Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] it is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If all the ships sail separately it is more likely that at least one ship will stray into the field of view of a submarine than if the ships sail in a tight convoy ; a convoy may slip by without being detected . |
| 2 | Remember that your balloon ripstop was probably made for the parascending sport , and you' ll appreciate why it is so soft and at times stretchy . |
| 3 | If you stall accidentally it is almost always because you are not aware of the low speed , etc. and therefore all the training in the world will not prevent you from responding instinctively because you are not at that moment aware that you are stalled . |
| 4 | I know Perhaps it is just something that |
| 5 | No because they 're going to I I think actually it 's quite er it 's quite wrong you know really it is quite wrong is n't it ? |
| 6 | Remember how it is often difficult to think clearly when the air is heavy just before a storm , or how your mind seems to become clear and sharp in the crisp , clean air on a mountainside or beside the sea . |
| 7 | The telephone is very often the only link these loyal citizens have with the outside world they can no longer walk in safety to the local telephone box to make their calls , and even if they could , when they get there it is out of order . |
| 8 | We 've been without a Marshal nearly four months — not that I ca n't cope , but you know how it is when half the boys we get are on National Service and by the time you 've begun to knock them into shape they 're ready to leave . ’ |
| 9 | Yeh , I know how it is when you 're travelling . |
| 10 | We 'd like to keep the church open all the time but you know how it is today . |
| 11 | Ha ha , it 's your au — fr … parents ' friend , Janice , Gav beamed , radiating unrepentant guilt ; came round here the other day looking for you we got talking went for a curry had a few drinks ended up back here one thing led to another know how it is always liked older women they 're more experienced know what I mean arf arf anyway spent an extremely enjoyable New Year at her place apart from the usual visit to my folk 's of course oh by the way she 's coming round here tonight I 'm cooking lasagne can you swap rooms seeing Norris wo n't be back until tomorrow it 's just I did n't expect you back until then either , that okay ? |
| 12 | No , I know where it is now ! |
| 13 | It is a common experience that when things go well nothing gets said but when things go badly it is certainly noticed and all hell breaks out . |
| 14 | Compared with some we keep now it is quite peaceful ! |
| 15 | Oh well I bet , I think perhaps it is really . |
| 16 | But ulcers try very hard to heal — if they do not it is often because of nurses who unwittingly use the wrong treatment . |
| 17 | Well I think well it is anyway , I mean I 've got a swollen wrist . |
| 18 | If we wonder why it is not generally recognised that there are , besides verbal propositions composed of words , mental ones composed of ideas , an explanation is readily available : ‘ it is very difficult to treat of them asunder . |
| 19 | These arguments apply just as much where there is a non-cumulative several liability , not annexed to a joint liability , as they do where it is so annexed . |
| 20 | I do n't know how long they 're staying but when they come here it is usually impossible to get rid of them . ’ |
| 21 | When organisms learn naturally it is usually through a mixture of these and other slightly different types of learning . |
| 22 | You see also it is not signed . |
| 23 | The water hits it you see well it is n't like steam . |
| 24 | And thirdly , in order to unravel the totality of things that are and see how it is inwardly articulated and how it emanates into the diversity of the world as we experience in the ordinary way , your thought has to follow a special kind of logic , dialectical logic , which exhibits the process of thought and simultaneously the process of reality as one that proceeds by things being or things being said , and these giving rise to their opposites , to contradictions , and these contradictory moments or items being taken up in a greater , synthesizing whole . |
| 25 | " How many ? " , etc. ( e.g. " How many arrow slits are there in the north wall ? " ) , but should include questions of " Why ? " and " How ? " ( e.g. " Explain why it is so difficult for an attacker to get in through the castle gate " ) . |
| 26 | For instance , after completing some lower order questions about individual features in a Victorian gaol , pupils were asked to synthesise this information : " Explain why it is so difficult to escape from this prison . " |
| 27 | Explain why it is so important that everyone who benefits from Medau work should demonstrate their support through membership . |