Example sentences of "is [verb] [that] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is intended that 828 will be working on the main line as soon as possible and consequently it has been rebuilt to British Rail Main Line standards . |
| 2 | It is claimed that one litre should support no less than 50 fish of one foot or less with its surface area of 800 square metres . |
| 3 | It is claimed that one of Andrew Lloyd Webber 's songs is playing somewhere in the world every minute of the day . |
| 4 | It is expected that two Czechoslovak dissidents , spanning a 20-year period , will be chosen as joint winners to emphasise the durability of the movement towards liberalisation . |
| 5 | At peak times it is expected that two transfers a week between the archive and the Working-Set and vice versa will occur , and that material will be sent for composition twice a week during peak use . |
| 6 | It is expected that three quarters of the titanium tetrachloride can be recovered , reducing raw materials costs by £600,000 a year . |
| 7 | If it is required to positively identify the components , it is recommended that one of the parents is made homozygous for a marker chromosome such as T6 ( Section 5.1 ) . |
| 8 | It is said that two Feltham type cars , cut off from Telford Avenue depôt , had to spend a night in Thornton Heath depôt . |
| 9 | Many takeovers in Europe are friendly and it is said that two in three are negotiated without merchant bankers . |
| 10 | Perhaps this a characteristic to be expected of a country where it is said that one person in every three is a civil servant and that it requires 72 government permits to open a mild bar . |
| 11 | Although reported second-hand , it is said that one chap who 's $5,000 in the red and 90 days behind with payments got a call from the card company . |
| 12 | It is said that one of the merits of ‘ Documenta ’ this time round is that , with four much-travelled curators , it is truly international in its scope , and that for the first time it takes account of artists not operating in the great ‘ art capitals ’ … |
| 13 | Now the first day is more for dealers than debutantes : it is said that 10 pictures are sold every minute . |
| 14 | It is said that 60 per cent of the human genome codes for proteins that are only expressed in the nervous system , so the real reason that human brains are different may be because greater genetic control has allowed them to evolve more rapidly ; if that is the case , taking to the trees may have freed the smell-brain , but it was its susceptibility to rapid evolution that led to the neopallial explosion . |
| 15 | It is said that 50 per cent of people in Basildon read the Sun , and the appalling ‘ Terry ’ Dicks also claims ‘ I could n't have done it without the Sun ’ . |
| 16 | It is decided that one topic per term in each year group should be Science-based . |
| 17 | Africa is facing its worst drought this century , and the Northampton based charity World Vision is warning that millions will die unless the West provides help . |
| 18 | A report is recommending that nine London area hospitals be closed including the world-renowned Harefield Hospital used by heart patients . |
| 19 | So little is needed that one small frog an inch long produces enough poison to arm fifty arrows . |
| 20 | It is alleged that one British collector had 4000 trees felled in tracking down one particularly rare species in Colombia . |
| 21 | It is thought that 16 months should provide sufficient time for new pension arrangements to be set up , but if difficulties arose the powers in clause 12 would be available to the Secretary of State . |
| 22 | It is thought that two young were raised . |
| 23 | The incident took place at around 4.30 on Thursday afternoon , and it is thought that one of the men could be middle aged and the other younger . |
| 24 | It is anticipated that 3000 terminals will eventually be connected . |
| 25 | For bungalows and flats where the accommodation is on one level only , it is envisaged that one smoke detector will be sufficient , unless the circulation route ( escape route ) is more than 15m . |
| 26 | It is recognised that one of the areas where immediate progress can be made is in assisting disabled students . |
| 27 | DEC is saying that 400 of the 900 software packages announced for Alpha OSF/1 , OpenVMS and NT platforms will be shipping by March : a total of 2,000 programs have been committed to Alpha . |
| 28 | Similarly , if it is found that 45 per cent of boys admitted to a regional observation and assessment centre have already been in prison or custody , there is little point in promoting the value of a punitive stance to their behaviour . |
| 29 | The two are entirely compatible if it is remembered that one of the popular theories of the nature of the state itself has always been that it was founded on a contract between the individual members of a society . |
| 30 | Negotiations are still being finalised , but it is hoped that 34072 will visit Bitton next year , possibly May , and work trains to Oldland Common . |