Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] that [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.

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1 He adds , however , that to recognize the point is only to recognize that testing is what matters .
2 However , it is generally assumed that rug-weaving was brought into China , probably from Turkestan or Mongolia , some time before the reign of Emperor K'ang Hsi ( 1661–1722 ) , a noted patron of the arts who may well have encouraged its assimilation into Chinese artistic life .
3 It is usually said that repetition is used for emphasis .
4 It is often assumed that winter is the most suitable time for training yet only 43% indicated that any time during winter would be suitable .
5 However , as explained , such problems are often symptoms of deeper organisational and management problems : ‘ It is often assumed that stress is caused by too much work or tasks that are too difficult , but it is more likely to be because staff do n't have a context for what they are doing . ’
6 For example , it is often assumed that multiculturalism is methodologically individualist , and reduces racism to an individual pathology of prejudice , whilst antiracism is radically holist and insists on the primacy of structural processes .
7 It is often said that alcohol is ‘ the only little pleasure that old people have ’ , which may be true to an extent , but if drinking becomes a problem then it is for the individuals to decide how much of a pleasure drinking is , and whether they want help to stop .
8 It is often said that delegation is the art of management .
9 It is often claimed that hypertension is prevalent in diabetic subjects ( Christlieb , 1982 ) , although the evidence for such a statement is conflicting and by no means universally accepted .
10 3 Of course New Yorks is not the capital of the USA. 4 It is well known that Maths is harder than English .
11 Today , it is plainly recognized that stress is heart-related .
12 It is sometimes said that mutation is ‘ random ’ .
13 In the great amount of talk about the permissive society , it is sometimes claimed that marriage is losing its sanctity because couples live together without being married and the number of illegitimate babies ( those born to unmarried mothers ) is rising .
14 In work organisations it is universally believed that cooperation is a Good Thing , and achieve greater productivity than lack of cooperation .
15 It is therefore argued that translation is the specific practice of lawyers in terms of which their place in the social structure should be theorised .
16 It is commonly said that tsunamis are usually triggered by earthquakes or violent volcanic explosions .
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