Example sentences of "[noun] is [adj] [to-vb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nuclear Electric is keen to stress that such exercises demonstrate how safety conscious the industry is . |
| 2 | Even a cursory glance is enough to show that Picasso had several changes of mind while he was working on the canvas . |
| 3 | This immediately puts their organisation in a good light and the journalist is disposed to feel that this outfit may be a useful source of information in the future . |
| 4 | A complete planned maintenance programme is necessary to ensure that pests are controlled and hygiene standards are maintained . |
| 5 | Liaison with the marketing department is important to ensure that the productive effort is meeting the customer 's needs , or , where there are difficulties in production , ensuring that the customer is informed and/or is prepared to accept a slightly different standard or quality of product , for example . |
| 6 | Sir David is likely to stress that proposals which are viewed in the colony as ungenerous would create difficulties for his administration 's attempts to ensure a smooth transition to Chinese rule . |
| 7 | Echoing the sentiments of Slam , Gypsy 's Graham Drinnon is keen to emphasise that the Limbo lot ‘ like to see ourselves as British musicians making British music , and certainly not as a Glasgow thing … |
| 8 | Of course TI is quick to note that these projections only take into account existing compilers . |
| 9 | At most , the prosecution witness is obliged to testify that there was a person present or in the vicinity who was likely to have been subjected to the sensations described . |
| 10 | Freud is reluctant to say that there would not be unforeseen consequences if the restrictions on young people 's sexual activities were altered , for human beings seems to devise conventional restrictions upon sexual life in all cultures . |
| 11 | ‘ To the extent that Koons is able to prove that the profits at issue derive solely from his position in the art world ’ , Judge Richard J. Cardamone wrote , ‘ he should be allowed to retain them ’ . |
| 12 | If the milk yield of the experimental group varies , and the variation is linked to water intake , the experimenter is entitled to assume that there is a causal link between milk yield and water intake , since there is no other difference between the two groups . |
| 13 | Correct timetabling in rural areas is essential to ensure that people get to work on time , and the consultative committee could examine such matters . |
| 14 | As this medical view is based fundamentally on the gender identity and self-image of the transsexual , he implies that the law is prepared to concede that in most circumstances sex determination is a matter for the individual . |
| 15 | Your Committee is pleased to report that they have reached agreement in principle with the owner of suitable premises adjoining Bull House , Bull Street , Bishop 's Castle , for their use as the Bishop 's Castle Railway Museum . |
| 16 | Your Committee is delighted to announce that the Salop Steam Society have granted this request and take this opportunity of expressing their grateful thanks to them . |
| 17 | Curator Maryan Ainsworth of the Metropolitan Museum is quick to note that , ‘ The thorny problem of underdrawings and workshop practice in , for example , the works of Lucas Cranach and his circle is not easily resolved through underdrawing analysis , since in many cases , the picture was drawn in with a non-carbon substance , like iron-gall brown ink , that is not penetrated by infra-red , and is invisible on the reflectogram screens . |
| 18 | If this is so , Quine is wrong to say that one can not be an empiricist in one 's theory of meaning unless one accepts his brand of verificationism , centred on MP . |
| 19 | I think that the hon. Lady is unwise to assume that Scotland will react as she proposes , but in any event , were that unlikely event to occur , Scotland would have to reapply for membership of the European Community . |
| 20 | Hall is right to say that current Labour and Liberal parties can not take on the task of realignment , but would be equally correct in saying they ca n't be by-passed . |
| 21 | Brighton Council is concerned to ensure that visitors to the town know how to identify a bona fide taxi . |
| 22 | But a moment 's reflection is sufficient to show that no such reduction is possible . |
| 23 | Now clearly we can teach a child a rule if the child is willing to learn that if we put the two plus one in brackets then that means add them together first and then multiply . |
| 24 | However , this effect may not last , and long-term follow-up is useful to ensure that the patient does not lapse into those unhealthy ways which made him unwell in the first place . |
| 25 | The correct interpretation of the outcome of any such test is necessary to ensure that appropriate techniques are used in subsequent analysis . |
| 26 | The only journalist to put Mrs Thatcher on the spot during the Falklands War is happy to admit that she loves housework . |
| 27 | Now not for one moment is this to suggest that the West Indian pace attack are a bunch of big girls . |
| 28 | In such circumstances the purchaser is likely to insist that the obtaining of these critical consents is a condition precedent to completion of the acquisition and it is difficult for the vendor to oppose this if the consents are truly critical . |
| 29 | Will he confirm or deny that the Tomlinson inquiry is likely to show that two directly managed units and one trust are in serious trouble ? |
| 30 | He comes from a reasonably conservative background and Mains is sure to insist that a lot of very basic work is done before the backline frills are attempted . |