Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [verb] that [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Research is showing that many animals actually do possess a sixth sense but this is a natural " supersense " , rather than anything supernatural . |
| 2 | Research is showing that many animals respond to other weather cues . |
| 3 | One critical step in overcoming the culture gap is to ensure that all partners share at the outset a common understanding of the innovation process , their respective roles within it , and how it applies to the particular topic being addressed . |
| 4 | The silliest and the most sinful of the many heresies of pseudo-democracy is to pretend that all studies and all learning are ‘ created equal ’ . |
| 5 | The role of internal audit is to ensure that these arrangements are implemented and that they remain satisfactory . |
| 6 | The terms of reference of Sir Geoffrey 's committee indicate that the Exchange is determined that all aspects of the creation of a clearing house are fully explored . |
| 7 | Because of the potential seriousness of gonorrhoea or syphilis , if left untreated , nearly all the clinics in the United Kingdom have on their staff contact-tracers whose prime aim is to ensure that all efforts are made to persuade possible contacts of patients with either disease to attend for investigation . |
| 8 | Admirable as the desire is to ensure that these builders have the opportunity to construct the dwellings that the public will want to buy , the special position of Tyne and Wear , the real shortage of new land , makes it essential in planning terms that existing urban areas should be scoured for land upon which to build . |
| 9 | The Museums and Galleries Commission is hoping that these considerations will lead the Charity Commissioners to reconsider their decision under the cy-pres ( i.e. next best thing ) provision of the 1960 Charities Act , which allows a charitable bequest or trust to be altered where the original stipulation is no longer relevant . |
| 10 | The specific objective of this paper is to show that these children have the worst mortality record of any social group . |
| 11 | Arithmetical skills are often considered to be ‘ basic skills ’ , and the implication is drawn that such skills are relevant to everyday life . |
| 12 | The objective is to ensure that all employees accept their individual responsibilities within the context of the law as it stands at the time . |
| 13 | The fiction is maintained that these lists of the worthy , the deserving and the hitherto unrecognized are supervised , if not by the Queen herself , then at least by her staff . |
| 14 | The agency 's responsibility is to see that those children are properly paid for . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , the principle is established that all students can participate in the decision-making process , and it is not a principle which has proved to be unworkable or which has produced manifestly absurd results . |
| 16 | The purpose is to ensure that those bodies that are susceptible to judicial review have carried out their public duties in the way it was intended they should . |
| 17 | One of the main reasons for the government introducing the system is to ensure that more residents pay for local services . |
| 18 | What concerns me is that , in effect , the Minister is saying that all campaigns are condemned before they begin . |
| 19 | The function of tragic myth is to show that all things , even such ugly discordance , are part of an " artistic game " played at the heart of things . |
| 20 | In its narrowly defined sense the responsibility of stewardship is to demonstrate that those assets have not been misappropriated . |