Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] that [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These days , it is widely assumed that monitoring of firms by close , caring banks is a better way to run things than the arms-length institutional ownership of America and Britain . |
| 2 | It is widely assumed that restoration of intestinal continuity inevitably results in a better quality of life for the patient , but that is not necessarily the case . |
| 3 | It is widely observed that patients with food intolerance often have candidiasis as well — and those whose main problem is Candida often turn out to have food sensitivities . |
| 4 | Yet , says Sir Adrian Cadbury , chairman of PRONED , the organisation which seeks to promote wider use of non-executive directors , it is overwhelmingly accepted that NEDs with the right qualities are essential in an effective board . |
| 5 | History is somehow proving that Kitchens Of Distinction are a valid fusion of the ( early ) '80s and '90s , where spiky , overcoated rock meets effects-stunned pop and gets on , miserably . |
| 6 | It is generally believed that persecution by man was the main reason for the extinction of this magnificent bird as a breeding species in Shetland . |
| 7 | It is generally assumed that pus-cells in the urethra are synonymous with infection and the pus-cell is treated vigorously from Bath to Bangkok and from Memphis to Madras as if it were an infectious organism itself . |
| 8 | It is thus argued that relationships between parts of the state apparatus ( especially the bureaucracy and representative institutions ) become a matter of the particular form of the capitalist state — liberal , interventionist , Bonapartist , military dictatorship , fascist — each relating to different stages in the development of capitalism ( competitive , imperialist , state capitalism ) . |
| 9 | It is further suggested that funding for such a programme might be available through the European Community 's information technology programmes . |
| 10 | It is also believed that activity in the alpha band of the EEG signifies a low level of cerebral activation . |
| 11 | It is also hoped that improvements to our visitor facilities , including the provision of a new visitor centre and cafe , will be well advanced by then . |
| 12 | It is also suggested that determination by the tenant would give rise to a breach , ie failure to carry out the tenant 's works . |
| 13 | However , it is now recognized that progress in this direction requires a great deal more cooperation in other fields , such as monetary and budgetary policy , than was originally acknowledged . |
| 14 | However , it is now recognized that research on such prediction falls down in terms of both its reliability and its validity . |
| 15 | It is now known that back in the ice age , glacial action had created a depression in the earth 's surface , in the area occupied by the field in which the seam was to outcrop . |
| 16 | It is often quoted that 75% of all US government transactions will be electronic by the year 2000 . |
| 17 | Research shows that many debilitating diseases are often precipitated by stress , and it is well recognised that conditions like heart disease , gastric ulcers , mental illness , colitis , hypertension , skin disorders and several others have their origin in stressful situations . |
| 18 | It is well recognised that patients with Barrett 's columnar lined lower oesophagus represent the worst end of the reflux spectrum with the most severe forms of lower oesophageal sphincter and pump failure and consequently greater degrees of acid exposure . |
| 19 | It is well accepted that dealings on a recognized stock exchange include unquoted share dealings on the USM and the over the counter markets . |
| 20 | It is well known that managers in general make very limited use of external publicly available information sources for strategic ( or , indeed , frequently for any other ) purposes . |
| 21 | It is well known that problems of identification are acute throughout the criminal law , and intent is also hard to prove in some cases . |
| 22 | It is well known that part of the price of IMF finance was curtailment of the government 's public expenditure plans , which was to increase the tension between the party leadership on the one hand and the left and the unions ( particularly in the public sector ) on the other , over subsequent years . |
| 23 | It may also be noted that if this method is employed then the first number chosen should be by random means rather than just ‘ saying a number between 1 and 10 ’ since it is well known that choices between these limits do not come out anything like randomly — the number 7 being particularly popular . |
| 24 | It is well known that products of the cyclo-oxygenase reaction , prostaglandins , and of the lipoxygenase reaction , leukotrienes , are increased in inflammatory bowel disease . |
| 25 | It is well known that filling of the gland with acinar should be avoided . |
| 26 | It is well known that responses to a stimulus presented off-centre will be faster when made by the limb on the same side of the body as the stimulus appears , that is , when stimulus and response are said to be compatible ( Fitts and Seeger , 1953 ) . |
| 27 | However , this is unlikely to cause any difficulties in the context of commercial operations : it is well known that documents of the kind on which standard terms of business are likely to be printed , such as orders , acknowledgments and delivery notes , commonly include contract terms . |
| 28 | It is well known that speakers of French have open to them a number of different ways of forming interrogatives ; for example , Coveney ( 1986 ) has distinguished five different variants of the wh interrogative , two of which are [ SVQ ] and [ QSV ] . |
| 29 | It is sometimes argued that studies of working-class leisure have concentrated on male activities simply because leisure , a fairly new notion in any case , was very much a male affair in this period . |
| 30 | It is sometimes argued that criticism of the plaintiff after his writ has been issued , and a failure to apologise prior to trial , is evidence of malice . |