Example sentences of "[adj] be [adj] [conj] it [vb -s] " in BNC.

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1 This is tedious but it does provide an absolute calibration on which other devices can be based .
2 Again this is helpful because it contains and defines the conclusion .
3 This is instructive because it shows how an explanation in terms of secondary causes is not perceived to exclude a customary reference to the will of a person .
4 This is good because it allows you to whittle down those superior numbers .
5 This is good because it prevents the enemy character wiping the floor with your Goblins .
6 In some respects this is good when it means such topics as non-aqueous solvents are covered , but bad when the reader searches this chapter in vain for information about new solvents .
7 This is useful since it offsets the effect of IC1 itself to some extent .
8 This is alright but it does tend to bunch up a lot when it 's pulled in close to the face .
9 This is important since it informs much of the discussion of substantive methods which , these days , are associated with this mode of social research , namely the survey and the interview .
10 This is important since it has been shown that in inflammatory bowel disease , architectural disturbances in the mucosa , manifest especially in crypt distortion , are well established by the time of the first clinical episode .
11 This is important because it recognises that retailers may not have the knowledge or the resources to check whether the goods he sells meet the general safety requirement , especially in the case of second-hand goods .
12 The thinking of politicians for whom education is only important if it helps boost the national economy , and this is important because it helps people enjoy what they want , and this is important because it encourages consumption and thus industry , either goes round in a vicious circle or takes off on an interminable regress .
13 The thinking of politicians for whom education is only important if it helps boost the national economy , and this is important because it helps people enjoy what they want , and this is important because it encourages consumption and thus industry , either goes round in a vicious circle or takes off on an interminable regress .
14 Blot hair with a towel to remove excess water — this is important because it allows your conditioner to work properly without being diluted .
15 This is important because it emphasises the purpose of analysis and will imply a desired standard of accuracy to be achieved .
16 Recent Rosat observations do show evidence for substructure on some scales — and this is important because it indicates that larger-scale cosmological structures built up hierarchically — but not the smaller-scale clumping required to remove the baryon catastrophe .
17 This is important because it suggests that the courts themselves may well be largely responsible for the dramatic increase in the number ( and proportion ) of triable either way cases coming before the Crown Court in recent years .
18 This is important because it gives relatives and other residents the knowledge that the person is being cared for .
19 This is disturbing because it challenges the appearance of immutable truth previously enjoyed by the old order .
20 But he adds the value judgement that this is desirable because it exists and can not be undone .
21 Again , the justification for this is interesting as it draws on both structural and thematic evidence .
22 This is interesting because it disguises who is making the sympathetic adjustment .
23 Much of this is welcome but it has to be looked at critically when public expenditure cuts dominate the policy discussions .
24 The graph in Figure 11.1 is useful because it illustrates the relationship between the real money stock and real national income over the long term , ( more than 100 years ) , which is equivalent to comparing the actual money stock with nominal national income .
25 Discussion on its own is insufficient and it requires legitimization by those institutions who hold this facility ( universities , examination boards , employers and society at large ) . ’
26 A geographical area to work in if that is appropriate and it does not interfere with existing house-to-house and street collections .
27 That is fine when it happens ; but weakness in the midst of an armed crowd is always risky .
28 and I think that 's right but it means that things are more difficult to achieve in a lot of ways .
29 Now that 's good because it does , it gives us a record which we can refer
30 ‘ You 're an expert sailor , and that 's good because it means you can take the twins to sea and keep them there until they 're damn well cured .
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