Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] it is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ask anyone about vitamin C and they will be able to tell you that it is found in oranges — but would they also know that it is in melons and tomatoes ? |
| 2 | When a young cat approaches an adult for play , letting it know that it is in a relaxed mood and accepts its subordinate social position . |
| 3 | When a sick cat is approached by a dominant one , letting it know that it is in a weak , non-hostile mood . |
| 4 | No animal can know that it is in a current unless there is some stationary object , such as a river bank , to serve as a reference point . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't doubt that it is within your ability . ’ |
| 6 | Encouraged by the demonstrated efficacy of CBT with disorders such as depression , the social worker can consider that it is at least plausible to use similar strategies with other client difficulties . |
| 7 | On the other hand , rather than move away from an area where similar firms operate , some firms may consider that it is in their own particular interest to move into such a location . |
| 8 | ‘ Remember , the new Children 's Act gives them rights too and a court will usually consider that it is in the child 's interest to know both parents where possible and reasonable . ’ |
| 9 | However , knowledge of a scheme , and indeed making use of it , does not necessarily demonstrate that it is of any particular value . |
| 10 | I do n't know if it is of any help to the PH Project . |
| 11 | One of those who fought to prevent the building said ‘ We do n't know if it is worth preserving after all the upheaval on site ’ . |
| 12 | As we shall discuss in the next chapter , there is a lot more work to be done before the causal process underlying this relationship is laid bare : we do not know whether it is through buying a better diet or better medical care , for example , that richer countries improve their life expectancy . |
| 13 | Now , I do not seek to defend the conduct of the Sun , but I do think that it is at best messy and may also be dangerous to use the common law to outflank the Act . |
| 14 | I do not think that it is in any way insulting to say that the epithet , ’ Clyde-built ’ , which was a badge of quality in the last century , was getting somewhat tarnished during the post-war years . |
| 15 | It does n't matter where it is in the letter . |
| 16 | I can also confirm that it is for the TAVRAs and for the local people to determine the most appropriate location for the individual company headquarters . |
| 17 | I do n't feel that it is with any of you . |
| 18 | It does n't matter if it is after the Target Date . |
| 19 | The Chancellor should be wary of the argument that the deficit does not matter because it is in the private sector . |
| 20 | To think that we should destroy the coal industry and then say , ’ Well , if we have no coal industry , we shall have to have a nuclear power industry and what it costs does not really matter because it is in the nation 's interest to do it , ’ does not make sense . |
| 21 | Take it ti the last row of squares at the top and you will see that it is in row 38 . |
| 22 | As an illustration of this point , consider the text in ( 3 ) as a dusty fragment , recovered during an archaeological dig in the ruins of Minneapolis in the year 2500 A.D. When asked what the text is ‘ about ’ , the discourse analyst in the expedition might report that it is about ‘ procedures used in mid-twentieth-century American middle-class culture for maintaining cleanliness in their garments ’ . |
| 23 | Another discourse analyst , providing a second opinion , might report that it is about something else entirely , and a debate would ensue in the discourse analysis literature . |
| 24 | Still , taking it for what it is , I can report that it is on the whole satisfactorily performed , due mainly to the merits of the soloists : Barbara Schlick 's soprano rings out finely in the wonderful air with cello , ‘ What passion can not Music raise or quell ’ ( I give titles in the familiar English rather than the German used here , of course ) , and again in her paean of the organ , though in the final chorus the sense and the noble simplicity of the solo soprano in turn with the choir , a real piece of English eccentricity , somehow becomes merely odd in German . |
| 25 | There are , to my mind , a number of specific functions that a TechDoc system must provide if it is to be considered a member of the fraternity . |
| 26 | His publisher may then decide that it is worth incorporating all the additions and corrections in another edition . |
| 27 | The council will discover if it is to be capped in early April . |
| 28 | Kagan arrived in my office and proceeded to tell me a story , which I can now recount as it is in the public domain . |
| 29 | He also notes that the fact that transcendental meditation changes one 's brain waves does not imply that it is in any way helpful ; he might have added that the brain waves during meditation show a remarkable resemblance to those of someone who is drowsy or even asleep . |
| 30 | The fact that a rug is signed or dated does not imply that it is in any way superior to similar items that have not been inscribed , although it is fair to say that weavers rarely sign inferior examples of their work . |