Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [conj] it is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will make it easier to clean once it is soiled . |
| 2 | Introducing research into the curriculum is justifiable provided that it is used to expand the student 's intellectual horizons , and not because it propels students towards becoming embryonic researchers . |
| 3 | This means that it is cut up into comparatively small pieces which are then glued together again , usually in hydraulic presses with synthetic glues . |
| 4 | This means that it is regarded as criminal for a man of 21 to commit this offence with a consenting male under 21 . |
| 5 | A second principle is that a difficult task ( and nobody doubts that dieting can be very difficult ) is far easier to accomplish if it is broken down into small , manageable pieces . |
| 6 | The extreme form of this sort of thing is random or chaotic behaviour when no project is more than half begun before it is abandoned . |
| 7 | It is easy to see that it is intended to be consistent . |
| 8 | An examination of Figure 4.4 shows that it is expected that UK car production will increase in the next ten years ( largely as a result of Japanese investment ) and that consequently the share of car imports in the British market will decline , as will the motor industry trade deficit . |
| 9 | And then there is the international novel , which is particularly easy to translate because it is set in a generalised Nowhere and has no idiosyncratic language to disturb its translators . |
| 10 | Day or night , rain or shine , this is truly a coat for all seasons — and it 's as easy to make as it is to wear |
| 11 | This cake is very effective and yet is simple to make as it is based on a straightforward square cake . |
| 12 | This is a colourful cake that is relatively simple to make as it is based on a flat rectangular sponge cake . |
| 13 | But the process is not so hard to understand once it is remembered that nationalism is a political emotion that was not often felt before the old feudal leaders of countries outside Europe had been conquered and replaced by Europeans . |
| 14 | Frequently a horse that habitually rears when it is mounted is also likely to rear every time it feels anxious , such as when it is passed by a truck on the road or it sees a monster ; but it is especially likely to rear when it is asked to stand still . |
| 15 | The infinitive 's meaning-capacity in its " bare " use is therefore no different from that observed when it is preceded by to . |
| 16 | It might be helpful to know that it is planned that low flying by jets will decline by about 30 per cent . |
| 17 | If a variable measured in the course of an experiment settles down with time , to a constant , or a maintained oscillation , it seems reasonable to assume that it is approaching some stable , maintained course that corresponds to an equilibrium or periodic solution |
| 18 | He says that there should be an increased capital allowance for this year , cunningly saying that it would cost nothing in the first year ; that is equivalent to saying that the bill is in the post , as we all know that it is paid after 12 months . |
| 19 | AS COST EFFECTIVE TO RUN AS IT IS TO INSTALL . |
| 20 | The sad truth of the matter is that Group 4 has such low levels of performance to live up to that already , despite its much publicised failures , the Home Secretary is able to claim that it is outperforming the public services it is replacing . |
| 21 | Banking and dealing room software house Kapiti Ltd reckons that it is reaping the rewards of investment in new product development , and the fact that it has spread itself over a wide geographical area . |
| 22 | I have bought Today 's Horse since the beginning and I am happy to say that it is getting better and better — something which can not always be said for the other horsy magazines , which are often repetitive and patronising . |
| 23 | A communicative support system sounds a rather arid notion and so it is important to reiterate that it is embedded in a social relationship and only has meaning in such a flesh and blood context . |
| 24 | Accordingly , if the interim government is to be treated as the Government of Somalia , it must be able to show that it is exercising administrative control over the territory of the Republic . |
| 25 | Punctuality of departure means that there is little leeway for prolonged diagnostic through and the tendency under such conditions is to change the suspected LRU even though the BITE check if available indicated that it is functioning correctly . |
| 26 | Thus the following , said on Thursday , can only be referring to next Thursday ( or perhaps some more remote Thursday ) , otherwise the speaker should have said today : ( 58 ) I 'll see you on Thursday The same holds if it is said on Wednesday , due to pre-emptive tomorrow . |
| 27 | An informal producer is always difficult to define but it is used here to describe an owner or an employee of a small-scale enterprise comprising less than ten people , operating from an impermanent site , under an ill-defined registration and tax scheme . |
| 28 | While none of these may suffer from ‘ absolute deprivation ’ ( a term that is anyway difficult to define unless it is meant to refer to circumstances in which people literally have no food , shelter and clothing ) , clearly many are unlikely to be enjoying an ‘ average ’ or ‘ normal ’ standard of living . |
| 29 | Little things left to build up cause long-term resentment , and this is very difficult to disperse once it is established . |
| 30 | has found sales targets outside the UK snack market difficult to achieve but it is hoping to obtain new sales from recent new initiatives . |