Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] it is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So pleasant it is to have money , heigh ho/ … ’ |
| 2 | ( 5 ) The more ducks a cat has to choose from the less likely it is to take one duck in particular . |
| 3 | But the more people who obtain post-school education , the less likely it is to provide them with entry to a career . |
| 4 | The more complex professional action becomes , the less likely it is to have any effect . |
| 5 | I think it is erm Greater York that has been seen as an area with special problems because of its er historic character , erm which we spent many hours debating at the York greenbelt local plan inquiry , and I think most participants there accepted that the er what was being protected was not just the historic core , but also the setting of York and its surrounding ring of villages , and the way which it is proposed to protect that setting and character is by a greenbelt , now it follows that if you are imposing extremely severe restrictions on new development in an area around a settlement , then you have to meet the legitimate development needs for that settlement in another location , the further away that new settlement or other policy response is located it seems to me the less likely it is to meet the er needs of that settlement , and that will give rise to erm , you know , additional pressures on the settlement you are proposing to protect and maybe those pressures could not be resisted , and I think that 's why there is this requirement that erm the development which might otherwise be built on the edge of York , but which is not proposed to be so built because of the greenbelt needs to be located close , as close to York as is consistent with the original environmental objectives greenbelt objectives for the greenbelt . |
| 6 | For instance one can readily see how insects adapt themselves to many environments but the larger the animal the less likely it is to survive if the environment drastically changes . |
| 7 | It has been so successful it is to carry on in a slimmed down form , with a new name Tees Valley Conference and Visitor Bureau under the control of the Northumbria Tourist Board . |
| 8 | the older the baby gets the less common it is to find the cold injury . |
| 9 | There are possible complications of a curable cancer and I shall have to be monitored regularly by Charing Cross Hospital ( because moles are so rare it is centralised ) until my hormone levels return to normal ( This could be for up to two years ) . |
| 10 | I do know that you will have more peace if you can grasp how crucial relinquishment is , how utterly safe it is to place your children in God 's sure hands . ’ |
| 11 | But once the land is thus rough-hewn it is shaped by other forces . |
| 12 | The intuitive explanation for this has already been discussed : the greater the proportion of the variance of the composite disturbance term which is due to the variance of the more sensible it is to attribute more of any period 's composite disturbance to . |
| 13 | I just thought the more facts you 've got at your fingertips the more easy it is to persuade people . |
| 14 | In practice the younger the child , the more likely it is to go with mum , and seventeen out of every twenty children do so . |
| 15 | Indeed , the simpler an idea , the more likely it is to need protection " . |
| 16 | The more intense the emotion , the more vivid the imagination and the firmer the expectation , the more likely it is to happen now , in this reality , in this lifetime . |
| 17 | The fresher the bud , the more likely it is to take without trouble . |
| 18 | It seems to us to be an evolutionary survival factor : the more intelligent a species , the more likely it is to survive in the long term ; this is a reasonable hypothesis , but it can hardly be considered as any more than that . |
| 19 | The other indicator of resale potential is quality , and , as a general rule , the higher the quality of a rug , the more likely it is to increase in value . |
| 20 | Mr Brighton , erm before I turn to another speaker , your comment about the location of a new settlement , and the likely effect it would have on the West Yorkshire conurbation , er I presume from what you 've said is that effectively the new settlement , if you have one , its location should be such as to serve the needs of York and Greater York , and therefore the further it is away from the West Yorkshire conurbation , or the West side of North Yorkshire , the more likely it is to fulfil that function . |
| 21 | The more frequently a response is paired with a particular stimulus , the more likely it is to become a permanent relationship or habit . |
| 22 | The more time given to the agency , the more likely it is to provide a satisfactory response . |
| 23 | ‘ Clearly the older the child is , the more likely it is to understand the instructions it is giving and the effect those instructions will have upon their future . |
| 24 | Analyses of sexism in the curriculum should also include identification of what is left out , either within subject areas , or in terms of potential links between areas of knowledge : my contention is that the higher the prestige , and the more valuable a credential the subject becomes , the more likely it is to exclude issues , themes and approaches which relate to personal and female domains . |
| 25 | The lower the tax rate the more costly it is to give to charity compared to ordinary spending . |
| 26 | To express the view of a professional institute is one thing , but how much more effective it is to respond with a collective European voice . |
| 27 | The more risks you have the more important it is to do something about your blood cholesterol level . |
| 28 | If supporting parents and children is important for members of the indigenous community , how much more important it is to help children and parents from minority cultures to understand the nature of school and schooling . |
| 29 | The heavier your pack , the more important it is to get a good fit . |
| 30 | To make the pistol more accurate it is supplied with a shoulder stock which clips and secures to the rear of the pistol , a barrel and a make-believe telescopic sight . |