Example sentences of "[noun sg] that it [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In explosive breeding , all reproductive activity is packed into a few days , with the result that it is highly synchronised . |
| 2 | To identify a fluttering shadow as the outline of a bird is not so revealing as the recognition that it is actually cast by a butterfly . |
| 3 | I will contend rather that the judgement that it is there has a necessary effect upon how we are inclined to act . |
| 4 | a bad scene that it 's only gon na be on certain jobs . |
| 5 | It 's a shame that it 's now become part of a genre rather than the opening salvo it might have been , since Juice now has an air of predictability about it . |
| 6 | Like all prisoners of circumstance , you will probably reflect a good deal on the whole subject of ‘ time ’ and of its strange habits of hanging , dragging , or running out too quickly , but if you decide to use and dominate it , instead of allowing it to dominate you , you will inevitably come to the conclusion that it is only wasted if it is thrown away , never when it is offered freely , as a gift of love . |
| 7 | Further , there appear to be general conventions about the use of language that require ( or , perhaps , merely recommend ) a certain degree of implicitness in communication , with the consequence that it is virtually ensured that what the speaker means by any utterance U is not exhausted by the meaning of the linguistic form uttered ( see Chapter 3 below ) . |
| 8 | Sometimes truth may be suppressed for a long time but while it is imprisoned it gathers to itself more and more power so that on the day that it is finally released it explodes , blowing everything asunder . |
| 9 | Recognition , which once granted will remain in force for three years , will automatically cease upon liquidation or the making of an administration order under the Insolvency Act 1986 and may be withdrawn by the Council in the event that it is subsequently discovered that it was obtained as a result of any error or fraud . |
| 10 | Such behaviour is hardly the ultimate manifestation of anarchy that it is often depicted to be . |
| 11 | It 's a very distressing erm syndrome for many women and er there 's quite a lot of evidence that it 's hormonally linked and most women suffer from it in one way or another . |
| 12 | It is a good sign that it is now circling round nations and nationalism . |
| 13 | HAVING vague recollection from reading accounts of English milords on the Grand Tour in the 18th century that there was a nourishing fake industry around the Mediterranean , I was intrigued to learn from Oxford 's Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art that it is still going . |
| 14 | In terms of closeness to York , I take the general review view and I support the County Council that it is generally better if the new settlement is located closer , close to York , because that under proviso that it is well located for public and private transport . |
| 15 | From workers there 's bitterness that it 's all ended on such a sour note . |
| 16 | Erm , clearly their is a a long history of cooperation between the authorities on Greater York , and er I think it is important to explain the development of thinking on that , and the reasons why the City Council has , I would say progressively , er reduced its er the warmth of its enthusiasm to such a state that it 's actually become extremely cold now . |
| 17 | Similarly : ( 10 ) I only offered her legal advice will , under one natural interpretation , refer to advice on legal matters ; and it will continue to do so even if in some rare case it is given under circumstances that mean it is offered illegally itself , for example if it makes use of secret information stolen from a government which prohibits unauthorized possession or transmission of secret government information ; on the other hand , as a phrase of English , it can perfectly well bear the other interpretation under which it means advice which is itself legal , in the sense that it is legally given , in which case it may concern any subject under the sun . |
| 18 | In any social formation there is at least one class which , by virtue of its various determinations , is dominant in the sense that it is better placed to realise its interests than its rivals . |
| 19 | This notion of freedom is positive in the sense that it is directly related to self-realization . |
| 20 | Even the recipe for George Washington 's mother 's gingerbread allegedly found " in an old worn cookery book " dated 1784 , of which the first item on the list of ingredients is ½ cup of margarine , could be said to be honest in the sense that it is candidly admitted that margarine is what is actually now used in the kitchens at Claverton Manor , the American Museum near Bath where both the gingerbread and the leaflet giving the recipe are purveyed to the public . |
| 21 | By the time the readers reach the final mention , the concept has become so familiar in the discourse model that it is hardly noticed at all as a foregrounded element . |
| 22 | Graph ( a ) shows the Keynesian speculative demand for money ( L s ) on the assumption that it is inversely related to the rate of interest between the interest rates Oi and Oi , 1 : above Oi 1 , the speculative demand is assumed to be zero and below Oi , it is assumed to be perfectly elastic . |
| 23 | However , although these five writers belonged to a minority group in their society , and although they say that their experience derives from a source greater than human reason can comprehend , they are fired with a certainty that it is intimately related to the deepest needs and purposes of human being , and has about it the simple inevitability of fulfilment . |
| 24 | This reassurance is welcome , but it has to be said that the change gives less prominence to this requirement , and we shall need to watch with care that it is properly covered in the assessment arrangements . |
| 25 | It is a fishing port of sufficient importance to justify the laying of a single track railway to it from Fort William , this passing through scenery of such exquisite beauty that it is widely acknowledged to be the most delightful railway in Britain . |
| 26 | Science for instance makes its contribution by studiously avoiding social and political comment : it thus misses the way that it is inextricably bound up with dominant values , amongst them attitudes which assume ethnocentric and nationalistic positions . |
| 27 | In mathematics , there is considerable difficulty in clarifying for pupils what it is hoped they will achieve in the future , since mathematics , in the way that it is commonly described in the school syllabus , is very heavily concept-laden and learning is almost synonymous with forming new concepts . |
| 28 | At each Hour a verse from the hymn is followed by a prayer which acknowledges this and sees the Incarnation as the means by which all men , both living and dead , can be united : The office thus daily rehearsed the historical story of the Passion of Christ and its significance in such a way that it is constantly renewed in human awareness through both the linear and cyclical experience of the passing of time . |
| 29 | To put it another way , a noun , as an item from the lexicon of the language , has descriptive content and may be considered as a property concept just as much as any verb or adjective , with only the exception that it is habitually used in individual acts of communication in order to identify an entity , by means of that descriptive content . |
| 30 | It is the Government 's hope that the non A level student , wishing to continue in full-time general education will increasingly come to consider the opportunity offered by C.P.V.E. Whilst this exam has yet to establish itself with either students or employers , there can be little doubt that it is here to stay . |