Example sentences of "is [verb] [conj] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our concern is to see whether any new mechanism of decline is at work . ’ |
| 2 | It is intended that this new sponsorship will become an annual event . |
| 3 | When the new system is introduced the caretaking staff will not be amongst those identified as operators and it is intended that these revised hours will assist caretaking staff by freeing them for more appropriate duties . |
| 4 | It is hypothesised that most existing studies of adoption are not sufficiently long term to , demonstrate these effects . |
| 5 | Whilst some theists like to bask in their own linguistic confusions , the more dangerous temptation is to pretend that some simple formula like ‘ love ’ or ‘ supreme being ’ — or even ‘ infinite potential ’ — can somehow solve all theological problems . |
| 6 | ( At least , until |
| 7 | The first symptom of such a change is to accept that all past data collected on UFOs are , in scientific terms , largely useless . |
| 8 | Opening the book purely at random is to discover that most human activities appear to be the subject of superstition . |
| 9 | In Nicaragua , it is reported that many male babies born since the beginning of this year have been named either Saddam or Hussein . |
| 10 | Guar bread appears to be the answer to the baker 's prayer ; it counters the popular belief that all bread is fattening and that white bread is too refined to be healthy . |
| 11 | It is expected that all senior managers in most of the organisations competing in an industry will be interviewed . |
| 12 | It is expected that this new method of information handling will have other advantages . |
| 13 | It is expected that this simple procedure could , in itself , have a salutary effect in resolving some unpleasant situations facing employees . |
| 14 | It is expected that any such changes to be manifested not only at the attitudinal and cognitive levels , but also in behavioural indices such as higher rates of criminal activity , marital problems and disputes at work . |
| 15 | It is recommended that all new modules ( including edited PACKAGE modules ) are given an initial issue number of 1.1A , where A is known as the development code . |
| 16 | It is recommended that either antidepressant medication ( Perry and Tsuang 1979 ) or lithium ( Coppen et al. 1981 ) is introduced at the same time as commencing ECT to reduce the risk of relapse after the course of ECT is completed . |
| 17 | However , Article 15 specified slightly increased levels of HLCAs because the conversion rate of European Currency Units to Sterling has been altered a little and it is recommended that any enhanced payments should be linked solely to conservation undertakings and be re-imbursed by the EEC . |
| 18 | Hence there must be a facility for storing the cross- reference until it is required , and a system by which the editor is reminded that that cross- reference needs to be written in at the other point ( earlier or later in the text ) . |
| 19 | One solution is to state that any financial benefits are only paid when the move has taken place . |
| 20 | It is said that these underground beings , djinn , rise in the half light of pre-dawn and in the twilight . |
| 21 | ( ii ) Next , a check is made that all referenced files are present . |
| 22 | Such analytic paraphrases are usually conducted from the position of a specific ( even though not always openly or clearly stated ) ontological bias ; and often the assumption is made that all purportive references to " non-meanings " in factual statements , in the final analysis , can be translated into references to ontological existents of the preferred sort . |
| 23 | If it is decided that more relevant information for the balance sheet would be the plant 's replacement cost , then that entry becomes more subjective : different accountants might produce different replacement costs from different markets . |
| 24 | ‘ It is fitting that these important landscape features should be given priority and where possible repaired or rebuilt , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 25 | The graph is connected if any two nodes in it are the ends of a path . |
| 26 | There might be more advantage in making the categories run mid-way across the ten-year groups , giving 25–34 as a group if it is felt that some significant changes take place in people 's lives in their mid-thirties , or at other points in the mid-sections of the decades . |
| 27 | Concerning QUARRIED ROCK it is felt that any future development should be constrained only by points 2 and 4 above . |
| 28 | It is felt that any formal approach to the study of other world faiths should take place in the later stages of the primary school and appropriate stages in secondary school . |
| 29 | For example , it is argued that former communist officials in the Russian provinces continue to wield much power and are in a position to render executive decisions ineffective . |
| 30 | In the first place it is argued that this growing equality has been a ‘ relational ’ equality between men and women in the home . |