Example sentences of "[be] [subord] it [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unprimed will not necessarily be diagonal as it should be if it is to satisfy the first part of eqn ( 6.16 ) . |
| 2 | … in-service training is often much less effective than it could be because it is based on an ‘ educational model ’ i.e. is focussed largely on the individual . |
| 3 | We are also very strongly influenced by our expectations ; if we have heard and understood half a sentence , it seems that our brain is already guessing at what the rest of it will be before it is heard , and is certainly not acting in a passive way like a simple machine . |
| 4 | Purely from a financial perspective , have you any idea how much more valuable the cottage will be when it 's known to be one of Piers 's creations ? ’ |
| 5 | To establish good communication with the guests is part of this job ; they are paying for service and how much nicer that service is if it is given with a smile by a person who takes a personal interest ! |
| 6 | Now some doctors could conceivably still be frightened off , but we must presume , I think , that doctors are literate people , that they can understand what the law is if it is told to them , and the medical societies and other groups are making available to them the workings of this particular Act . |
| 7 | No I do n't think it 's that , I think it 's cos it 's getting near the end of the tape . |
| 8 | Well that 's cos it 's going down . |
| 9 | Not sure it is cos it 's baking . |
| 10 | what 's if it 's pouring down with rain ? |
| 11 | So it 's if it 's coming up |
| 12 | I have n't heard of anyone dying from a broken ankle — that 's if it is broken . ’ |
| 13 | It 's like it 's flashing in my head . |
| 14 | Some days , it 's too misty and it 's like it 's vanished altogether . |
| 15 | That is unless it 's sold to the sort of person who blasts half of his land away to quarry gravel for motorways , like someone I can think of on the west coast . |
| 16 | What use do you think money is unless it 's used ? |
| 17 | This is because it 's packed to bursting point with blood . |
| 18 | The company claims this is because it 's designed for first-time users , but it 's a nuisance if you want to import a mailing list from another package . |
| 19 | It is because it is applied recursively at the growing tips all over the tree — branches make sub-branches , then each sub-branch makes sub-sub-branches , and so on — that the whole tree ends up large and bushy . |
| 20 | If these approaches are common to courses of study which advanced degree students follow regardless of the content ( for some will be specializing , for instance , in the field of special educational needs , others in the arts and humanities , others in mathematics and science ) it is because it is regarded as essential that the same grasp of knowledge and the same development of intellectual-cum-practical skill should typify all holders of a second degree in the field of education . |
| 21 | The reason vitamin D was regarded as a vitamin is because it is found in our food , and this is important for those who do not receive adequate exposure to sunlight — for example , the house-bound elderly . |
| 22 | This is because it is considered such a minor part of the hobby , with just a couple of species available , Monos and Scats . |
| 23 | This is because it is thought the human brain is not preprogrammed to recognize all the senses separately , but learns to correlate them in childhood . |
| 24 | The sphere of everyday life is experienced as ordered and consistent which is because it is shared with other people and what is shared is , precisely , knowledge of everyday reality : |
| 25 | Firstly the criteria for the mean electorate size for a European parliamentary constituency has previously been used as a justification for ignoring the case for Cornwall , yet concessions have been made in other areas establishing such constituencies that do not meet the size requirement an that 's because it is accepted that European parliamentary constituencies should be created along the lines of natural communities , communities of identity and communities of interest . |
| 26 | " I ca n't make this out , " I say ( as myself , not the alien ) , to which several children respond : " No , that 's because it 's written in the alien 's language . " |
| 27 | If it sounds like the opening words of an episode of Star Trek , that 's because it 's aimed at attracting schoolchildren to the world of science . |
| 28 | That 's because it 's going round in a circle — like the Shuttle , and me on my space walk . |
| 29 | Many additions are made to the basic cheeses , such as mushrooms peppercorns , garlic and herbs , but the greatest distinguishing factor between one Brie and the next is whether it is made with pasteurised or fresh , untreated milk . |
| 30 | ‘ Ideology ’ is an indispensable term in sociological analysis , but the first level of difficulty is whether it is used to describe : ( a ) the formal and conscious beliefs of a class or other social group — as in the common usage of ‘ ideological ’ to indicate general principles or theoretical positions or , as so often unfavourably , dogmas ; or ( b ) the characteristic world-view or general perspective of a class or other social group , which will include formal and conscious beliefs but also less conscious , less formulated attitudes , habits and feelings , or even unconscious assumptions , bearings and commitments . |