Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] that [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is widely rumoured that Pillsbury and Ruth Carter Stevenson , an influential trustee of the National Gallery , did not get on , and also that several National Gallery staffers were , in the words of one curator , ‘ absolutely terrified ’ at the prospect of Pillsbury 's appointment , the general feeling being that ‘ heads would roll ’ in a grand sweep . |
| 2 | It is generally believed that garlic and tea-tree essences are the most powerful anti-viral oils . |
| 3 | It is usually assumed that teachers and heads are held to account but whether they are accountable to resource providers ( ratepayers , taxpayers , policy makers , administrators ) , customers ( pupils , parents , employers ) , or their professional colleagues , is ill-defined . |
| 4 | It is further recognised that words or gestures which may be tolerable to some people may be deeply offensive or threatening to others . |
| 5 | After a flurry of litigation it is now settled that stipulations as to time in a rent review clause are prima facie not of the essence ( United Scientific Holdings Ltd v Burnley BC [ 1977 ] 2 All ER 62 ) ; nor is an obligation to prepare service charge accounts ( West Central Investments Ltd v Borovik ( 1977 ) 241 EG 609 ) . |
| 6 | It is now known that contact and reassurance are more important than food in providing bonds of attachment and affection . |
| 7 | It is well known that girls and boys tend to choose different books , and indeed that teenage boys tend to drop voluntary reading altogether . |
| 8 | For example it is well known that asthma and eczema are linked but what is frequently overlooked is the way that a person 's asthma can be bad at a time when their eczema is quiet and their eczema can be its worst when the asthma is quiet . |
| 9 | For instance , it is commonly supposed that trees and shrubs colour better on acid soils than they do on alkaline . |