Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [verb] [that] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Research is showing that diets which appear perfectly all right in other respects may lead to processes occurring within the gut that could increase the production or the concentration of cancer-inducing substances carcinogens .
2 Recent research is demonstrating that kin relations are important determinants of relationship patterns in monkey groups .
3 Our intention is to demonstrate that work organization has been a central strand of each of the otherwise contrasting change strategies ; namely , the evolutionary development of Pilkingtons , the total process perspective of RX , and Employee Involvement with Ford .
4 The intention is to ensure that decisions are taken at national level whenever that is the most appropriate way to deal with the decisions .
5 Will the Chancellor bear it in mind that Labour is determined that justice shall be done for our retired people , despite all the smears , accusations and Government lies which come daily from Tory central office ?
6 The variance of is and the variance of the composite disturbance term is provided that v and t are uncorrelated — hence the formula for γ given above .
7 The alternative is to say that assimilation causes a phoneme to be realised by a different allophone ; this would mean that , in the case of and , the phoneme of ‘ good ’ has velar and bilabial allophones .
8 Administration is ensuring that Gary and Tim get back-up supplies , are advised of scheduling changes and get paid on time .
9 It is only when the fifth bar is reached that problems arise .
10 One of the purposes of this publication is to demonstrate that conveyancing is not simply a job to be done as cheaply as possible .
11 The purpose of this exercise is to demonstrate that energy does radiate from the body and that there is more to the human being than guts , blood and bone .
12 The aim of the exercise is to show that schools can have free ( bar the cost of the adaptor ) and easy access to a range of educational software .
13 The only reason for defining abuse is to ensure that incidents are identified and reduced by good professional and managerial practice .
14 Now the council is demanding that preachers apply for prior permission to use council property and they can only spread the ‘ good news ’ at specified times and one at a time .
15 A patent is also meant to be granted in the public interest and the exclusion clause concerning public order and morality is to ensure that patents fulfil this obligation .
16 To experience joy in suffering is to realize that Jesus stands with the poor , the underprivileged , and those , like Francis of Assisi , rejected by their own people .
17 Taylor faces his FA bosses tomorrow fully aware that his minimum requirement is to ensure that England reach the finals in two years ’ time .
18 First job is to check that Tony , a boy who is brought to school by mini-cab is in .
19 The ‘ Beveridgites ’ may be most comfortable in Health Authorities whose job is to ensure that services are available for their populations .
20 The new head of Soviet state television and radio , Leonid Kravchenko , says he was appointed to do the president 's bidding and thinks his job is to ensure that state television does not criticise the state .
21 My job is to ensure that dioxin does not enter the food chain and we have a full programme of surveys to ensure that that does not happen .
22 One simple way of describing this difference is to say that speech act theory is interested in the social rather than the cognitive aspects of language .
23 It is words rather than meanings that are problematic ; in fact , the point of reform is to ensure that words express what speakers ‘ really mean ’ rather than unfortunately conveying something speakers do not intend .
24 One of the country 's foremost experts on chemical warfare is warning that London could be attacked by Iraqi terrorists using the deadly weapons .
25 The most common treatment of the bequest motive is to assume that bequests enter the lifetime utility function ( e.g. , Yaari , 1964 , 1965 ) .
26 Graham warned his stars last week that he would not suffer overpaid under-achievers — and the suspicion is growing that Limpar was one of the main targets .
27 However , my aim is to show that notions of ‘ masculinity ’ and ‘ femininity ’ are important in shaping students ' experiences of schooling .
28 The aim is to ensure that state governments and hospitals do not have a financial incentive to take private patients over public patients .
29 Competitive Regulation : here , the aim is to ensure that competition is not eliminated or seriously hampered by the formation of cartels .
30 Our aim is to ensure that products using sucralose will be premium products . ’
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