Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] that [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is intended that Castle 's reporting should be high quality and conform to prevailing best practice , ’ he says . |
| 2 | This was clearly important when it is recalled that Matadial , when cross-examined about the discrepancy between the January statement and her evidence , gave the explanation that the earlier version was due to a mistake by the police . |
| 3 | The poignancy of this catastrophe is the greater when it is realised that Andrew Carnegie , the greatest benefactor the British public library system has ever known , was himself a cotton man who started life as a boy in a cotton mill . |
| 4 | It is claimed that AirX can be safely used on all types of surfaces — carpets , fabrics , tiles , ceramics , wood — by sponge or spray . |
| 5 | Thus it is claimed that God is perfectly just , where we are imperfectly so — indeed it is sometimes said that God is ‘ justice ’ or ‘ justice itself ’ . |
| 6 | It is claimed that Altrincham has the second highest capital income in the country . |
| 7 | This is particularly remarkable when it is considered that Roddick has made no acquisitions and has no major plans for diversification . |
| 8 | It 's claimed that Gilbey spoke to the Princess of Wales , who was using an ordinary domestic telephone . |
| 9 | It 's claimed that Gilbey spoke to the Princess of Wales , who was using an ordinary domestic telephone . |
| 10 | It 's claimed that Honda is turning away job applicants who belong to a union . |
| 11 | I simply wish to point out that if it is supposed that Karen Parsons and I embarked that afternoon with the intention of drowning her husband , why did we wait till we had reached a point where our criminal acts were overlooked by at least fifteen witnesses ? |
| 12 | It is reported that Mrs Thatcher has been keen to ensure that those promoted are sympathetic to her scale of values or are not unwilling to break away from the style of middle-of-the-road consensus policies that have predominated in recent years . |
| 13 | It is reported that Akbar , who was an emperor in India from 1542 to 1602 , ordered that a group of children be brought up without any instruction in language , to test the belief that they would eventually speak Hebrew , the language of God . |
| 14 | In the same issue , it is reported that Sir Anthony Hidden 's investigation into the Clapham Junction rail crash criticises British Rail for not preventing ‘ commercial considerations of a business-led railway from compromising safety , ’ and asserts that excessive overtime should be ended , and that there should be curbs on overcrowding in trains . |
| 15 | In the vestry book for 1752 it is reported that Charles Wallis , Sexton , ‘ appeared at the vestry and being strictly examined touching the bounds of the churchyard do acknowledge and declare to the best of his memory that : |
| 16 | It is reported that Edison set it recording and spoke ‘ Mary had a little lamb ’ into it . |
| 17 | An examination of Figure 4.4 shows that it is expected that UK car production will increase in the next ten years ( largely as a result of Japanese investment ) and that consequently the share of car imports in the British market will decline , as will the motor industry trade deficit . |
| 18 | His enthusiasm was not matched by representatives of those industries and it is expected that EC countries will remain the main export targets . |
| 19 | In line with other RRLs in the country , it is expected that SERRL will carry out five major tasks when it is fully operational . |
| 20 | This is perhaps less of an issue now that Unix SVR4.2 has been modularised , and it is expected that UI will in future work more directly with the rest of the industry on interfaces and reference technologies around SVR4 — see page 2 . |
| 21 | The search for a new director to oversee future expansion has now begun and it is expected that Hickey 's successor will be in post by early summer . |
| 22 | Since higher education is currently exam oriented and likely to remain so even under SCOTCATS it is recommended that SCOTVEC and institutions of higher education jointly undertake an urgent review of modular certificates in order to discover ways in which these could be made to relate more effectively to the demands of full time higher education . |
| 23 | It is recommended that Warrant Officer Barnfather be awarded the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire . |
| 24 | Occasionally , when Karajan has conducted an Offenbach overture with unusual verve and power , one is reminded that Bismarck was one of the Frenchman 's greatest admirers ; but inasmuch as Karajan 's own personality seeps into his conducting of comic music , it is a certain mordancy of spirit that shines through . |
| 25 | It is said that Wallace 's writings after his return to England persuaded Darwin to publish The Origin of Species . |
| 26 | Retribution soon followed , possibly by rock fall and it is said that Simon 's bones still lie a'mouldering it , the depths — no-one , you see , had the courage to go down into his mine and search for him . |
| 27 | It is said that Britain has become a country of High Mass Consumption . |
| 28 | It is said that Paul Jones , the American privateer , fired a salvo at Rolston Hall to mark his hatred of the then owner , William Brough , Marshall of High Court of Admiralty , who was entitled to hang Paul Jones as a pirate if he was captured . |
| 29 | It is said that Colman 's Mustard made their money from the amount of mustard left on the plate . |
| 30 | It is said that William Whiteley Ltd. v. The King , 101 L.T. 741 and Twyford v. Manchester Corporation [ 1946 ] Ch. 236 are authorities to the contrary . |