Example sentences of "is [adv] [vb pp] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It is widely assumed that different ICUs can be compared by the ratio of actual mortality to that predicted by the APACHE score .
2 It is widely accepted that vast amounts of police time are wasted by calling constables unnecessarily as court witnesses but the problem has so far proved intractable .
3 It is widely accepted that new members of the research community deserve careful initiation , socialisation and accreditation .
4 In particular , it is widely recognised that behavioural methods often result in relatively rigid language patterns , and that subsequent generalisation beyond training sessions and the spontaneous combination of taught elements into novel combinations continue to be problematic .
5 It is widely recognised that agricultural resources produce far more than a supply of raw foodstuffs .
6 At the European level it is widely believed that common standards will allow an expanded internal market to be developed and thus facilitate the economies of scale considered necessary for effective competition against foreign manufacturers .
7 Although it is widely agreed that successful innovations need to couple R&D , manufacturing , and marketing activities to ensure that new products can be manufactured at reasonable cost and are attractive to consumers , it is not completely obvious that this means that all three activities always need to be conducted under the same roof .
8 However , it is generally recognised that economic considerations are undoubtedly important in shaping the changes which have occurred within existing structures over the course of time since collective bargaining itself is an evolving social institution .
9 In 1912 Edison introduced the compatible ‘ Blue Amberol ’ records made of an even tougher plastic ; and it is generally accepted that Blue Amberols had a better , higher fidelity performance than any other medium before the First World War .
10 It is generally accepted that large numbers of people evaded the attention of the enumerators on that occasion and that if allowance is made for under-recording the total should be raised to about 9·2 millions .
11 It is generally assumed that international forces have a great influence on the UK so that it is the international economy which determines the character of the crossroads now facing the UK .
12 It is generally agreed that retail investors need a far higher level of supervision because of their lack of knowledge and because of the severe consequences of loss .
13 It is not intended that MAS specialists should offer advice where valuations are solely for tax purposes .
14 For example , hearing impairments provide a common aetiology for linguistic difficulties among deaf children and for this reason it is usually assumed that deaf children will respond to therapy in similar ways .
15 It is further argued that financial markets fail to reflect the collective rate at which society wants to save and invest .
16 Indeed , it is confidently expected that new tagsets will be added , and their definition will form an important part of the continued work of this and successor projects .
17 It is now realised that lesser landowners , or gentry , played a crucial role in all aspects of medieval English history from at least the mid-thirteenth century .
18 Until quite recently it was considered that it was the crust that attained equilibrium with respect to the mantle , but it is now known that isostatic adjustments also involve the rigid mantle forming the lower part of the lithosphere .
19 It is often assumed that personal contacts will push through more of your material than that of other PROs and that you will be able to ask for favourable comment here and there .
20 It is often stated that young children are in the concrete operational stage of development and that their experience of the adult world and their ability to understand are restricted .
21 It is often said that Muslim men think it a matter of pride that their women should n't work .
22 In particular , it is often said that indirect taxes are less visible ( than direct ) , being to some extent hidden in the quoted price of the good .
23 It is frequently assumed that large corporations act in roughly the same manner , whether they are part of the public or the private sector , and that their industrial relations follow the same pattern , too .
24 It is well recognised that opioid analgesics do not always relieve pain , and there are already several unsatisfactory ways in which such pain is described , including ‘ opioid insensitive , ’ ‘ opioid non-responsive , ’ and ‘ opioid resistant . ’
25 It is well known that Roman remains are found at considerable depth in the lower Thames Valley and that the " Roman snail " they introduced to Britain is found far down in hill wash and similar deposits .
26 It is well known that other groups of hypochlorhydric patients — for example , after partial gastrectomy or vagotomy ; in chronic atrophic gastritis ; in pernicious anaemia — have an increased incidence of gastric cancer .
27 It is well known that deprived children tend to do less well at school than their ‘ ordinary ’ peers .
28 It is well known that Homoeopathic remedies are very dilute in their preparation though their effects can not be explained so simply .
29 It is somewhat paradoxical that structural shift does not appear to have been a major factor in productivity growth after the war , because it is well known that structural imbalances contributed substantially to unemployment between the wars .
30 It is well known that local reversals of movement occur and may possibly go on for a number of years .
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