Example sentences of "is [verb] [verb] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom said he is fascinated to learn that her perky personality seemed unchanged in the spirit world . |
| 2 | The Detailed Spectrum Investigation process is intended to ensure that everyone should derive maximum benefit from the limited radio spectrum resource . |
| 3 | As you will appreciate , the above is intended to ensure that there is no ambiguity about the nature of the planning permission being sought by your client . |
| 4 | Of course , none of this is intended to imply that there are no important differences between the two styles of social research , for clearly there are . |
| 5 | It is cheering to discover that there are some enlightened employers who value personality above experience or qualifications ( and age ) when it comes to recruiting . |
| 6 | She expects him to be an untidy swimmer , but is irritated to find that he has a smooth powerful crawl which takes him through the water swiftly and seriously . |
| 7 | One thing is clear from the hon. Gentleman 's attitude : were there ever a Labour Government , there would be no review of programmes and there would be no assessment of the way in which help is given to ensure that it is cost effective or of how Government resources are deployed to ensure that the taxpayer gets the best value for money . |
| 8 | One is given to understand that it is a perfectly common psychological state which has afflicted nearly everyone at some time . |
| 9 | Typical examples are cases where one is given notice that everyone who enters a certain house , club , or park must abide by certain rules , obey a certain authority , or do so at his own risk . |
| 10 | It is , however , worth looking at the parent fish when spawning is completed to check that they have not been damaged . |
| 11 | Each time , the review officer asks ‘ is there the evidence ? ’ ; each time he or she is permitted to say that it may be obtained by further questioning . |
| 12 | If the purchaser is to try to ensure that his is the last counter-offer , so that it will be accepted by the conduct of the seller , the device of sending back another acknowledgement does not work well in practice . |
| 13 | A woman 's voice is reported to say that her husband ‘ makes my life real torture ’ . |
| 14 | Sun under Solaris 2. x is among the target platforms , which include OS/2 and AIX , and Sun is expected to announce that it will price list the stuff . |
| 15 | The model is designed to show that it is possible to reduce the volume of effluent produced . |
| 16 | The junior fisheries minister , Mr David Curry said : ‘ What we have agreed today is designed to ensure that there still are some fish left in 10 years time . ’ |
| 17 | The reference to income tax at the basic rate not being charged in respect of income that has already borne tax at the basic rate is designed to ensure that there is no double taxation where the overseas entity receives income which has already borne UK tax . |
| 18 | Instead , she argues for a socialization theory which sees the individual as ‘ a function of what people around her expect her to be , and what the over-all situation in which she is acting implies that she is ’ ( 1973 : 395 ) . |
| 19 | Whether or not that is true , the fact that it is said shows that there is a feeling of isolation in the north-east . |
| 20 | For the designation of the state as ‘ a tool , is said to imply that it is an inert object which can be moulded and manipulated by the ruling class ; and this in turn is said to carry the misleading connotation that the ruling class has a ‘ will ’ . |
| 21 | It is made to seem that he was a stranger , a gentleman , a ‘ watcher from the sidelines ’ . |
| 22 | The customer is made to feel that her or his status is acknowledged . |
| 23 | Othello sees the surface doubts , is made to suspect that there is something behind them , is led on to discover — what Iago wants him to discover . |
| 24 | Not for them the hollow reply , ‘ What meeting ? ’ when a call is made to check that they are bringing something to the pot luck supper at school that very evening . |
| 25 | Yet it is damaging to suggest that they can be answered separately from questions about the educational needs of children and young people themselves . |
| 26 | However the way technology is developing suggests that it is an area we should pay more and more attention to . |
| 27 | However , special arrangements have been made for coaches bringing people to the Tattoo and your cooperation is sought to ensure that your drivers are fully conversant with the information given below . |
| 28 | This makes it especially important that they be carefully selected for the work they do , that their tasks and functions be appropriate and clearly defined , and that they receive whatever training is needed to ensure that they can perform their jobs adequately . |
| 29 | It argues that free market mechanisms can not resolve , or even erode , the North-South Divide and that positive national and regional planning is needed to ensure that it does not widen after 1993 . |
| 30 | This is got to confirm that they 've , they 've actually done the reading at home , yeah ? |