Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] it is [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | * The animal rights group , Lynx , has reported that it is on the verge of financial collapse because of the costs of defending a long-running libel action by a fur farm and a decline in contributions due to the recession in Britain . |
| 2 | The whole resort is very picturesque , surrounded as it is by the Kitzbuhler alps . |
| 3 | This is not so much dangerous ( as it is in a white water kayak ) but , exaggerated as it is by the length of the sea kayak , just plain horrible to push through the water . |
| 4 | If research continues at this pace , stoked as it is by a network of collaborations , these issues should be resolved in months rather than years . |
| 5 | ‘ New Eros ’ — carried as it is on an elaborately established sobbing and languorous rhythm , the word ‘ new ’ denies itself . |
| 6 | Lord Justice Browne-Wilkinson said that it is now apparently accepted that it is for the courts to decide whether a privilege exists and for the House of Commons to decide whether such privilege has been infringed . |
| 7 | Although in the past the courts and the House of Commons both claimed the exclusive right to determine whether or not a privilege existed , it is now apparently accepted that it is for the courts to decide whether a privilege exists and for the House to decide whether such privilege has been infringed : see Erskine May on Parliamentary Practice , 21st ed. ( 1989 ) , pp. 147–160 . |
| 8 | It has been widely accepted that it is in the interests of individual patients , that psychiatric treatment and services should be provided as near as is reasonably practicable to the patient 's home and community … . |
| 9 | The hon. Gentleman has said that it is in the process of acquiring two incredibly beautiful works and the point is that it is acquiring them even though they cost much more than the nominal amount of Government grant available . |
| 10 | It can be argued that it is on the strength of these supposed qualities of writing , as identified by Hildyard , Olson and other exponents of the ‘ autonomous ’ model of literacy , that Lyons rests some at least of his more general claims for ‘ differences among languages ’ . |
| 11 | There it is also argued that it is from the legislation of emancipation onwards that the tensions and forces making for conflict grow significantly stronger than the cohesive factors sustaining antislavery culture . |
| 12 | We have already seen that it is through the uniting Spirit that Jew and Gentile alike have access to the Father ( Eph. 2:18 ) . |
| 13 | When no time is stipulated and it is for the buyer to collect , the seller must be ready to hand over the goods ( against payment ) to the buyer on demand ( provided made at a reasonable hour , section 29(5) ) at any time after the making of the contract . |
| 14 | A newspaper account of this incident makes fascinating reading , written as it is in the florid , expansive style of the day to extract every ounce of drama . |
| 15 | The stone falls in order to return to its natural place , made as it is from the element earth . |
| 16 | I would have thought that it is in the government 's interest to promote efficiency , it 's certainly in the government 's interest to maintain the public interest with regard er to fraud or other wrong doing er but it 's something that the government ought to look at and again it seems to me that it ought to be a matter that er could be looked at if there was a proper inquiry . |
| 17 | These are in addition to the normal tutorial files supplied and it is in the area of training that the second change has been made . |
| 18 | Note that a volume can only be copied from the hard copy directory and transcribed if it is in the VOLCLOSING state . |
| 19 | Modelled as it is on the a priori science of geometry , his ideal of a scientific natural philosophy is that of a textbook rationalist . |
| 20 | It also has to be demonstrated that it is in the best interests of the child . |
| 21 | It should be recognised that it is in the interests of all firms involved in the provision of financial services that regulation is adequate and seen to be adequate by investors , or custom will be lost for all concerned . |
| 22 | The pagan counterpart of the eagle 's song may be the death of Aragorn , relegated as it is to an Appendix . |
| 23 | It is difficult to accept Gandhi 's argument , based as it is on an evolutionary view of history , that mankind is continually moving in the direction of an utopia where ahi sā will prevail . |
| 24 | I would respectfully agree with this comment , based as it is on the premise that the case can be brought within one or other of the paragraphs of section 82(1) . |
| 25 | Based as it is on the north western edge of Snowdonia the centre is an ideal base for all kinds of climbing . |
| 26 | Registration of title is no guarantee of boundaries , showing general boundaries only , although the clarity and accuracy of the filed plan ( based as it is on the Ordnance Survey ) is commonly superior to most of the plans you 'll find on the unregistered title . |
| 27 | The ‘ chief executive ’ view , often put forward as a radical set of ideas , is in fact profoundly conservative — based as it is upon a traditional , hierarchical mode of thought . |
| 28 | Thus , a lease for less than three years may be validly created on an informal basis , provided that it is for a market , as opposed to a " peppercorn " , rent . |
| 29 | HIRING — We are only prepared to provide cover for plant hired out provided that it is under the terms of a Hiring Agreement which is no more onerous than C.P.A. Conditions . |
| 30 | Such a patient is , by definition , going to die sooner rather than later , and the regimen of care adopted , overshadowed as it is by the mass of available technology , calls for distinct and very sensitive regulation . |