Example sentences of "it is [adv] [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marcos loyalists now poke fun at the Aquino administration 's boast that it has built a new stability , arguing it is pretty fragile if it wo n't allow a dead man home for burial . |
| 2 | It is pretty disgraceful if I can not put to the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East the points which have been the centre of debate in this country for the past 10 days , but I shall do so . |
| 3 | After rounding the imposing sheer cliff face of Seelisberg , it is rather surprising when the boat draws inshore to moor at a little pier with no sign of village or community in sight . |
| 4 | As an index it is rather unsatisfactory since it tells us very little about how active a person is or what he believes … |
| 5 | The introduction of smoke into a gas flow without unduly disturbing it is rather difficult except in wind-tunnels specially designed for the purpose . |
| 6 | In my opinion , too , it is rather depressing if feminists are starting to forget the reasons for speaking in one way and not another . |
| 7 | Of three books on the nervous system G. M. Shepherd 's Neurobiology is called an introduction but since it is a systematic study of 600 pages it is rather more than that for most of us . |
| 8 | It is however unenforceable if the parties choose not to do so . |
| 9 | On the record this was played using fingerstyle acoustic guitar , but it is equally effective when played in the same manner on an electric guitar . |
| 10 | It is equally relevant when providing a nursing service for people at the other end of the lifespan — the elderly . |
| 11 | This applies not only to the small number of the very old who live in three-generational households , although that throws up some particular issues and problems , it is equally relevant when there are triangular interactions , such as husband , wife and old person , or to situations when the old person lives alone but is closely supported by kin . |
| 12 | It is equally frustrating when you suspect that the opposition are killing the ball at every opportunity to win the put-in . |
| 13 | It is equally possible though that she will show no signs whatever of anger in her grief and instead may become apathetic and drained of all energy and normal drive for a time . |
| 14 | Although this comes more naturally if the shots are primarily of human activity , it is equally true if the emphasis is on places rather than people . |
| 15 | It is equally important when she is wearing a soft tunic or one-piece tights and leotard . |
| 16 | Inserting equations ( 9.78 ) and ( 9.79 ) for I and V into equation ( 9.75 ) establishes that Hence where from equation ( 9.77 ) For a transmission line of infinite length , and are zero in equations ( 9.78 ) and ( 9.79 ) respectively because it is physically impossible for I or V to be infinite as x goes to infinity . |
| 17 | It is positively helpful if his poems are written out as prose ( as they actually often are in the case of those lyrics embedded in prose treatises as opposed to independent lyrics ) because they are then naturally read for the speaking voice and not with any expectation of the regularity roused by the sight of poetic form . |
| 18 | ( 149 ) From these , similar artefacts could be dated by comparison ; by this method it is rarely clear whether the date applies to the manufacture or deposition of the artefact . |
| 19 | If missed , it is rarely frightened since the silencer ensures that there is no report , so a second , successful , shot is often possible . |
| 20 | Although there are no immediate plans to launch the system on the domestic vacuum cleaner market , I believe it would be welcome as it is environmentally better than standard chemical sprays . |
| 21 | It is likewise unimportant whether is a food parallel to or not both because the relation of the lines does not depend upon the relation between the terms that are " in parallel " ( as we say ) , and because the notion that an ideal parallelism is a truly synonymous parallelism has been exploded by the principle of the parallelism of greater precision . |
| 22 | In L " Estrange v Graucob ( [ 1934 ] 2 KB 394 ) Scrutton LJ said that " When a document containing contractual terms is signed then , in the absence of fraud or , I will add , misrepresentation , the party signing it is bound , and it is wholly immaterial whether he has read the document or not . " |
| 23 | It is slightly bigger than the other one is n't it ? |
| 24 | It is slightly creamier than Wensleydale , but is also lightly pressed so it always has a soft texture . |
| 25 | Thereafter , it is slightly intimidating when subjects are set down for each day 's debate , and we feel a little restricted in moving beyond the sphere of the Ministers on the Front Bench . |
| 26 | It is slightly less than that from the Malvinas to the region of the Weddell Sea where this ship is locked in the ice . |
| 27 | While claiming £40 a week on welfare may seem a lot to a fifteen-year-old schoolgirl , it is precious little when that is the sum each week on which a family budget has to be maintained . |
| 28 | ‘ It is remarkably complete as well as being extremely well presented . |
| 29 | It is anyway doubtful whether he would have dared to take things further . |
| 30 | It is generally better than the flat plate as each battery or pod terminal mates with its own individual spring . |