Example sentences of "[coord] it is [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the real world , it is unlikely that a product has clear advantages over its competition on all points , and it is clearly part of the selling function for the salesperson to emphasise those superior features and benefits which his product possesses . |
| 2 | There has been no wholly satisfactory explanation of the aetiology , or primary causes , of homosexuality and it is probably multicausal . |
| 3 | There is also a children 's play area , and it is just east of Market Bosworth on B.585 . |
| 4 | It is n't night and it is n't day . |
| 5 | ‘ I can smell it from you , and It is n't sherry . ’ |
| 6 | And it is not sex . |
| 7 | I am not sure how it achieves this as all CDs start from the inside and it is not part of the table of contents ; in any case it one puts a small size CD in an adaptor ring the machine still knows you have done it — something I must look into . |
| 8 | This conception of the signifier bears only a vestige of its Saussurean ancestry , for there is nothing formalist about it and it is not part of a structural attempt to outline the basic grammar of any system . |
| 9 | This is the distinctive method of instruction at Oxford , and it is extremely prodigal of time . |
| 10 | I have raised the question three times , and it is about time that something was done about it . |
| 11 | I have the greatest sympathy for hon. and learned Member for Leicester , West ( Mr. Janner ) , but there is a principle involved and it is about time that my right hon. and learned Friend stopped speaking as a lawyer and started acting as a politician . |
| 12 | I if you do n't like the sound of it Mrs then I 'm sorry for you but this is what democracy is all about and it is about time you listened to what people have to say . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ We are now living in a post-apartheid era and it is about time member of the Labour group came to realise that . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ They are getting as good prices as the fishermen in this country but our fishermen , although perhaps disappointed at price levels , know how to behave and it is about time the Frenchmen took a leaf out of their book . ’ |
| 15 | AMALVY/AFP Fisherman 's fury : A French trawlerman hurls a fish towards riot police during the clashes in Paris yesterday ‘ Our fishermen know how to behave and it is about time the Frenchmen took a leaf out of their book ’ |
| 16 | After the frantic design years of the early 1980s board design has now settled down to a fairly stable format and it is only construction techniques that are still changing slightly . |
| 17 | We are a mystery to ourselves , and it is only God who sees into this mystery , knowing us completely . |
| 18 | ‘ She summoned you here , and it is only right that you should know the reason , albeit she is too unwell to see you herself . |
| 19 | Like most things in life , it is neither a sure thing nor an exact " science " , but modern commerce has thrived on marketing theory and it is now part and parcel of everyday commercial judgements . |
| 20 | I introduced them briefly in Chapter 6 and it is now time to consider them more closely . |
| 21 | In November , details were given regarding the season to date and it is now time to update to the midwinter break . |
| 22 | Bank of Ireland has made significant cost savings with the introduction of Bank Assistants and it is now time to redistribute some of those savings amongst those who most deserve it . |
| 23 | Another potential problem for patients is that they find themselves in the role of information-giver , and it is often information of a very personal nature . |
| 24 | But it is also part of that long revolt in more liberal climes against the dominance of the ‘ providing state ’ , along with the rise of the individual citizen consumer — Galbraith 's ‘ politics of comfort ’ . |
| 25 | The transfiguration ( Matthew 17 ) , recorded here in 2 Peter 1 : 16–18 , is of course a unique event , but it is also part of a pattern for Peter 's life which shows he was a man who was close to God . |
| 26 | On stage each of the Highwaymen does his greatest hits , but it is when Cash is growling Ring of Fire , Folsom Prison Blues , Ragged Old Flag and Boy Named Sue that the show really brings the house down . |
| 27 | It provides a check on the arithmetical accuracy of the double entry , but it is not proof that the transactions have been correctly recorded . |
| 28 | ‘ He will be satisfied if he gets back on the Irish team , but it is not possibility he could push himself right to the forefront . ’ |
| 29 | That there was no canopy may be part of why I say that if it 's raining the balcony is wet , but it is not part of what I say . |
| 30 | Learning is necessary ; but it is not part of what is meant by higher education . |