Example sentences of "to be [verb] that [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It used to be said that the Labour Party was a ‘ broad church ’ , as it managed to contain such a wide range of opinion . |
| 2 | Residential work declined for the third successive month , although it has to be said that the average monthly value since the start of the year is higher than for the last five months of 1992 . |
| 3 | It has to be said that the current U D P of Leeds makes er an a an allowance of migration of net out migration of just over about nine thousand three hundred per five year period . |
| 4 | The scheme was a dismal attempt at wholesale social engineering , at wiping out the past and beginning all over again — although it has to be said that the new phonetic script itself , based on a design by someone called Kingsley Read , was rather attractive . |
| 5 | It has to be said that the new home top looks really sad on a large beergut . |
| 6 | However , it has to be said that the British lag behind other European countries , particularly Germany , in this respect . |
| 7 | In the 1970s it used to be said that the British paid themselves more than they really earned . |
| 8 | Moreover , it needs to be recognized that a rational , ‘ value-free ’ analysis can not exist in a pluralistic society or that it would please no one if attempted ( Clapham , 1984 ) , unless an action could be shown to benefit all stakeholders . |
| 9 | However , it has to be recognized that the whole concept of conservation areas would never have become established in many places without a willingness by local authorities to accept development behind facades . |
| 10 | An alternative formulation of the characteristic function is evidently unc and it is to be observed that the two formulations imply , inter alia , unc and unc where Theorems II and III of 1.22 have been used . |
| 11 | Writing about the earliest Ottoman historical text , Inalcik states : It is to be observed that the first compilation originated in the period of struggle for the existence of the Ottoman state alter the fateful defeat in 1402 . |
| 12 | It has to be emphasized that the pedagogical grammar should be used only with a language assistant who is a native speaker of the language . |
| 13 | We believe that there is , but that it has to be recognised that no single model of ‘ what law is ’ and how it relates to ‘ justice ’ can provide any instant prescription for the tactics to be adopted . |
| 14 | It also has to be recognised that the general educational standard of aspiring architects is much lower than it used to be . |
| 15 | It is now widely recognized that all such attempts have failed , yet it continues to be assumed that the rational agent has somehow pulled himself up by his bootstraps out of reach of his own spontaneity . |
| 16 | It is to be assumed that the general circumstances of the market remain unchanged throughout this period ; that there is , for instance , no change in fashion or taste , no new substitute which might affect the demand , no new invention to disturb the supply . |
| 17 | As the centuries passed and the second coming receded into the remote future , it came more and more to be assumed that the final verdict could be pre-empted . |
| 18 | It is therefore to be hoped that a satisfactory dialogue can be resumed in the near future . ’ |
| 19 | It is to be hoped that a longer , sequential text will eventually be discovered : a piece of poetry or prose would test the hypothesis conclusively . |
| 20 | ‘ Indeed , ’ said Bishop Jon , ‘ 't is to be hoped that the two saintly souls got on well together in life ( if so be that they ever met at all , which I take leave to doubt ) now that the lord King has made a packet of them , so to speak , for posterity . |
| 21 | It is to be hoped that the new botanical information acquired will soon be published in more accessible journals . |
| 22 | It is to be hoped that the new management structure will prove to be a winning solution for the railway which has so much potential that it is a shame to witness the present agony . |
| 23 | It is to be hoped that the current parities of the exchange rates will be maintained to enable consistent pricing policies to be applied . |
| 24 | The list could go on , and it may indeed be appropriate to add to or subtract from it , but it is to be hoped that the general point is clear enough — that our first need is to have a very clear level of self-awareness about existing management structures and processes as a precondition for undertaking a review of these elements . |
| 25 | It is to be hoped that the long-awaited implementation of the Griffiths Report , by the 1990s , will improve provision . |
| 26 | This comment was later confirmed by Flying Scotsman Services and it is to be hoped that the long awaited 8F event will be sanctioned . |
| 27 | It is to be hoped that the continued development of training provision in these last two non-tariff areas can have a positive effect on lowering perceived barriers . |
| 28 | It is to be hoped that the political reasons behind her appointment will be forgotten , and that , on a positive note , the Commissioner will be used as a paradigm for comparable areas of dispute resolution . |
| 29 | As the numbers grow , it is to be hoped that the voluntary organisations will be pivotal in local planning for the specific needs of the very old in these minorities , both in terms of actual provision and also by drawing the attention of the statutory services to particular needs and problems . |
| 30 | Indeed , there is a strong case to be made that the moralistic campaigns around sexuality encouraged , as a response , a more radical position on sexuality . |