Example sentences of "it is [verb] [det] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Public Health Nursing is still to a large extent task-oriented and the findings in a survey of the work load of the Public Health Nurse in Ireland in 1986 showed that only a small percentage of time ( 0.2% ) was spent directly on health education , although it is acknowledged that health promotion is a component of tasks and policy in all aspects of their role . |
2 | Whether the particular objective is to provide school leavers with better general training for the labour market or to stimulate the development of more portable skills , it is hoped that government training initiatives , such as the Youth Training Scheme , will provide a catalyst for change . |
3 | It is understood former Lord Mayor Carson was speaking during a debate on the Laganside Concert complex debate . |
4 | It is owned by the Rank Organisation and it is understood that bar boss Bary Faulkner , who owns Faulkner 's in the town 's Albert Road , is interested in buying it . |
5 | It is understood that Sock Shop directors were in the US yesterday trying to find someone who might be prepared to take over the American end of the operation and continue to run it under the Sock Shop name . |
6 | It is understood that family members , who control the estate of the writer , asked for the material to be withheld . |
7 | It is understood most prison officers have personal protection weapon certificates , but not all carry guns . |
8 | Only after it is decided that company collection agencies are unsuitable for the job should outside agencies be contracted to fill in the gaps . |
9 | It is accepted that Community case law has developed such a principle under which , on policy grounds compatible with Community law , restrictions on trade may be justified . |
10 | It is believed that ozone depletion in the Arctic appears less severe than the Antarctic because air currents in the northern hemisphere produce fresh supplies of ozone-rich air into the region and allow the ozone levels to be restored . |
11 | It is believed that Unix System Laboratories Inc , Univel Inc , IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co , SunSoft Inc and Sun Microsystems Inc will all pick it up . |
12 | On the hon. Lady 's first point , it is disappointing that car manufacturers advertise maximum speeds and acceleration more than security devices . |
13 | It is estimated that business travel ( both national and international ) accounted for 750 million trips worldwide in 1989 and was probably worth about $320 billion . |
14 | Such large programmes can be carried out most effectively only where standards are agreed , and it is recommended that development work should proceed with some input from similar institutions , so that we are all working along similar lines . |
15 | It is recommended that module names should be reserved for all software as it is being created . |
16 | All new replacement PCs should be of higher specification than existing machines , which will then be freed for stand-alone use , and it is recommended that SCSI boards should be installed for the more efficient use of peripherals . |
17 | It is recommended that skeleton headers be mass-produced , specifying only the module name , issue number and type , and those modules be entered into LIFESPAN . |
18 | Since there are likely to be a few worms present , even in adult dogs , in spite of the diversion of the majority of larvae to the somatic tissues , it is recommended that adult dogs should be treated every six months throughout their lives . |
19 | It is recommended that LIFESPAN facilities are made unavailable for 30 minutes before the shutdown so that any outstanding transactions may be completed . |
20 | It is recommended that LIFESPAN facilities are made unavailable for 30 minutes before a LIFESPAN shut down so that any outstanding transactions may be given sufficient time to complete . |
21 | Editor , — It is recommended that health care workers in all departments should protect the mucous membranes of their eyes from blood splashes to avoid exposure to HIV and hepatitis . |
22 | Once it is established that insider dealing ought to be a criminal offence , the question becomes : how much do we punish and why ? |
23 | If it is agreed that project work has a great deal to offer in terms of developing reading , but recognised that these opportunities tend not to be exploited to the full , it is necessary to examine ways in which project work can be designed to make fuller use of its potential . |
24 | When the counting has been completed it is found that Party A ( together with any actual or potential allies ) has won 52% of the seats for 48% of the votes , whilst Party B ( together with any actual or potential allies ) has won 52% of the votes but only 48% of the seats . |
25 | However , it is known that body mass index on average changes only 0.10 kg/m a year . |
26 | No attempt was made , therefore , to calculate the delivery times of individual items from the Annexe , since it is known that delivery times range from an minimum of just over three-quarters of an hour , for requests submitted immediately before the majority of the van 's departures from the Main Building , to a maximum of around sixty-six hours , for requests submitted immediately after the van 's final departure on Fridays ( and longer at holiday periods ) . |
27 | It is thought that merchant bank Warburg , adviser to British Land , will work on a new scheme to distribute more to shareholders . |
28 | Typical industries utilizing absorption as a method of odour control are metallurgical industries , plastic/production , waste incineration plants , animal by-product industries , and it is reported that absorption scrubber units have been fitted with a fair degree of success on plant processing meat for pet food manufacture and for the production of animal feedstuffs . |
29 | Simply expressed , it is claimed that state intervention in the management of the economy , and a commitment to maintaining full employment , has actually caused a high level of inflation . |
30 | Nevertheless , we support the creation of the body , provided that it is guaranteed that member states can nominate members . |