Example sentences of "it is [verb] [that] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Jockey Club statement yesterday said : ‘ In order to put an end to any further speculation which is harmful to racing , it is confirmed that Flash Of Straw tested positive to a prohibited substance at Yarmouth on 20 August , 1992 . |
| 2 | However , it is recognised that awards for comparable injuries should be comparable and in practice in an individual case the amount of the award is much influenced by the amounts of awards in previous cases in which the injuries appear to have been comparable , adjusted as appropriate in the light of the fall in the value of money since such awards were made . |
| 3 | It is said that assumptions on which he was apparently prepared to proceed have now been shown to be unsound . |
| 4 | Even if we take patristic Christology , in which it is said that God in Christ took on humanity in which we all participate , it is still the case that that human nature was the human nature of a male human being . |
| 5 | It is hoped that developments in robotics will make setting up a PCR less arduous , and simultaneously reduce the likelihood of contamination . |
| 6 | It is hoped that insights from other countries can offer lessons for a New South Africa . |
| 7 | The Scottish Railway Preservation Society has made contact with General Maude 's Regiment , The Coldstream Guards , and it is hoped that members of the Maude family to be guests at the locomotive 's celebration . |
| 8 | Increasingly , it is hoped that members of the schools ' staffs will join staff and students in college . |
| 9 | As far as Europe is concerned , it is hoped that variations in copyright laws can soon be harmonised , especially in respect to the introduction of the Single European market on January 1 1993 . |
| 10 | It is hoped that courses on a limited basis may restart in the Autumn of 1990 . |
| 11 | MITI is working to ensure that there is broader and more open international collaboration in the New Information Processing Technology Programme than was possible in the Fifth Generation Programme , and it is hoped that organisations in other countries may be able to play a major role both in the research and its exploitation . |
| 12 | As a result of these meeting it is hoped that Catholics around the regions can link with each other , and with other Christians , to support the enormous amount of work already taking place . |
| 13 | It is hoped that representatives from our parishes , our religious communities and our schools will all be able to take part in the celebration . |
| 14 | It is hoped that study of supply side aspects of macro-economic behaviour would increase the relevance of the model to the researchers ' studies of problems which are at the moment ill-fitted to discuss . |
| 15 | It is hoped that feedback on procedures will be an outcome as well as the identification of future training need . |
| 16 | It is hoped that clashes of dates with the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 's world-ranking events , which the Hearn and Doyle camps still intend to support , will be avoided . |
| 17 | It is concluded that studies of colonic manometry are feasible in children and may document discrete abnormalities in those with intestinal pseudo-obstruction with colonic involvement . |
| 18 | In Rangoon it is reckoned that 60% of the commercial buildings and 30% of the residential were destroyed . |
| 19 | It is understood that gangs of up to young people have been roaming Newtownards , and surrounding areas , making local people 's lives ‘ a misery ’ , according to councillors . |
| 20 | It is understood that appointments to Central Committees and other key posts are to be confirmed with Moscow . |
| 21 | For example , it is argued that boys in initiation receive esoteric privileged knowledge , but girls only suffer prohibitions and restrictions at puberty ( see Bamberger 1974 : 277 ; Ortner 1974 : 69 ) . |
| 22 | It is argued that differences in the political agendas and ideologies of the British and Spanish governments lie behind the variable pressures — and opportunities — for industrial relations change experienced by railway management . |
| 23 | It is argued that studies of innovative road layouts ‘ suggest that the innovative features have been generally successful in creating areas in which speeds are well below those normally occurring on most traditional roads ’ . |
| 24 | In the remaining chapters , it is argued that religion in Ireland basically solidifies the opposing alliances in an exclusive way and precludes a common state form , thus providing the structure of violence which such divisions entail . |
| 25 | ‘ Although it is argued that fear of punitive jury awards has made the US business safety-conscious , quite a price has had to be paid for that by way of corporate and insurance company bankruptcy , the closing of municipal facilities and the practice of defensive medicine . ’ |
| 26 | In general it is felt that investigations into specific problems have been more valuable than wide ranging background investigations . |
| 27 | It is assumed that holders of other sequestered shares will now try to regain their voting rights . |
| 28 | Further , it is assumed that units of consumers ' and producers ' surplus can be added and subtracted , i.e. a unit of surplus represents the same quantity of benefit irrespective of whether it accrues to the buyer or seller . |
| 29 | In this model , it is believed that intervention in education can bring about positive change in the balance of power in the social system . |
| 30 | However it is recognized that decisions by overseas students to accept or reject offers are influenced by a more complex set of factors than for home students , and there remains uncertainty over the appropriate offer ratios to be applied . |