Example sentences of "[conj] it is [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The distribution of ridge and furrow shows the extent of former arable land within the area , and , where it is absent in the field or on the air photographs , it can sometimes be shown to have existed . |
| 2 | It says the terms under which consumers will receive a ‘ free ’ item or gift must be clearly stated , particularly where it is conditional upon ordering or purchasing some other item . |
| 3 | Tailoring the extent of regulation to the particular circumstances aims to give protection where it is necessary without interfering with the efficient operation of the market where it is not , but it does so at the expense of adding to the complexity of the regulations |
| 4 | Where it is necessary for a company , for example , to pass a resolution to promote legislation , it is useful to include an authority for one or two persons to settle drafting points , and this is especially necessary at the committee stage before commissioners , when decisions sometimes have to be made on the spur of the moment . |
| 5 | Where it is necessary for any goods to be sent by post please make allowance for this in your remittance . |
| 6 | I see the force of the point that councillors should be trusted to use the right to sue for libel only in circumstances where it is necessary in the public interest . |
| 7 | Its range extends from bass to alto but it is most happy in the tenor register , where it is effective in sustaining or filling in the harmony . |
| 8 | We are now routinely using LS-PCR for sex determination and are exploring its application to other situations such as the diagnosis of infectious agents where it is useful to simultaneously amplify both specific and arbitrarily primed DNA fragments either for the purposes of generating a control or for extending the amount of information gained from the amplification . |
| 9 | A deficiency in calcium would be disastrous in growing horses , where it is essential for bone formation . |
| 10 | They can be formed on land near the sea , in shallow lakes or indeed anywhere where it is possible for a large volume of water to find its way into the volcanic vent . |
| 11 | However , there are certainly other industries where it is normal to group activities in this way . |
| 12 | Paget 's disease , while most common in western Europeans , also occurs frequently in their descendants in Australia and South Africa , where it is rare in the indigenous population . |
| 13 | There were a few cancelled bookings for children and Darlington Conservative councillor Peter Jones went on Radio Four last week , calling for it be banned from the Civic , where it is due on March 31 . |
| 14 | Darlington Tory councillor Peter Jones spoke on Radio Four last week calling for the production to be banned from the Civic , where it is due on March 31 . |
| 15 | Why does a sloth leave the relatively safe canopy to defecate on the hostile forest floor where it is vulnerable to terrestrial carnivores ? |
| 16 | If we use " complex " in a technical sense where it is opposed to " simplex " then the judgement is sound . |
| 17 | The Boro boss added : ‘ Forwards are at the sharp end , especially away from home , where it is harder for them . |
| 18 | The treaty will probably include a clause on ‘ subsidiarity ’ , the principle that the Community should act only on issues where it is inappropriate for decisions to be taken by national governments . |
| 19 | — far lower than in Germany , where it is 26 per cent. , the United States where it is 33 per cent. , and Japan where it is more than 60 per cent . |
| 20 | Although the great majority of birds are monogamous , there are plenty of species — particularly among the grouse , sandpipers , manakins , birds of paradise and cotingas — where it is common for males to have two or even more mates . |
| 21 | Prostitution is widespread , an integral part of a highly poverty-ridden and machista society , where it is common for adolescent boys to be taken by relatives to a brothel for their sexual initiation . |
| 22 | We need to create an atmosphere in residential work where it is OK for workers , male and female , to feel — to feel fear , anger , love and sexual arousal . |
| 23 | Where it is clear from Jane Austen 's novels that those of humbler birth , if they had something to teach them , also had something to learn from them-Fanny , William , and Susan are all improved by their contact with Mansfield Park — in the reign of Victoria even Mrs Gaskell , who was certainly gifted with what Charlotte Bronte described as ‘ the organ of veneration ’ , is less inclined to revere great houses than to laugh at them . |
| 24 | Sometimes it is due to muddy ground where it is difficult for players to get a good grip with their studs , or by a player slipping in the front row . |
| 25 | To quote : It is the distinguishing characteristic of a healthy higher education that , even where it is concerned with practical techniques , it imparts them on a plane of generality that makes possible their application to many problems . |
| 26 | Dowsing is no more objective than more obviously and directly ‘ psychic ’ methods , particularly where it is concerned with detection of earth energies rather than physical artefacts , water , and so on . |
| 27 | However , as a result of a recent Court of Appeal case ( Eurocopy plc v Teasdale , reported only in the November 1991 edition of the journal PLC ) there is at least a risk that the purchaser will be deprived of a remedy for breach of warranty where it is aware of the breach following a disclosure or otherwise , and despite any provisions in the sale and purchase agreement that no actual or constructive knowledge on the part of the purchaser would prejudice a claim . |
| 28 | The problem arises mainly in the South , where it is customary for sellers to appoint several agents . |
| 29 | , so the complex number that is the square root , is either two in that pair , minus five , plus three , nine , or it is five minus three , nine , so it 's either that one , or it 's that one , and we can write that down very , very simply because that one and that one are just the opposite sides , but either plus or minus . |
| 30 | if the driver is prevented from proceeding by circumstances beyond his control or it is necessary for him to stop in order to avoid an accident- or |