Example sentences of "[prep] it is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To flush some out it is occasionally necessary to put a copy of the authority in a sealed envelope and insist it be conveyed at once to the chief executive . |
| 2 | A trapdoor in 2e leads upwards to chamber 2f ; however , the wooden ladder set into the wall below it is obviously rotten and useless , so a skill such as Scale Sheer Surfaces or a Flight spell is necessary to reach the trapdoor . |
| 3 | Hardly a colour combination to enhance or blend with the pinks and reds of roses by underplanting ( see question number 15 on page 160 ) , but a nearby border or patch of it is widely being reported as being responsible for clearing out all the greenfly ! |
| 4 | Most of it most of it is most |
| 5 | But much of it is equally applicable to debentures and many of the statutory provisions expressly apply equally to them , though it is clear that when they do so ‘ debentures ’ is usually used in its narrow sense of debenture stock or a series of identical debentures and not in its wider meaning of a single mortgage , charge or bond . |
| 6 | Steve mentioned , you know , to put fifteen , twenty pounds a month into it erm and you said well we 'll come back to that later which I think on the face of it is probably er a right way of going about it cos you did n't get interrupted at that stage talking about a specific product so I think that was er that was good . |
| 7 | It is also fair to say , and I must be up front about this because it is a matter of it is probably the most sensitive aspect of this whole debate , is about B eight warehousing and distribution . |
| 8 | Twelve kilometres to the north-east of it is somewhere better : Sauveterre-de-Béarn , an interesting old place sat up above the Gave d'Oloron . |
| 9 | We are a high-consumption society and we have got to conserve the national resource and make sure that every part of it is effectively used . |
| 10 | You 'll see that both the number of requests for service , and the number of visits made are well up on previous half years , and although some of that is due to probably the highest figure on insect complaints we 've ever had for six months , and erm it 's not all that , much of it is lately the department has been very , very busy indeed . |
| 11 | Much of it is intensively managed grassland carrying a heavy stocking of dairy cattle . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Evidence of its long lively history is abundant in the village and although some of it is impressively obvious , much of it is tucked away in farmyards and back gardens . |
| 14 | While much international tourism is undertaken to enjoy cultural attributes , much of it is also prompted by scenic , wildlife and marine features . |
| 15 | Contran has been conceived primarily with airliners in mind , but a GA version of it is also available . |
| 16 | Much of it is also written specifically for specialists , being virtually impenetrable to the uninitiated reader . |
| 17 | Most of it is just common sense . |
| 18 | I know a lot of it was recording technique , but a helluva lot of it is just him . ’ |
| 19 | M most of it is just formalizing what we 're doing and formalizing the changes in the establishment |
| 20 | A lot of it A lot of it is just is just down to erm marketing |
| 21 | I mean occasionally there 's a break where we 'd sort of get this stupid laughter and stuff but most of it most of it is just sort of like |
| 22 | a lot of it is just parrot-fashion , unless you 're a very unusual person I think |
| 23 | Cos the rest of it is just basically straight across basically you 're just cutting across . |
| 24 | Just beyond Fort Augustus a trace of their road may still be found ; now impassable , it must have been a fearful route : the climb up to any height of it is ferociously demanding — or else I hit it at the wrong spot . |
| 25 | 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 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ Stasis ’ is a collection of tracks recorded between 1971 and 1975 , and I 'm here to tell you that most of it is pretty awful stuff . |
| 27 | Having listened to most of that stuff for the first time in seven years yesterday , most of it is pretty embarrassing . |
| 28 | the music is just an unusual , and some of it is downright odd . |
| 29 | In this it is related to the heads of the Two Nudes painted a few months earlier , but as opposed to them , it is more completely mask-like , and every area or section of it is clearly defined and forms a self-contained unit . |
| 30 | Much of it is clearly apologist , particularly that produced directly by TNCs or by public relations firms on their behalf ( for which see the analysis of Stauffer , 1979 ) . |