to coordinate energy policy . |
| 16 | History is somehow proving that Kitchens Of Distinction are a valid fusion of the ( early ) '80s and '90s , where spiky , overcoated rock meets effects-stunned pop and gets on , miserably . |
| 17 | It is thus fitting that nowhere has pop been so active as in that area so firmly delineated as ‘ private ’ by the dominant culture and woe betide those who , like politicians in sex scandals , mix the public and the private , or otherwise transgress the narrow boundaries — namely those of sexuality and gender . |
| 18 | Jackie had finished racing by the time I got involved in the sport , but it is utterly fitting that this collection of drivers ' portraits should begin with Jackie : not only because he was a great champion , not just because he changed the course of the sport , but because he 's really never been away . |
| 19 | This approach is already suggesting that genetically determined variation in the oxidative metabolism of alcohol may play a role in individual susceptibility to alcohol related liver damage implicating acetaldehyde an an important factor in disease pathogenesis . |
| 20 | Parliament is already arguing that the referendum was no more than a glorified opinion poll . |
| 21 | It is because the context of the child 's development is always changing that one can not predict later behaviour on the basis of earlier events . |
| 22 | On the official level , the PLO is still insisting that ‘ it is ready to accept to deal with the Baker plan ’ but only if the composition of the Palestinian delegation is publicly selected by the PLO . |
| 23 | On the official level , the PLO is still insisting that ‘ it is ready to accept to deal with the Baker plan ’ but only if the composition of the Palestinian delegation is publicly selected by the PLO . |
| 24 | As far as the Channel Tunnel is concerned it has reluctantly accepted the need for on-train immigration checks but is still insisting that customs checks must be carried out at the terminals , against the advice of commercial interests who see such checks as detrimental to the ‘ user friendliness ’ of the Tunnel . |
| 25 | But it is deeply revealing that in neither of these paintings are the revolutionary perspectival implications of the Demoiselles explored or developed , or indeed more than hinted at , and that in the Basel painting figures have been transformed into still life . |
| 26 | The stabilizing effect of DNA supercoiling on open complex formation is probably reflecting that the torsional stress is favouring the opening of the DNA strands driving the RNA polymerase-promoter complex into a configuration with an increased half-life . |
| 27 | The group is also demanding that a strip of virgin forest along the Burmese border be included in the designation . |
| 28 | United is also arguing that employee concessions in the deal should be considered ‘ sweat equity ’ , reducing BA 's contribution to 35 per cent . |
| 29 | The academic who describes himself at cocktail parties with the words ‘ I am a physicist ’ or ‘ I am a historian ’ is saying something about his self-perception ( essentially a researcher , not a teacher ) ; but is also saying that he subscribes to the disciplinary code imposed on its practitioners . |
| 30 | We can also recognise , as we did , at an , on an earlier paper that it is national government policy and increasingly so , to encourage the development of capital schemes , borrowing , we noted that in relation to transport and the availability of S C A's I think it 's also right to say that the government does set down the level of borrowing which can be entered into in in any one year , that is the credit approvals are controlled by the government and they do make them available to the County Council and to district Councils , so in a sense , the government is both saying that we expect borrowing to be a feature of a budget and also that we want to control , and restrict the amount of money that can be borrowed through the amount of credit approvals . |