Example sentences of "[coord] [subord] it is [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This possibility needs consideration where the man was well known to the woman and where it is clear that she was not intimidated . ’ |
| 2 | The French pursued him , however , and although it is doubtful whether the prince intended to force them to fight it became clear that a battle could not be avoided . |
| 3 | Both sides seemed satisfied and although it is unlikely that a two-tier Champagne classification would have been workable in the long term , it sufficed for the present although it was still being debated in the Senate when war broke out three years later . |
| 4 | And although it is true that Wagner could , if required , have figured under various of their headings , it seems that the decision to lay any emphasis on the relevance of Wagner 's work to his own ideas represented a further and final development . |
| 5 | Theodore 's reconciliation with Wilfrid took place in the context of Caedwalla 's dramatic ascendancy in southern England and if it is true that he expressed the wish that Wilfrid succeed him at Canterbury ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 43 ) this may have been in recognition of Caedwalla 's new regime with which Wilfrid was associated . |
| 6 | If this is indeed so , and if it is true that the latency period is in decline as an important cultural phenomenon , then it seems difficult not to conclude that in some very significant respects modern Western child-rearing practices are approximating more to those of pre-Neolithic , pre-agricultural societies like those of the Australian aborigines than to modern industrial ones . |
| 7 | It is perhaps noteworthy that two chroniclers refer to the plague of 1361 as the pestis puerorum , the plague of the children , and if it is true that children in particular had perished in that outbreak , it could be that by the early 1370s the supply of labour was being reduced by a shortage of new recruits , particularly as the survivors of 1361 would also have been attacked by another outbreak in 1369 . |
| 8 | And if it is clear that they have exercised their right of choice , problems can still arise in determining what precisely they have chosen . |
| 9 | But until industry giants — and key strategic partners — Microsoft Corp and Novell join the alliance , and until it is satisfied that its customer demand is sufficient Hewlett is unlikely to become closely involved in the initiative . |
| 10 | It is very important that a peace-keeping force should not be sent to Yugoslavia until there is a peace to keep , and until it is clear that all the warring parties both invite and allow that peace-keeping force to operate . |
| 11 | The principal difficulty is that it is quite clear that the texts of the classical jurists have not been left as they were written ; and since it is clear that Justinian was keen on enforcement in all circumstances , it is hard to decide whether we should take all reference to it to be a product of his ardour , or the more extreme cases of public interest to be acceptable classical examples . |
| 12 | Both are limiting laws , valid only for small strains or rates of strain , and while it is essential that conditions involving large stresses , leading to eventual mechanical failure , be studied , it is also important to examine the response to small mechanical stresses . |
| 13 | The greater landowners would also employ other gentlemen servants in the management of their estates in the early eighteenth century , some of whom might be freeholders , and all of whom would have connections with the voting freeholders , and while it is true that some of these appointments were poorly paid , one has to bear in mind the comparative poverty of so many of the Scottish gentry in terms of money income . |
| 14 | We have already mentioned that strikes need not be damaging to individual firms ; and while it is true that the economy as a whole can be damaged by certain groups of workers ( eg. power workers , miners and transport workers ) , relatively few groups actually have this kind of muscle . |
| 15 | That is not the case , and while it is true that deaf people from different countries can converse with each other better than hearing folk , they all have their own signs and structure . |
| 16 | For many , ‘ law ’ and ‘ order ’ refer to the ideal of legality ( or ‘ the rule of law ’ ) — and while it is clear that this does not refer to an uncontroversial notion , it is arguable that most people would agree on certain core features of the rule of law : a congruence of official action with a previously declared rule so as to preserve individual autonomy and freedom from arbitrary state power , and a notion of equal treatment of individuals in the eye of the law . |
| 17 | The rotating particles are videoed and each frame processed by computer to determine whether and in what quantities the target is present ; and whether it is alive or dead . |
| 18 | 100mm/4in ) and whether it is complete and well fitted . |
| 19 | Both these cases , while they are addressed to the distinct issues of whether history is accidental or planned , and whether it is accidental or law-governed , exemplify a widespread failure to engage with the problem of holism . |
| 20 | They give the opportunity to judge whether the driving system is suitable for the new user , and whether it is irritating and over-protective of the experienced user ; conversely , one that suits the latter may floor the former . |
| 21 | These lines of discussion lead directly into the perpetual controversy over browsing , and whether it is useful or practical for research work . |
| 22 | In a case involving a sum of money the property of a foreign state and whether it is proper that it should be paid to a firm of solicitors whose authority to act on behalf of that state is in question , the court should , with the assistance of an amicus if necessary , decline to make an order for the payment out of a sum in court to a firm of solicitors without being satisfied of the authority of that firm of solicitors . |
| 23 | I can not go beyond what I have said , except to make it clear once again that if and when it is clear that a further legislative change will materially assist in ensuring that this sort of thing does not happen again , we will be ready to make it . |
| 24 | He assured Lord Salisbury on his visit to England in the summer of 1929 that ( according to Salisbury 's notes of their conversation ) , though dominion status might be admitted as the ultimate goal , ‘ inasmuch as it is impossible to anticipate an India which could defend itself , and as it is unthinkable that a British army could be subject to native control — an essential condition of real Dominion status — the realisation of the aspiration is not within sight ’ . |
| 25 | There is evidence for some geological activity on Venus , and though it is unlikely that Plate Tectonics ever got going this conclusion is not yet beyond doubt . |
| 26 | But though they are not physical in their nature , and though it is difficult or impossible to conceive that they are physical in their origin , they are , for Darwin and his followers , factors in the evolutionary process in its physical or organic aspect . |
| 27 | But although it is tough and likely to get tougher , there are still opportunities : these require a longer term , strategic approach to the practice , and considerable steps towards achieving greater efficiency and productivity . |
| 28 | But if it is inconceivable that he could successfully shepherd nervous unionists through new talks with their nationalist counterparts and Dublin , equally his head can not be sacrificed in a Labour-Unionist deal to take Neil Kinnock to Downing Street . |
| 29 | New evidence is not usually heard , but if it is material and could not reasonably have been heard by the Panel the Committee may hear it or refer it back to the Panel . |
| 30 | But if it is new and a lot of people go there , they will be angry , and it will be difficult to buy it . |