Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [subord] it [is] " in BNC.

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1 No numerical illustrations are given because it is the very nature of the techniques described that they are successful on large problems — too large to illustrate explicitly here .
2 and sometimes it 's , it 's , it 's er rather than ring up , write a letter , cos it 's surprising how differently things are treated if it 's in writing .
3 In place of butter or margarine , alternatives such as Flora are recommended as it is high in polyunsaturates .
4 it remains to be seen what figures are included when it is submitted to the Secretary of State and what view he takes on that .
5 Certainly , voluntary anonymised seroprevalence studies are discouraged because it is felt that even a 5% refusal rate may invalidate the results .
6 This has been done because it is believed that the State has an interest in seeking to prevent those actions and to punish those who so act .
7 Much more data are collected than it is possible to publish , and access to this additional information is just not possible — indeed its existence may not be known or recorded , with the result that future researchers and revisers have to go through the whole data collection procedure again each time .
8 No sooner , it seems , has one prospective long-term partner been secured than it is ditched .
9 The Secretary of State 's authority on this matter has been accepted , not out of docility or in the belief that the Secretary of State for Scotland is infallible in curriculum matters : it has been accepted because it is very obviously based on a clear national consensus .
10 I think it 's the kind of food we 're using cos it 's different food from the food that we had at the beginning .
11 Yeah well Robert said why have we stopped so I said I think we 're looking because it 's a typical new house and daddy wants to see what typical new houses now offer .
12 Okay , so the gradient which shows you how fast they 're going If it 's more or less horizontal , they 're still .
13 You know I mean you 're wondering whether it 's going to blow the chimney pot off or all sorts of things .
14 In fact , we 're wondering whether it 's going to be possible to keep it up but the trouble is it 's in an area where in the last ooh , over over recent years forty chapels have closed !
15 I think , I think in fact you 're , you 're not having the problems that we 're having where it 's very difficult so you 've got er a really nice representation but have n't quite gone far enough .
16 We 're stretched as it is .
17 We 're stretched as it is talking to every kid in the school now that they 're on holiday . ’
18 Two toddler-type swings are requested as it is felt that more often than not two small children are taken to the playing field accompanied either by one or two adults and the provision of two swings would prevent disputes .
19 Mr G. has sent many specimens in spirits , ’ wrote Prince to Jardine , ‘ none of which have been opened as it is his wish that they shall not be shewn to anyone until his return . ’
20 And I am wondering whether it is the Devil 's work . ’
21 Ordinal scales are used where it is possible to order cases in respect of the degree to which they exhibit a certain property or quality , even though it may not be possible to state precisely how much of that property they have .
22 That you are wondering whether it is safe to come here with Tom ? ’
23 The Employment Appeal Tribunal accepted his argument , albeit reluctantly , saying that , in the experience of the members deciding the case , in practice a redundancy ‘ is accepted as having been shown where it is demonstrated that the actual job which the claimant was carrying out had ceased to exist ’ .
24 Its lateral line should enable it to survive and eat , but even this may have been affected if it is bumping into things .
25 But this is so different to what I 'd been doing as it is for most people .
26 So the Council are saying although it 's yours , the hut 's yours , the land is ours
27 All-in-1 will gradually be withdrawn as it is replaced by cc:Mail .
28 We are we are very close now to completing the final lease agreement with Moat erm as we 're not quite there yet I 'm I 'm gon na be suggesting if it 's possible to er , amend er one of the recommendations er , recommendation B , er , to take note of the facts that we quite er , finalised the agreement yet erm I wanted to try and get in line with the er , programme for the recommendation which came out of Great Parndon Neighbourhood Committee .
29 Any application received by the registration officer after noon on the thirteenth working day before polling day will be disallowed unless it is a late application because of illness .
30 More detailed work needs to be undertaken before it is possible to establish if there are geographical variations in the prevalence of this condition .
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