Example sentences of "is that [pron] [vb mod] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more infected the water , the more likely it is that everyone will be hit by an epidemic of cholera or some other disease . |
| 2 | ‘ Our view is that everybody should be offered the genuine chance to enjoy the countryside , and we feel that frequent users are very well served , ’ says Peter Ashcroft of the Countryside Commission 's Recreation and Access department . |
| 3 | For the fact of the matter is that we shall be misled if , along with most other enquiries in this field to date , we perhaps rather naively imagine that if man 's earliest ego is found preserved , as it were , in the chimpanzee , then there we shall also find the evolutionary basis of his id . |
| 4 | What results from this is that we might be led to think that the problem with defining God is that there is a whole range of ideas about the divine being that tend to produce no very clear overall picture . |
| 5 | The only appropriate demands that we can make , as we have already remarked , is that we should be given clear examples where they are or are not at work , and that we should be shown how they interact with one another and with more complex factors in ways that lead to verifiable claims about data . |
| 6 | For the crucial characteristic of these tests is that they may be taken at any time , according to the readiness of the student . |
| 7 | ‘ The message for those involved in chemical warfare is that they might be detected , even years afterwards ’ , says Hay . |
| 8 | The thing to remember about these batteries is that they should be stored in a way which prevents the accidental short-circuiting of their contact terminals : if they are shorted , the battery quickly overheats and will become unfit for further use . |
| 9 | The general idea with pro-formas is that they should be filled in as the procedure progresses in order to qualify as ‘ notes made at the time ’ . |
| 10 | My feeling , for what it 's worth , is that they should be regarded as wasting assets . |
| 11 | the uniform agreement is that they should be graded up point seven five of a day . |
| 12 | One view is that they should be allocated in discounted present value form to individuals who gain from them . |
| 13 | Without this element , there would be no way of excluding planned revenge killings , and the argument is that they should be excluded from the defence because a person who plans a response to an affront or a wrong ought to ensure that the response conforms with the law . |
| 14 | The attitude to the Asian women employed is that they should be hired and fired as needed . |
| 15 | The advantage of single records is that they can be stored in CKD format — with separate keys — and the track can be scanned for a particular record without having to read unwanted records into main storage . |
| 16 | One of the consequences of holding instructions in store locations is that they can be treated as data , and manipulated as such by the computer . |
| 17 | Arguably , the major advantage of procedures and functions is that they can be referred to by name . |
| 18 | The danger of the latter approach is that they can be shelved and then become critical at a time when resources are being deployed elsewhere . |
| 19 | A particular feature of methylene decarbonisers is that they can be used safely on aluminium , copper , brass and other metals normally badly corroded by alkalis . |
| 20 | Another argument used to support indirect taxes on welfare grounds is that they can be used to combat ‘ externalities ’ . |
| 21 | One particular advantage of models such as these is that they can be used to produce multipliers which show the effects of changes in eg the population of a region on the employment levels in that region . |
| 22 | The advantage of hydroelectric generators is that they can be switched on and of easily , according to demand . |
| 23 | The thing that disturbs me about statistics is that they can be interpreted to mean anything . |
| 24 | The difference between these sentences and [ 5 ] and [ 6 ] is that they can be interpreted as descriptions of the event portrayed in [ 3 ] . |
| 25 | The military advantage of cruise missiles , however , is that they will be fired not from nuclear bases but from any vantage place on land , particularly on roads . |
| 26 | Where the differences between the classes relates to financial entitlement , i.e to dividends and return of capital , the likelihood is that they will be given distinguishing names , though these may be no more informative than ‘ preference ’ and ‘ ordinary , ’ ( perhaps , in the case of the former , preceded by ‘ first ’ or ‘ second ’ where there are two classes of preference shares ) . |
| 27 | With regard to the health care of older people the most salient feature of the new contract is that they will be required to annually invite each patient on their list aged 75 and over to participate in a consultation which should assess the health of the patient . |
| 28 | The danger for UK investors is that they will be lured into thinking that the inflated prices paid in the US translate into an undervaluation of British cellular operators . |
| 29 | In 1987 , the consensus is that everything must be stamped with soul and franked with passion . |
| 30 | The most common request is that everything should be set back the way it was at time X and it should appear as though the work carried out on package Y never happened at all ! |