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

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1 The new directive is intended to ensure that national authorities process toxic substances as close to source as possible , thereby minimising the risk of accidents while in transit .
2 It involves close cooperation between central and local authorities and is designed to ensure that large scale developments bring the greatest possible benefit to the areas in which they are sited through , for example , the use of local labour and materials .
3 ‘ No insolvency proceedings shall be invalidated by any formal defect or by any irregularity , unless the court before which objection is made considers that substantial injustice has been caused by the defect or irregularity , and that the injustice can not be remedied by any order of the court .
4 He is understood to feel that compulsory sales would break up historic estates .
5 Once a module has been copied to the hard copy volume , the Location file is updated to show that hard copy is ‘ in progress ’ .
6 LEDU is trying to ensure that small businesses have the marketing experience , the exporting know-how and the managerial capacity that they need in order to get going .
7 Such an approach to the status of international law is not theoretically neutral ; rather it is a manifestation of that most popular of all jurisprudential theories , the sanction or imperative theory of law in which some version of Austinianism is deployed to say that international law is not a command backed by the effective threat of the use of force against non-compliance and is therefore not law ( Austin , 1861 ) .
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