Example sentences of "[det] of it is [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people would balk at the thought of setting up a new business during a recession ; but to embark on a new accountancy partnership when half of it is about to have a baby would surely cause the strongest to flinch . |
| 2 | If I said some of it is n't made from the words or the message some of it is made from the tone of your voice . |
| 3 | Much of this written work can be done alone , but some of it is best achieved in collaboration ; it might be that the purpose of the drama is to work together to produce documents , for example : The letters written by the sailors on the Mary Rose as they left port ( had they been able to write ) . |
| 4 | Anyway you then look through it with the solution in and you 'll find that if , for example , you started off with it completely dark you 'll find it 's then grey cos the plane of light 's been rotated , now it 's where there was no light getting through now some of it is actually getting through , cos it 's been rotated . |
| 5 | Apart from the fact that much of it is badly executed — the uneven paving is a disgrace in a city full of fine Victorian craftsmanship — it seems to many meretricious and , above all , out of place . |
| 6 | Much of it is also written specifically for specialists , being virtually impenetrable to the uninitiated reader . |
| 7 | While much international tourism is undertaken to enjoy cultural attributes , much of it is also prompted by scenic , wildlife and marine features . |
| 8 | Much of it is intensively managed grassland carrying a heavy stocking of dairy cattle . |
| 9 | Much of it is n't recorded in great detail , so one is left to read between the lines about the activities that were involved . |
| 10 | The original stone-built block still survives , although much of it is rapidly decaying . |
| 11 | Instead of going directly to the academy 's institutes , much of it is now awarded to projects by committees representing science and industry . |
| 12 | The geographical spread of the mining industry is hard to ascertain , for much of it is poorly recorded , but incidental references in both ecclesiastical and secular sources show the existence of mines in Yorkshire , Staffordshire and Wales as well as in the North . |
| 13 | M most of it is just formalizing what we 're doing and formalizing the changes in the establishment |