Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] it [is] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the centre can boast its very own igloo — although admittedly it 's made out of bricks and not ice ! |
| 2 | The most common disguise is that of the jongleur or menestrel ( within the fabliau tales there is barely any discernible difference in status or respectability between these two although conventionally it is supposed that the former is lower than the latter ) : a disreputable itinerant entertainer living , creditably , off his wits and his talents , but only too vulnerable , and given to wasting what he gains on the temporary pleasures of drinking and gambling in the taverns ; a social outcast but at the same time one called upon by the members of normal society , as Jouglet is , both to instruct the ignorant young man and to play for the villagers . |
| 3 | Stated in these simple terms , the anti-cruelty position 's most obvious weakness is that it assumes that we already know that trapping wild animals is justified , if only it is done ‘ as humanely as possible ’ . |
| 4 | The essential religious awareness , if only it is allowed to address us , will supply the needed evidence . |
| 5 | We could use them to illustrate your history if ever it is accepted for publication . ’ |
| 6 | If experimentally it is shown that there is no difference in the number of plural continuations which occur with two names and with two roles , then we would conclude that common description type ( rather than description content ) is a major force in controlling the likelihood of plural reference . |
| 7 | Moreover I have given order that they who collect my dues take from you no more than the tenth , because so it is appointed by the custom of the Moors , and it is what ye have been wont to pay . |
| 8 | There is , however , the difference that in those cases the control is used to investigate the first instability whereas here it is needed only for the later stages . |
| 9 | A child is duly conceived , but before ever it is born , there is a breakdown of relationships between Sarah and Hagar , and Hagar has to flee into the desert . |
| 10 | Your reward , which you may decide to turn down when eventually it is offered to you , is to stand on the vertiginous suspension bridge which was strung between the two sides of the gorge here in 1920 . |
| 11 | And they said unto him , ‘ In Bethlehem of Judea , for thus it is written by the prophet . ’ |
| 12 | Using Kirchhoff 's current law at the noninverting input of this trigger gives so that Hence the output switches over to the opposite saturation state from positive and negative saturation when respectively It is said that the circuit acts as a discriminator . |
| 13 | For Diana 's mother , fiercely proud , combative and tough-minded , it was a humiliating and unjust experience , all the more so in retrospect as nowadays it is known that the sex of the baby is determined by the man . |