Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] that [noun] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is widely believed that people become less productive as they get older . |
| 2 | This is the part where there is a surfaced footway or pavement but at present it is so overgrown that pedestrians have to walk on the road . |
| 3 | And since it is generally recognised that managers cost their companies at least three times their annual salary , the scope for cost-saving is enormous . |
| 4 | It is generally agreed that objects appear smaller and heavier as they move upwards . |
| 5 | It is also known that hepatocytes express a series of integrin and non-integrin receptors for a series of matrix constituents . |
| 6 | It is also claimed that males walk to the breeding pond , while females walk and hop . |
| 7 | Evidence is now emerging that women have been detained in order to be raped and even impregnated , and that political and military leaders knew , but condoned it.One woman who can testify to the existence of rape camps and the suffering of women , is Francoise Hampson , senior lecturer at Essex University and an expert in the law of armed conflict . |
| 8 | It is often assumed that employers take advantage of the demand for positions where interesting work , pleasant conditions and a high degree of job satisfaction are reckoned to make up for low pay . |
| 9 | In a commercial or industrial setting it is often assumed that organisations try to maximise profits as their main goal . |
| 10 | It is often assumed that clients interfere with their ulcers between treatments to ensure the community nurse will revisit and meet their need for social contact . |
| 11 | It is often said that opposites attract , but this does n't usually work with horses ; most people are happier with an animal whose temperament is similar to their own . |
| 12 | It is often said that women have greater access to housing in the public sector than men , or that housing officials tend to be more sympathetic to women . |
| 13 | It is often said that children pick up and learn things much quicker than adults . |
| 14 | It is often said that children have their lives before them and to die before they have had a chance to develop their personalities and lives seems particularly cruel . |
| 15 | Indeed , the argument is often advanced that mergers bring benefits through reducing costs of production because of the attainment of economies of scale . |
| 16 | It is often forgotten that trainees have two genders . |
| 17 | It is often claimed that children crave discipline because without it they are overloaded with judgements , decisions and opportunities . |
| 18 | Pupil Gender : It is well documented that boys get into more trouble in school than girls and that boys are generally more assertive and visible . |
| 19 | The patient is admitted to one of these units in order to allow the carer the freedom to go away on holiday , as it is well recognized that carers need a proper break at intervals , so you should not feel guilty about taking advantage of the opportunity . |
| 20 | If the system does not provide for supervision , then the health authority could be primarily liable because it is well established that doctors need to do their training on the job . |
| 21 | It is well known that parents tend to treat their children as they themselves have been treated by their own parents . |
| 22 | It is well known that teachers undertake a number of tasks which appear to be additional to their contractual duties and so voluntary . |
| 23 | It is well known that trees grow by the addition of rings , usually ( though not always ) annually . |
| 24 | Even when this was not the overt purpose , research results have been used to justify particular aspects of women 's subordination : thus even today it is sometimes said that girls do n't become engineers because they lack spatial ability , or that their relative lack of aggression makes them less effective leaders . |
| 25 | More generally , while there is no denying that leaders couch their statements in moral language , which seems to emphasize differences and minimize similarities , their actions often bear little resemblance to these moral pronouncements . |