Example sentences of "[conj] it [is] [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A range of options for recording achievement may be adopted whenever there is no purpose to be served by deriving a single total score from the items on the test , or where it is not necessary to rank the examinees in order of merit . |
| 2 | It could also find applications in coal mining , geothermal wells , and for pipe conduits under roads , where it is not practical to drill straight down . |
| 3 | Basically the idea is that in sectors where it is not feasible to have competition in the market place ( with all the associated incentives to efficient performance ) then it may nevertheless be possible to have competition for the market . |
| 4 | Where it is not possible to effect prompt personal service , service may be effected by other means such as post or insertion through a letter box ( Practice Direction , 18 December 1986 , ( 1987 ) 1 All ER 604 ) . |
| 5 | Where it is not possible to strengthen a sagging floor by the addition of secondary timbers relieving the overloaded joists , it may be feasible to strengthen any integral timber beams by inserting steel flitch plates into slots formed in these members ( Fig 33 ) . |
| 6 | In other cases , where it is not possible to identify a returning officer ex officio , a returning officer is specifically identified by order . |
| 7 | In all cases the possibility of recovery should be carefully considered and all recovery actions should be vigorously pursued — where it is economically viable to do so . |
| 8 | Developments in industrial organization theory in the last fifteen years have shown that the effects on economic efficiency in these three areas are seldom entirely clear cut : usually there is a trade-off involved with ambiguous net effects on welfare ( price-fixing cartels are one exception , where it is extremely difficult to identify offsetting efficiency gains ) . |
| 9 | X-inefficiency can be even more of a problem in organizations producing non-marketed goods , like health and education , where it is extremely difficult to measure efficiency and where alternative sources of supply are not readily available , except to the affluent . |
| 10 | No wonder investigators have found it more profitable to examine this problem in animals , where it is much easier to programme experience and ensure that only single events are studied without the influence of others . |
| 11 | Given the large crowds , moreover , professional soccer provides a context where it is relatively easy to escape detection and arrest , and last but not least , a group of outsiders , the opposing team and its fans , comes regularly into the home territory where they are perceived as invaders and targets for attack . |
| 12 | We hereby admit that California is , in fact , a lush paradise , where it is perfectly sensible to grow crops such as rice and alfalfa with subsidised water . |
| 13 | In the case of other Old Testament books — notably Samuel and Jeremiah — there are passages where it is more difficult to re-establish the original text . |
| 14 | On a system like the ZX Spectrum where it is often easier to draw in black and white before adding the colours this in an essential facility . |
| 15 | There are a few occasions where it is absolutely necessary to issue a general instruction . |
| 16 | or it 's very difficult to keep it smooth |
| 17 | In order to explain latent inhibition in terms of the habituation of the OR it is clearly necessary to interpret the latter as being some central response , the evocation of which is necessary for speedy conditioning . |
| 18 | Ryarsh also makes non-standard special shapes , although it is most economic to select from the extensive range of standard specials . |
| 19 | Although it is most usual to think of salami as an Italian speciality , they are , in fact , made throughout Europe . |
| 20 | Although it is theoretically possible to catch scabies by sleeping in a bed previously occupied by a sufferer from scabies , the chances are extremely remote . |
| 21 | ( As specified in Chapter 1 , we shall normally use assign to mean assign the relation of qualification , although it is also possible to assign the relation of equation . ) |
| 22 | Although it is plainly easier to examine the narrower conception of the media 's political impact by exploring specific case studies , long-term and fundamental changes in the public 's perceptions of the political world must not be overlooked . |
| 23 | Although it is already fashionable to explain away the scale of the election successes — by such factors as the Falklands , Foot , Benn , and an inept Labour campaign in 1983 , and prosperity and the disproportional electoral system in 1987 — the results marked a further stage in the decline of the Labour party . |
| 24 | The distinction between the two concepts , the commission of a crime and the production of a literary work , is a vital one , for although it is clearly desirable to deter crimes , it is not transparently obvious that we should seek to deter the production of literary works , whatever we may think of their intrinsic merits . |
| 25 | The same applies if the dog takes other things such as slippers which it is not supposed to have , although it is equally important to replace them out of reach for the future . |
| 26 | Although it is not easy to establish exactly what proportion of total local spending goes to specific areas of the cities , where efforts were made , the inner-urban areas do not appear to have done particularly well . |
| 27 | Although it is not possible to arrange times , dates and venues that are convenient to all people at all times , the various groups aim to do their best . |
| 28 | Although it is not possible to translate this directly into a success rate for the pupils in this project , an estimate of 40 per cent would be reasonable — about the same as that obtained for the written test items . |
| 29 | If the house has a solid floor , that too must have a membrane which extends over the whole of it , and although it is not possible to see it , any defects will show in the form of damp patches under floor coverings , discoloration or loose vinyl tiles . |
| 30 | Also worthy of closer inspection is the church at Stanley , its twin towers ornately fashioned in stone although it is not possible to see any detail from the canal . |