Example sentences of "is [verb] [verb] that [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The way in which child support is calculated means that the amount payable can vary according to a number of different factors . |
| 2 | A level 1 assessment at age 7 is intended to signal that the child may need special help . |
| 3 | Crucial to the arguments of Bailey and Bickerton is the scaleability of their data , which is intended to show that the rules are added in a set order ( reflecting the historical development — the " decreolisation " of the language ) , and resulting in a systematic ordering of lects from bottom to top . |
| 4 | This is intended to mean that the object is attended to , and in some sense ‘ enjoyed ’ , for itself , ‘ for its own sake ’ , for the qualities it possesses in itself as apprehended , and which arouse our attention and interest ( p. 4 ) . |
| 5 | The main safeguards in this area are the Housing Acts , supported by public health legislation , which is intended to ensure that no person should be allowed to live in a dwelling that is unfit for human habitation . |
| 6 | That construction is intended to ensure that the courts do not substitute their view for that of the administrator just because they believe that a different conclusion would be more reasonable . |
| 7 | The wording of the section suggests that this power could not be used to restrict the right to inspect or obtain copies , for example by requiring good cause to be shown thus preventing share registers being used as ‘ sucker-lists , ’ but is intended to ensure that the matter is reproduced in a way which is as ‘ user-friendly ’ as possible without imposing undue burdens on the company . |
| 8 | The rule , Rule 15 ( Client Care ) , and the Law Society guide that interprets it , is intended to ensure that the client is properly informed at all times , as to who is dealing with the matter , as to the available complaints procedure and as to how the action is progressing . |
| 9 | For all irrational and exploitative forms of authority , self-assertion — the pursuit by another of his own goals — is the arch sin because it is a threat to the power of the authority ; the person subject to it is indoctrinated to believe that the aims of the authority are also his , and that obedience offers the optimal chance for fulfilling oneself . |
| 10 | One of the things that we shall be seeking to do in the negotiations on the political union treaty is to try to ensure that the Commission — at present under no effective control — increasingly comes under the control of the most appropriate Parliament , in this case the European Parliament . |
| 11 | The anthropologists ' work of reconstruction carries with it a major temptation , which is to try to show that every part of an exotic culture is coherent and consistent with all the other parts . |
| 12 | He is reported to believe that the City Council should be shut down immediately and replaced by an appointed commission to oversee local government in the city . |
| 13 | SMCC is expected to claim that the unit is a ‘ hot box , ’ taking the number one position in benchmarks such as MIPS , Database TPC-A , Specint92 ( figure a maximum 9000+ ) , Specfp92 , AIM III and Laddis . |
| 14 | Sun is expected to claim that the unit is a ‘ hot box , ’ taking the number one position in benchmarks such as MIPS , Database TPC-A , Specint92 ( could go to 9,000+ ) , Specfp92 , AIM III and Laddis . |
| 15 | BR is expected to argue that the location of the Channel Tunnel terminal at King 's Cross is secondary to the major improvement in domestic services and will call the BR Property Board chairman , Sir James Swaffield , and London Regeneration Corporation chief , Mr Godfrey Bradman , to back up its case . |
| 16 | Now Mr Major is expected to announce that the Trident submarines will carry far fewer than the expected 512 warheads . |
| 17 | His article is designed to show that the situation was similar on 31 January , 1950 , when President Harry Truman ordered an all-out effort to develop the hydrogen bomb or ‘ Super ’ . |
| 18 | This is designed to ensure that the policing of the demonstration can be properly planned . |
| 19 | The education system is designed to imply that the whole of black African society is inferior and marginal , morally and intellectually ; that blacks have no history worthy of recollection ; that their culture is at best no more than ‘ picturesque ’ . |
| 20 | If a summons is purported to be served otherwise on a person under disability , the court is empowered to order that the summons be deemed duly served ( Ord 10 , r 4(2) ) . |
| 21 | The prices obtained are those actually charged in the selected retail outlets and an attempt is made to ensure that the prices collected relate to goods and services of the same quality every month . |
| 22 | It is important that every effort is made to ensure that the implementation of schemes is non-problematic and successful . |
| 23 | In other words , the guest is made to feel that the hotel is a home from home . |
| 24 | Obviously , if the party to whom the representation is made knows that the statement is untrue he will not have any remedy . |
| 25 | This rough version of the finished garment is made to check that the design can be produced effectively . |
| 26 | Now , however , it is refusing to confirm that the trials have actually gone ahead , saying only that ‘ It 's taken longer than we anticipated ’ . |
| 27 | Given the importance of the uses to which information from assessments is put , greater standardisation of methods of assessment is needed to ensure that the validity and reliability of information obtained are acceptable . |
| 28 | Thorough understanding of the impact of visual presentations is not a normal part of training of teachers and other academics , and care is needed to ensure that the effect in the classroom is actually what was intended ; there is no substitute for classroom experiment in this area . |
| 29 | However , structural advice from an engineer is needed to ensure that the roof is not weakened . |
| 30 | It is reassuring to note that the burden which such women carry has been more widely recognised and discussed in the past 10–15 years . |