Example sentences of "it is [adv] [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rather less easy to see how it would lead to interference effects like those described in Chapter 4 . |
| 2 | This word is sometimes used with the sense of forming a conclusion or deduction , e.g. ‘ she left at 8 o'clock , so she must have arrived by now ’ ; when ‘ must ’ is used in this way , it is rather less likely to occur in its weak form than when it is being used in its more familiar sense of ‘ obligation ’ . |
| 3 | It is rather more difficult to categorise the nature of processing at the tactical and strategical levels , even within the relatively simple dichotomy between controlled and automatic processes . |
| 4 | It is also important to examine the throat for the presence of gonococci ( by cultural methods ) , since , not only may it be the only site involved , but it is rather more difficult to eradicate the infection from this place . |
| 5 | It is rather too easy to rally chauvinistic backing for the support of industries against foreign competition but nonetheless there may be good grounds for protection . |
| 6 | The theory of the second-best says that it is allocatively more efficient to spread inevitable distortions thinly over many markets than to concentrate their effects in a few markets . |
| 7 | it gives children the chance to practise varieties of language in different situations and to use a variety of functions of language which it is otherwise more difficult to practise : questioning , challenging , complaining etc. ; |
| 8 | But it is generally more helpful to give meals for slimmers in single portions and it is very easy to multiply up the quantities , of course . |
| 9 | It is nearly always possible to treat the diseases and disabilities that older people experience . |
| 10 | It is nearly always possible to throw a reverse punch to mid-section afterwards , capitalising on the draw-back of the snap punching fist . |
| 11 | It is nearly always impossible to raise the first quote . |
| 12 | It is normally also necessary to check whether the investments themselves qualify for the exemption and to obtain the putative counterparty 's consent and this will need detailed compliance procedures . |
| 13 | What seems objectionable in Matza 's argument is that he clearly believes there is a ‘ hierarchy ’ of stances in relation to deviance , not just alternatives : the appreciative stance is portrayed as superior to either the romantic or the correctionalist in that it is inherently more likely to get at the truth . |
| 14 | In organic chemistry it is thus more convenient to describe carbon in terms of its valency than its oxidation numbers . |
| 15 | It is thus more difficult to distinguish Σ and Π vibrations using the Raman bands , as we would have to detect the presence of P and R branches with spacings of 2B as well as the O and S branches with spacings of 4B . |
| 16 | Both class relations and gender relations , while they exist within their own histories , can nevertheless be so closely interwoven that it is theoretically very difficult to draw them apart within specific historic conjunctures . |
| 17 | That may be more difficult , but it is ultimately more likely to lead to a cleaner world . |
| 18 | Such an approach may demonstrate to the satisfaction of some that no crime is involved , but it is surely most unsatisfactory to rest the response of the law to what is seen as a testing moral and philosophical issue on some semantic sleight of hand . |
| 19 | If it is relevant to indicate Queen Victoria 's underlining , then it is surely also relevant to indicate , for example , a speaker 's use of high pitch and loudness to indicate emphasis . |
| 20 | Although de Gaulle recognized as much , he and his regime made little progress in that direction , and it is surely too simplistic to lay the entire blame for this failure at Pompidou 's door ( as the General 's admirers are inclined to do ) . |
| 21 | If it is difficult to define inner cities in terms of some geometric configuration of urban morphology , it is even less easy to identify the inner city within any national political economy . |
| 22 | If the army could not do the job unaided twenty years ago , it is even less likely to get involved now . |
| 23 | If the army could not do the job unaided twenty years ago , it is even less likely to get involved now . |
| 24 | Powered by your hips and shoulder , it is even quite easy to push a person off-balance in this way . |
| 25 | It is even more rare to observe individuals while they are producing mixed messages during a meeting reflecting on their actions and the features of the organisational culture that makes the undiscussable undiscussable . |
| 26 | Considering the rifeness of disease , the poverty and the malnutrition prevalent there , and all the medical aid available here , it is even more surprising to discover that the continued life expectancy of a forty-year-old British or US citizen is not considerably greater than that of an Indian who has survived childhood and reached the age of forty . |
| 27 | It is even more dangerous to show it to the sitter 's wife ! |
| 28 | It is even more dangerous to generalise about the organisation of medieval agriculture than about its physical and demographic background . |
| 29 | In this case the same precautions apply and it is even more important to deal with ownership of copyright otherwise the agency ( as employer ) could turn out to be the ultimate owner of the copyright . |
| 30 | If your work is mainly in the trade and industrial area it is even more important to keep in constant touch with the leading publications in the field . |