Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [noun] [subord] it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Research is paraded as strongly by many journalists and novelists as it is by sociologists . |
| 2 | Of ligaments and joints where it is the number one remedy . |
| 3 | The future is a plate of steel floor covering that creaks and whistles as it is dragged clear of the supports to which it was bolted down thirty years before . |
| 4 | Thomas the Tank Engine has been banned from schools and libraries because it is sexist . |
| 5 | A managerial agency — any managerial agency , be it psychological or otherwise — can not cope easily with contradictory demands and impulses if it is responsible for a choice of action and must take into account the limitations of the real world . |
| 6 | In the firm 's New Issues Statistics — July-September 1992 , it sees three main areas the majority of flotation candidates will come from : MBO companies seeking an exit for their investors , funds to repay debt and the flexibility to raise equity finance to fund further growth ; the demerger of listed companies ' subsidiaries or divisions where it is apparent that the parts will be valued higher than the whole ; and the traditional private companies which have hitherto provided the bulk of flotations . |
| 7 | In sum , the patented article or process may require to undergo extensive trials and refinements before it is sufficiently ‘ productionised ’ or marketable to generate identifiable gains for the employer . |
| 8 | In any French town of any size at all we find perhaps three or four rival charcutiers displaying trays of shining olives , black and green , large and small , pickled gherkins , capers , home-made mayonnaise grated carrot salad , shredded celeriac in rémoulade sauce , several sorts of tomato salad , sweet-sour onions , champignons à la Grecque , ox or pig 's muzzle finely sliced and dressed with a vinaigrette sauce and fresh parsley , a salad of mussels , another of cervelas sausage ; several kinds of pork pâté ; sausages for grilling , sausages for boiling , sausages for hors-d'oeuvre , flat sausages called cré pinettes for baking or frying , salt pork to enrich stews and soups and vegetable dishes , pigs ' trotters ready cooked and breadcrumbed , so that all you need to do is to take them home and grill them ; cooked ham , raw ham , a galantine of tongue , cold pork and veal roasts , boned stuffed ducks and chickens So it is n't difficult for the housewife in a hurry to buy a little selection , however modest , of these things from the charcuterie , and plus her own imagination and something she has perhaps already in the larder to serve an appetizing and fresh little mixed hors-d'oeuvre . |
| 9 | Inevitably there are times and places when it is not possible to have a proper discussion on AIDS . |
| 10 | Having been synthesized it has to be transported to the part of the cell in which it is required ; there it will remain for its lifetime of hours , weeks or months until it is due for renewal , when it is pulled out of place in the cell and broken down by enzymes as quickly as it was previously synthesized , its building blocks ( the amino acids ) being recycled in the synthesis of other proteins . |
| 11 | It 's always easier to talk about warts and carbuncles than it is to focus on beauty spots , but I hope to get the balance right this morning . |
| 12 | This is as true of guavas and pomegranates as it is of maize and rice , as true of lettuce and asparagus as it is of cabbages and carrots . |
| 13 | The Bank has to butter up both investors and intermediaries because it is in a fiercely competitive international market . |
| 14 | In this instance , that is in the interests of taxpayers and also of managers and employees because it is only through learning what the values are and what the method of bidding is that they will achieve a learning curve . |
| 15 | A closed economy can not dispose of more goods and services than it is currently producing , and the reduction in resources available for current non-government use is independent of the method of finance . |
| 16 | Events in Eastern Europe will affect all farmers and growers so it is important to try to understand something of the problems . |
| 17 | This latter type of work , it is claimed here , is not logically as different from the work of sociologists and anthropologists as it is from that of scientists working with animals , plants or inanimate objects . |
| 18 | It is just as desirable to schedule pits , tips and earthworks as it is to schedule buildings and artifacts before uncontrolled enthusiasm hides them from generations . |
| 19 | You will then need to go through all your entries to edit out your wrong spellings and inconsistencies since it is unlikely that you will have transcribed everything perfectly the first time . |
| 20 | This can be distressing for other residents and staff unless it is handled sensitively . |
| 21 | The somewhat bitter though minty flavour of hyssop leaves has given them a mixed reception amongst cooks and gourmets. so it is not surprising that hyssop 's original use was medicinal , as suggested by the specific name — officinalis ( from the Latin officina , workshop ) indicates that the plant was authorized for use by the medical profession and could be sold in pharmacies . |
| 22 | The suggestion is no longer that a culture has acquired such technological skills as literacy because it is intellectually superior , as earlier racist theories had argued . |