Example sentences of "is [adv] [v-ing] that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Role ‘ It is only fitting that the standard of his office should reflect his role . |
| 2 | It is perhaps unsurprising that the matter should have been challenged in the courts , given that it was an affront to the requirements of even the most basic conception of the rule of law . |
| 3 | Parliament is already arguing that the referendum was no more than a glorified opinion poll . |
| 4 | The Greek government is now recommending that the filters be fitted to all the city 's buses , with a view to cutting exhaust pollutants by half in the busier areas . |
| 5 | The Minister is backing away from the commitment that the Scottish Transport Group and the Government gave , and is now saying that the money must go back into the Treasury 's coffers . |
| 6 | Indeed , the huge TV screen set up for the occasion is now predicting that the Tories will be shy of an overall majority by a mere eight seats : John Major will surely be back at Number 10 . |
| 7 | If this seems too severe , there is no denying that the development of the industrial co-operative sector has had little reason over the years to feel grateful to the Consumer Movement . |
| 8 | Nevertheless there is no denying that the threat of removal has radically altered the relationship between chairmen and committee members . |
| 9 | There is no denying that the miners suffered a humiliating defeat , but was this true of the wider trade union movement ? |
| 10 | On balance the evidence suggests that the Liberal decline began before the First World War , but there is no denying that the war speeded up this process . |
| 11 | However , there is no denying that the picture quality does suffer at these low levels : the colours become increasingly weak and washed-out looking , and the sharpness of the definition falls off because the lens is having to work at its maximum aperture . |
| 12 | Indeed by this time Mao is specifically advocating that the Party ought to take a more cautious and less radical approach to land reform so as to not antagonize the interests of the middle and rich peasants . |