Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [subord] it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | The M2 , or Alligator as it is known in West German service , is a vehicle the size of an average forty-five-seater passenger coach , and is essentially a self-propelled bridging pontoon . |
| 2 | Acid rain damage to forests is no worse in Poland or Czechoslovakia than it is in western Germany or Sweden , while average concentrations of particulates in Budapest and Warsaw are within EC safety standards . |
| 3 | Please specify Y if this media unit is a serial device or N if it is a random access device . |
| 4 | And because it makes use of the speed of light for complicated parallel interconnections , it can still handle the large volume of calculations — or weighting as it is called — involved in the learning process quickly . |
| 5 | And be cause it makes use of the speed of light for complicated parallel interconnections , it can still handle the large volume of calculations — or weighting as it is called — involved in the learning process quickly . |
| 6 | When planning your excursions in Madeira , let the morning sun be your guide in deciding whether you go east or west because it is quite common for one part of the island to bask in sunshine while another is cloudy . |
| 7 | This is often misunderstood as cleaning oneself of contamination , but is obviously not the case as is proven by the fact that they had to clean themselves carefully before going into the bath , or mikva as it is called , so it becomes clear that it was to purify themselves spiritually , not physically . |
| 8 | Desktop Sunergy Classics will run a 50MHz Tsunami ( or MicroSparc as it is officially known ( UX No 406 ) ) , and are rated at 22.6 SPECint(92) , 17.4 SPECfp(92) and around 14 MFLOPS . |
| 9 | Having been synthesized it has to be transported to the part of the cell in which it is required ; there it will remain for its lifetime of hours , weeks or months until it is due for renewal , when it is pulled out of place in the cell and broken down by enzymes as quickly as it was previously synthesized , its building blocks ( the amino acids ) being recycled in the synthesis of other proteins . |
| 10 | If kept in a reasonably warm room then you will need a 200W heater — or 300W if it is in a cold room . |
| 11 | With the very poor Artificial Horizon presentation in average aircraft , the pitch attitude will be expressed in terms of the Horizon Bar thickness , or width as it is sometimes called , each attitude being the relationship of the top of the aircraft symbols wings on top of the Horizon Bar . |
| 12 | These movements are directly converted to movements of the screen cursor , or pointer as it is ten called . |
| 13 | Echo-location , or sonar as it is called , is only used by small insect-eating bats . |
| 14 | Young people do n't want to enter a hotel as a waiter or bar person , because of the demeaning stigma attached to the job , unlike Greece , Italy or Spain where it is regarded as a worthwhile career . |
| 15 | Conversely , projects which encourage a caring attitude in boys and acceptance of ‘ non-macho ’ traits would presumably act to deflect the automatic expression of male toughness or aggression although it is always possible that hostility to the course itself could provoke even more of a ‘ male backlash ’ . |
| 16 | Most people think dementia ( or senility as it is wrongly called ) is inevitable . |
| 17 | Black lead , or wad as it is sometimes called , is found in a number of places in the Lake District and has been mined for centuries at Seathwaite in Borrowdale . |
| 18 | Although we can not honestly say that those who unsuccessfully oppose a particular decision or policy consent to that decision or policy when it is carried out despite their opposition , we can say that they are nevertheless bound by that decision in so far as they accept both the principle of majority decisions and the fairness of the procedures through which the decision is reached or the policy made . |
| 19 | Serve warm , cut into neat squares for tapas , or quarters if it is to be the centrepiece of the meal . |
| 20 | It was noted that the rising of the Nile occurred when the last star to appear on the horizon , before dawn obscures all stars , was the dog star Sothis , or Sirius as it is known to us . |
| 21 | In the firm 's New Issues Statistics — July-September 1992 , it sees three main areas the majority of flotation candidates will come from : MBO companies seeking an exit for their investors , funds to repay debt and the flexibility to raise equity finance to fund further growth ; the demerger of listed companies ' subsidiaries or divisions where it is apparent that the parts will be valued higher than the whole ; and the traditional private companies which have hitherto provided the bulk of flotations . |
| 22 | During the flight you are advised to sleep or nap if it is night time . |
| 23 | The possibility of conflict is reduced because of the expectation of the continued availability of the increment to avoid the questioning of the existing budget ( or baseline as it is often referred to ) . |
| 24 | HyperSparc is Cypress ' Mbus-compatible alternative to the Texas Instruments Inc superscalar SuperSparc chip ( or Viking as it is often referred to ) , which Sun Microsystems Inc is using in its new generation of Sparcstation 10 systems . |
| 25 | In that case he might offer his decision as a surprising interpretation " of the statute or precedent when it is really nothing of the kind . |
| 26 | The town also boasts , in its main street , a remarkable seventeenth-century mansion , the Freuler Mansion or Palace as it is locally known , built for a local man who acquired riches in the service of the French crown as a colonel of mercenaries ( a not uncommon employment for the Swiss in those days ) . |
| 27 | ‘ Of course not ! ’ she replied , and even found a cheerful note from somewhere to add lightly , ‘ I ate a huge meal at lunchtime , so I 'll probably have a snack sent up , ’ and , making for her room before her emotions tripped her up , ‘ You 've been more than kind as it is . |
| 28 | Some theologians have suggested that the essence of the gospel is nothing more than forgiveness as it is enshrined in the story of the prodigal Son . |
| 29 | Thus the photon must have energy greater than Q if it is to be absorbed . |
| 30 | The situation is even more strange when one considers that IT is , above all , a practical subject which has no manifestation , benefit nor significance unless it is applied . |