Example sentences of "[noun] it is [verb] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Cantal the stocking density is rising , but more slowly presently than it did between 1955 and 1970 ; in Powys it is increasing more and more rapidly . |
| 2 | In Durham and Yorkshire it is known locally as the Upper Magnesian Limestone ( comprising the Hartlepool and Roker Dolomites and the Concretionary Limestone ) and the Kirkham Abbey Formation , respectively ( Smith 1980 ; Taylor and Colter 1975 ) . |
| 3 | The bill , which makes it an offence to carry a knife and puts the onus on the carrier to prove he had good reason to carry the knife , will have its third reading on Friday and could now become law before summer after the Scottish Office accepted a Labour amendment that the act should come into force on the day it is passed rather than at the end of a two month period . |
| 4 | Now therefore the first thing which ye do after I have departed , wash my body with rose-water many times and well , as blessed be the name of God it is washed within and made pure of all uncleanness to receive his holy body to-morrow , which will be my last day . |
| 5 | When we try the Star and Garter next door it is crammed tighter than a coal bucket , and it belts rap at a thousand watts . |
| 6 | Er , I went on to say throughout the ages the government has repealed legislation , there 's nothing new about repealing legislation it is repealed either because it is proved unworkable or because it 's simply outlived its shelf life . |
| 7 | In Durham it is known locally as the Seaham Formation and in Yorkshire as the Upper Magnesian Limestone ( Smith , 1980 ; Taylor and Colter 1975 ) . |
| 8 | Like all provocations it is meant seriously but not solemnly . |