Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] [that] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is widely agreed that such psychoactive plants or preparations from them were much used in religious ceremonies , where their effects were taken as evidence for religious reality ; visions of Paradise which could be reached only by the faithful . |
| 2 | He wrote ‘ It is generally acknowledged that all organic beings have been formed on two great lines , unity of type and the conditions of existence . |
| 3 | As a corollary , it is generally accepted that many marginal social groups , especially economically-depressed ethnic minorities , also have high rates of crime . |
| 4 | It is generally accepted that most colorectal carcinomas arise from adenomatous tissue , which usually but not always assumes the form of polyps . |
| 5 | It is thus argued that any statistical model linking pixel counts of land cover to population should be simple , linear , additive and without any intercept constant . |
| 6 | To focus on Charlemagne is not to say that any one individual could have Christianized the political order single-handed . |
| 7 | This is not to say that any successful behavioural therapist does so and , such is the strength of the sexual element in marital or long-term extra-marital partnership , that assistance with the physical difficulties which arise is often invaluable as a tool in overcoming their underlying causes . |
| 8 | This is not to say that some good pieces of research do not emerge from almost accidental findings of research workers . |
| 9 | This is not to deny that some young mothers do have short-term relationships and one-night stands , but the ones that get " caught " are more often those who are in love and in a steady relationship . |
| 10 | It is also assumed that all complex carbohydrate malabsorbed are converted to H 2 with the same degree of rapidity as is the case with lactulose . |
| 11 | It is also recognized that this complex individual does not live in isolation but is in continual interaction with his or her environment , and that this must also be taken into account in both assessing the problem and planning the treatment . |
| 12 | But it is also believed that such cellular circulation develops on smooth coasts with uniform offshore bottom topography . |
| 13 | It is also envisaged that some other steel exporting countries would ultimately accept the rules , creating an ‘ International Consensus ’ on public aids to steel producers , which could be formalised under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) . |
| 14 | The Clean Air Act of 1970 set out to create a healthy atmosphere for the population within less than a decade , but even by the 1990s this has not been achieved and it is now expected that some urban areas will not achieve healthy air until well into the next century . |
| 15 | It is often said that many young people lose interest in poetry , and even stories , as they go through secondary school . |
| 16 | It is often said that most congenital abnormalities are untreatable , but this overlooks the great contribution of tertiary prevention , and surgical techniques are constantly improving . |
| 17 | It is here contended that this last group , forming a close network of interdependent and inter-communicating people working at the leading edge of science at a time of rapid personal and scientific development may be a highly significant unit for the establishment of contacts in later careers , and for the promulgation of paradigm shifts in science . |
| 18 | It is well established that any Palestinian delegates must be acceptable to all parties : if this were not already the case , the Palestinian delegation would be made up of PLO members . |
| 19 | It is well known that any such sheet of water will attract birds , and these reservoirs ' main importance is for the wintering wildfowl Table VI ( p. 33 ) gives an indication of the ornithological importance of the four major reservoirs which attract about 30 per cent . |
| 20 | Now it is well known that any linear differential equation of order n has n independent solutions , the most general solution being a linear combination of these . |
| 21 | They could obtain compass information from the sun and stars , and it is indeed known that some seasonal migrators follow stellar patterns ; stellar orientation has been particularly well studied in the indigo bunting , a bird that inhabits North America . |
| 22 | As for David Hume himself , it is sometimes said that that great Scottish philosopher disposed of the Argument from Design a century before Darwin . |
| 23 | It is sometimes said that this appalling performance by the British economy in the early 1990s has been ‘ imported ’ from a world recession . |
| 24 | It is sometimes said that few young people get involved in CPRW 's work , but this is certainly not the case at our Annual Youth Environment Conference where this year , as ever , 100% of the delegates were under 21 ! |
| 25 | It is sometimes assumed that this outside world , composed of external structures and processes , exists at some level above that of the actor 's home ground . |
| 26 | It is sometimes implied that all this changed when that shrewd lawyer , John XXII , became pope , yet he readily promoted a number of Edward 's episcopal candidates ; moreover , from John , no less than from Clement , Edward II received the bounty of papal taxation of the clergy . |
| 27 | Although much remained unaltered , there is no denying that some significant changes were occurring . |
| 28 | It is therefore concluded that this chronic ulcer is a model of imapred duodenal defence . |