Example sentences of "it is [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is principally made of neoprene , the material used to make wetsuits , and at the top end of the range will incorporate a hinged system designed to prevent the knee from over-extension . |
| 32 | But there will be no increase for spirits , a move welcomed by the Scottish whisky industry which has always argued that it is unfairly dealt with . |
| 33 | It is jointly owned by the Bank of England and a group of clearing banks . |
| 34 | As it occurs only in the males it has been suggested that it is somehow employed in male-to-male rivalry . |
| 35 | The X-ray-emitting gas is so hot that it must be rushing out of the bulge as a galactic ‘ wind ’ , unless it is somehow confined by magnetic fields . |
| 36 | Jameson and Davis recognise , however , that it is somehow linked with developments in capitalism itself . |
| 37 | Sanger duty is particularly boring because there is nothing else to do but look out of the window , and since it is rarely done in pairs social interaction provides no compensation . |
| 38 | Obviously it is rarely done in humans , but is routinely carried out in non-human subjects . |
| 39 | If one were to peruse the extensive range of surveys of the applications of the rational expectations hypothesis to macroeconomics , one would come across a different framework of analysis , one which is so widely accepted that it is rarely explained in any detail , still less is its theoretical basis probed critically or its conclusions called into question . |
| 40 | Conversely , whereas personal selling is the single most important means of promoting industrial goods and services , it is rarely seen in consumer markets . |
| 41 | One of the things that makes war so fascinating to its students and so frustrating to its participants is that in a moment of supreme crisis it is rarely given for one side , obsessed by its own difficulties , to see just how bad things are in the enemy camp . |
| 42 | It is rarely granted in commercial disputes . |
| 43 | Also , even when modern composers do write melody , it is rarely presented in a straightforward way which can be regarded as a model . |
| 44 | It is rarely used as a solo instrument ( at any rate melodically ) but is inimitable as a means of enriching an orchestral background . |
| 45 | Birch is a sustainable and fast-growing timber from northern Europe , but it is rarely used for fine furniture because of the skill required to convert the logs . |
| 46 | It is rarely retained by the organisation beyond its useful life . |
| 47 | But if PRP substitutes for existing pay , it is rarely going to be practicable for the employer to pocket the whole of the saving , since this would imply not only a reduction in the employees ' gross pay , but also an element of risk in remuneration that had previously been assured . |
| 48 | It is rarely spoken of as a lively city , and never as a promiscuous one . |
| 49 | Quite often a stray species arrives with the Redline Rasbora , but it is rarely shipped in quantities . |
| 50 | He said quite , quote , in my experience people who have access to , or are offered this level of care , even if it 's even if it is started , it is rarely continued for more than a few months . |
| 51 | It being reported to this Meeting that the Peck Measures of the different corners of Islay do not agree in size , & that many of them are deficient of the Legal Standard Measure of this Country-In order to remedy this evil it is recommended that in place of the Heaped Peck commonly used that a streak measure answering exactly to the standard measure of Islay shou 'd be substituted in place of the Heap measure , & in order to carry this Resolution into Execution the Meeting do hereby appoint the following Committee … it is earnestly recommended to these Gentlemen to have the different Pecks of the different Parishes brought to the proper Streak measure , and to have these pecks Branded with Shawfield 's Iron , and this being once done it is recommended to the said Committee to cause publish at the Parish Churches that if any person within their Bounds shall Sell or Buy with any other peck than the Peck so ascertained & stamped , that they shall be Fined at the discretion of the Baron Baillie of Islay |
| 52 | Amos Lake lies 10 m above sea level , adjacent to the shore on the windward side of the island ; like many others in this situation , it is vastly enriched by marine influences . |
| 53 | Likewise , if anthropologists used the word religion in the sense in which it is ordinarily used by ordinary speakers of English , where it is tied in with such compartmentalized matters as church membership and a professional priesthood , then it would have no application at all to most of the societies which anthropologists usually study . |
| 54 | It is presumably used by species in which it takes two adults to provide for the young . |
| 55 | It is tastefully appointed with many fine antiques and select paintings . |
| 56 | It is not a strategy that is organisationally entrenched with British political experience , but it is intellectually entrenched as a challenge to the viability of the parliamentary road to socialism . |
| 57 | The movement was not without criticism from those whose support might have been taken for granted ; Robertson Nicoll pronounced the 1894 Congress a ‘ failure ’ because ‘ it does not represent Nonconformity and it is wholly lacking in enthusiasm and initiative . ’ |
| 58 | Devismes 's letter of 22 June 1800 ( see above and n.20 ) included the sentence : ‘ He is [ to the Opéra ] what the heart is at the centre of the human body ’ This might be seen as hyperbole , taken in isolation , but it is wholly supported by a remarkable testimony written by the composer Jean-François Le Sueur ( 1760-1837 ) . |
| 59 | For Saussure the meaning of words does not depend in any way on their relationship with things ; it is wholly determined by the arbitrary and conventional structure of language . |
| 60 | Under present UK law , a company has a separate legal personality ; and its members , even if it is wholly owned by another company , are not — at any rate in theory — liable for its debts and other obligations . |