Example sentences of "is [verb] [that] [noun] are " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is claimed that reasons are needed for this verdict , which might be doubted , one has to do with the fact that we do not take all the causes of behaviour to be other behaviour . |
| 2 | Collecting bias seems to be greater for molars than for incisors , not surprising when it is considered that incisors are easier to locate in the pellets than are molars , and so an excess of incisors may be combined with a deficit of molars where there is collecting bias . |
| 3 | In one argument it is pronouncing that huntsmen are having fun , while five sentences later it is saying they are cruel and wicked . |
| 4 | One way of understanding structures larger than ribosomes is to remember that organisms are made of different kinds of cells — muscle cells , bone cells , nerve cells , and so on — arranged in space . |
| 5 | It seems to me quite arbitrary to disallow man-made machines this ability , when it is accepted that men are machines , and that such an unknown machine as a Martian may also perceive meanings . |
| 6 | However , even if it is accepted that IIAs are marginal to the prospects of urban economic development and employment creation , it seems evident that some approaches to industrial improvement are more successful than others . |
| 7 | For the purposes of this study , the conservative assumption is made that profits are repatriated within companies , and captured in investment expenditure . |
| 8 | If it is thought that the growers of any kind of grain in any part of the world have been losing money , and are likely to sow a smaller area for a future harvest ; it is argued that prices are likely to rise as soon as that harvest comes into sight , and its shortness is manifest to all . |
| 9 | It is argued that children are quite aware of the elements of discourse , are able to argue , and to rearrange the sequence of their stories . |
| 10 | Of course , this is a world where it is thought that men are too assertive , bordering on the aggressive . |
| 11 | Often , too often perhaps , the impression is conveyed that data are separate from the purposes for which they have been gathered , that data can exist , as it were , on their own . |
| 12 | The old system had fallen into disrepute because of its widespread use as a tax dodge , and because it encouraged conifer planting , but it is recognised that grants are not as effective . |
| 13 | For example , it is know that leukotrienes are potent chemotactic compounds . |
| 14 | Though the former England winger yesterday insisted he was content to remain with Leicester City , the club he joined from Darlington last summer , it is understood that moves are already underway to install him in the vacant Roker job . |
| 15 | No further information is available at present , but it is understood that police are interviewing the five people arrested . ’ |
| 16 | Thus it is understood that cells are influenced by fields and not currents of electricity , as the effect is minimal . |
| 17 | It is found that receipts are stamped with a firm 's name and merely initialled by a cashier or other employee . |
| 18 | This is particularly so when it is remembered that certificates are only granted in those cases where there are reasonable grounds for taking action . |
| 19 | The intention is to ensure that decisions are taken at national level whenever that is the most appropriate way to deal with the decisions . |
| 20 | Its role is to ensure that forests are n't destroyed for the sake of progress . |
| 21 | Their responsibility is to ensure that articles are forwarded for consideration by the editorial committee for inclusion in the newsletter . |
| 22 | The only reason for defining abuse is to ensure that incidents are identified and reduced by good professional and managerial practice . |
| 23 | The ‘ Beveridgites ’ may be most comfortable in Health Authorities whose job is to ensure that services are available for their populations . |
| 24 | Firstly , it is assumed that consumers are utility maximisers and , perhaps more contentiously , that producers are profit maximisers . |
| 25 | Tulsa , Oklahoma-based Williams Co 's WilTel fibre optic carrier , which runs its WilPAK Frame Relay service on a network of IPX switches , is finding that users are increasingly requiring low speed Frame Relay connections into the service as they upgrade their low-speed point-to-point and multidrop lines . |
| 26 | Erm it is admitted that people are gon na have go much further to get their treatment ah , that was quite clearly stated as part of the the down side of it , and I do n't think we can tolerate that until we 've got a decent public transport system that 's going to allow patients to get by public transport from here to Colchester or Witham or Clacton or wherever and er and their , their relatives and friends to be able to follow to visit them if you know , as necessary . |
| 27 | But Paul is claiming that attitudes are everything , and ongoing dissatisfaction can be a very ungodly outlook . |
| 28 | A description that covers both cases is to say that geodesics are stationary paths ; this means that any small deviation of path from a geodesic produces no change in the length to first order in the deviation . |
| 29 | Which is to say that directions are better than sentences . |
| 30 | Which is to say that defences are being erected to protect the integrity of Western culture , of the Western idea . |