Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] it is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The audience was given no hint that he was envisaging the terms as an antithesis , let alone that he was feeling his way towards significant categories of thought , although from various notes from the winter of 1869–70 it is clear that he was now doing just that . |
| 32 | With its magnitude of -1.5 it is well over half a magnitude brighter than its nearest rival , Canopus , and about 1½ magnitudes superior to Alpha Centauri , which is no. 3 on the list . |
| 33 | The Norman Towers — Entering through these it is easy to imagine the Knights of the Middle Ages setting off for battle , banners flying and a host of bowmen and falconers bringing up the rear . |
| 34 | When it flicks out like this it is tasting or smelling the air . |
| 35 | In a limited treatment like this it is easy to be bland . |
| 36 | You see , when you are working in plan like this it is difficult to bear in mind that machine table heights can work in your favour and they can also work against you . |
| 37 | In narrow spaces like these it is easy to see why Prague Baroque had to be more dramatic with a greater sense of movement , light and shade than its Viennese equivalent . |
| 38 | By reviewing the statements like these it is possible to construct some kind of picture of what the Conservative Party has understood active citizenship to mean . |
| 39 | It has to be written in an initial transcription of a language until you have decided with that it is phonemic ( i.e. can make a difference in meaning ) , in which case you will have to continue writing it , or that there are rules to follow , so you can predict where it comes . |
| 40 | With this it is possible to control the emission control equipment and ensure peak efficiency thanks to cylinder-by-cylinder knock sensing . |
| 41 | Thermostatic radiator valves provide local control , but with these it is important that staff are aware of settings so that the valves are not used merely as manual controls . |
| 42 | Above all it is vital for every pilot to have the old adage ‘ safety first ’ indelibly imprinted on their mind . |
| 43 | Above all it is important for the staff planning groups to decide what ‘ interdisciplinary ’ work or topic work will actually mean for the learner in practice , and choice will depend in part on the school 's view of the ‘ whole picture ’ spread across quite long periods of time , with the teachers planning carefully how they intend to create a balanced curriculum over weeks and months . |
| 44 | Although it is somewhat limited in its applications it is easy to operate and above all it is fun . |
| 45 | Above all it is clear that the County Championship will exist primarily to serve the interests of the national team . |
| 46 | After years of political repression , the education system has little credibility with those it is supposed to serve . |
| 47 | It has another practical benefit in that it is easy to keep clean and to wash . |
| 48 | The Guardian distribution also has the advantage over the Abbey National share allocation in that it is tax-free and net of all osts . |
| 49 | The semiotic is closely associated with the mother in that it is pre-discursive ( pre-Oedipal ) . |
| 50 | The new features includes an Outliner which differs from those in other packages in that it is WYSIWYG — so you can see fonts , point sizes and effects as you work . |
| 51 | Energy demand growth depends on economic growth in that it is unlikely to occur when negative economic growth exists ; however the relationship between the two has changed considerably . |
| 52 | It is likely to be easier to commit crime in urban areas in that it is easier to be unnoticed and to remain anonymous in such areas . |
| 53 | The sense of touch is also a very fundamental one in that it is easier to get beyond the barrier of words and thoughts to direct experience this way . |
| 54 | There are advantages to customers in that it is easier for them to ask questions in a more realistic way in order to ascertain the product 's utility more clearly and quickly . |
| 55 | His theory connects with Mannheim 's ‘ particular ’ conception of ideology rather than his ‘ total ’ conception in that it is concerned with psychological processes . |
| 56 | ( 1 ) The section differs from the previous section in that it is concerned with the suitability of the premises and not with the fitness of the licence-holder or the orderliness of persons frequenting the premises . |
| 57 | The regulations have one very unusual effect in that it is permissible to make a reproduction of a topography for the purpose of analyzing or evaluating that topography or the concepts , processes , systems or techniques embodied in it by section 226(1A) of the 1988 Act . |
| 58 | An example of Wimsatt 's ( 1958 : 147 — 8 ) is what he calls the metaphor , and many would call the simile , in the last line of this passage from Donne 's ‘ A Valediction : forbidding mourning ’ ( like Eliot , the New Critics were particularly attached to the Metaphysical poets ) : The comparison between the lovers ' separation and the hammering of gold into leaf-form brings together two terms which are clearly quite different and therefore might justifiably be described as opposites ; and the conjunction of meanings thus established creates a series of connections ( the relationship between the separated lovers is like gold leaf in that it is ethereal ( ‘ ayery ’ ) , delicate , easily damaged , but at the same time precious , pure , bright , etc. ) , which when related to real experience possesses considerable illuminating force . |
| 59 | I would defend the system by saying that it is not inadequate in that it certainly guarantees quality and safety in this country , but it leaves much to be desired in that it is diverse and scattered throughout hundreds of different local authorities . |
| 60 | However , to the visitor in 1980 it is obvious that there have recently been big changes . |