Example sentences of "it is [vb pp] [that] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This goal is about to be reached when it is discovered that a great deal more investment is required .
2 Although it is recognised that performance review must be tailored to local circumstances , generalisations can be made and it is intended that a good practice guide be drawn up based on experience to date .
3 It is intended that a full scale study of Scottish agriculture will follow this pilot project .
4 It is intended that an adequate play area will be provided in the same vicinity within a specially landscaped area between the Bypass and Westburn Grove .
5 Although it is recognised that a major proportion of referrals to social service departments are about elderly clients ( Black et al . ,
6 Because it is calculated that a retained crew might take four minutes to get to the station the computer calculated other stations could respond quicker .
7 It is said that a Dark Elf assassin emerged from his hiding place beneath the piles of bones and struck Tethlis down with a poisoned blade .
8 In Cornwall , south-western England , it is said that a giant white hare named Looe gambols along the clifftops on evenings when there is a full moon .
9 It is said that a British ornithologist asked his aborigine guide what the birds were and the guide said , in aboriginese , ‘ good food ’ : I suppose we 're lucky he did n't say ‘ birds , you dickhead ’ .
10 Thus it is said that a particular decision was taken by Sir Bryan Carsberg rather than by Oftel .
11 What is dangerous about the theory of ideology is that having described the structural relationship between knowledge and extant social relations , it is presumed that a correct attitude will enable the ‘ true ’ account of the world to emerge .
12 For the moment part-time and funded by the University , it is hoped that a private benefactor will be able to endow the chair for a full-time professor .
13 It is hoped that a wide range of other readers in allied services and occupations may also find something of interest in it .
14 It is hoped that a mobile advice centre will tour the area with the aim of making young people more aware of their rights and responsibilities in such areas as work , YTS and welfare benefits .
15 There will be meetings in 1986 in Beijing and in Cambridge , whilst in 1987 it is hoped that a national conference attended by the Rank Xerox Unit will introduce the whole of China to the techniques and analysis .
16 It is hoped that a positive report will emerge which will help to restore the standing of the mineworkers with the business community .
17 It is hoped that a double credit unit currently being developed , Introduction to Quality Assurance , will give similar exemption from Section A4 of the syllabus .
18 It is hoped that a detailed study of this sort of one country will make its contribution to the general understanding of economic growth , now a topic of growing interest .
19 It is hoped that a full scale project will be set in motion at a later date but , because it is primarily operational in nature and the expert system is only a part , it is now being sponsored by the Operations Branches .
20 The purpose was to begin a discussion which would launch a PLAN OF ACTION series in the 200th issue of Spare Rib , and it is hoped that an ongoing debate will ensue — dealing with some of the major difficulties facing the women 's movement in this country and worldwide .
21 Subject to the overall success of this exploratory stage , it is hoped that an expanded scheme can be considered this year .
22 It is declared that a good wife is a crown to her husband , but Mrs. Crawley had been much more than a crown to him … she had been crown , throne and sceptre all in one ’ .
23 But it is understood that a new report is critical of the system developed at the Peto institute in Hungary , finding no difference with conventional therapies .
24 It is understood that a key factor in the failure of the Channel 4-IMG bid was that it would have required games to be played at certain times , a condition which was unacceptable to the players and FIDE .
25 It is understood that a few days before his death the young airman shot down a Dornier bomber .
26 It is understood that a teenage girl went with her mother to police in Southampton and made a statement which led to detectives reopening the inquiry .
27 It is understood that a top fraud officer has been carpeted for leaking information .
28 Once it is determined that a particular exclusion clause is not invalidated under fiduciary law , it is then necessary to consider whether it is affected by the common law and statutory restrictions on exclusion clauses generally .
29 White never used to be a predominant Goshiki colour , but now it is realised that a snow-white base admirably sets off the other shades .
30 Once a Bill or a proposed measure requiring parliamentary approval enters the lists and it is realised that an environmental impact assessment must be produced , and once it is decided to commission an environmental impact assessment it becomes public property .
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