Example sentences of "it [conj] [conj] [pron] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has also been suggested that people buy the book because they have read reviews of it or because it is on the best-seller list , but they do n't read it ; they just have it in the bookcase or on the coffee table , thereby getting credit for having it without taking the effort of having to understand it . |
| 2 | possess any secret official code word , or password , or sketch , plan , model , article , note , document or information which relates to or is used in a prohibited place or anything in such a place , or which has been made or obtained in contravention of this Act , or which has been entrusted in confidence to him by any person holding office under Her Majesty or which he has obtained or to which he has had access owing to his position as a person who is or has been employed under a person who holds or has held such an office or contract — [ and who ] ( a ) communicates the code word , pass word , sketch , plan , model , article , note , document , or information to any person other than a person to whom he is authorised to communicate it , or a person to whom it is in the interest of the State his duty to communicate it , or ( aa ) uses the information in his possession for the benefit of any foreign power or in any other manner prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State , or ( b ) retains the sketch , plan , model , article , note , or document in his possession or control when he has no right to retain it or when it is contrary to his duty to retain it , or fails to comply with all directions issued by lawful authority with regard to the return or disposal thereof , or … |
| 3 | As far as the exceptions to the policy is concerned , we , again I I would n't say we had a strong feeling on this , but on balance I think it that if it is considered that they are needed they would probably be better dealt with in a separate policy . |
| 4 | Again , there is nothing wrong with it except that it is " do as I say " and not " let's find out what is right for you " . |
| 5 | There should be no secrecy about how the service is delivered , how much it costs , who delivers it and whether it is meeting the standards set for it . |
| 6 | Could you know anything without first presupposing that you are there to know it and that there is something there to be known ? |
| 7 | A case in point is Gabriel García Márquez 's One Hundred Years of Solitude , on whose closing page the last of the Buendía family finally succeeds in deciphering the hitherto incomprehensible manuscript presented to the family by the mysterious gypsy Melquíades , only to discover that it is an account of the history of the Buendías written 100 years before , that they will cease to exist when he finishes reading it and that he is , in effect , no more than a creature of Melquíades 's imagination , with no existence outside the pages of the manuscript . |
| 8 | If the air-flow at a valve is downwards , it will open to admit it ; if upwards , it will close to entrap it and if it is horizontal from any direction the flap will tilt to allow it through at an angle , gaining aerofoil-type lift from it . |
| 9 | Exactly the same to make sure there 's nobody behind it and if there is they would be quickly located . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's OK , ’ said Henry , ‘ you can fill up on choc bars and then pretend to eat it and when she is n't looking I 'll sling it in the bin . ’ |
| 11 | But that we get a balance right between the amount of regulations an and the cost of it but that it is in a sense , effective and and the plea I would make to my honourable friend when he considers this P I A prospectus and what should be done and wh to what extent the government feels it should support it , is that what we actually want is not a specific requirement that says you 've got to have this much , that much capital erm and so on , but that there is a function , there is a regular audit trail , there is a a regular , annual look at the figures , the accounts of all these intermediaries , er and firms where the difficulty has been er in the past . |
| 12 | It may be soft and warm as you inhale it but once it is inside your body it becomes as hard and tough as the surface of that road . |
| 13 | I I can write it but when I is what quick ? |
| 14 | ‘ If it is a great record I obviously wo n't let anyone else have it but if it is a record of David Gedge singing in the bath and only 13 people want to hear it , why bother putting it on RCA ? , ’ says Marshall . |
| 15 | Now , far from it because because he is pure you are to seek purity of heart |
| 16 | But we interpret it as though it is like ‘ Now I 'm sweating ’ , except that what is reported is a mental and not a bodily process . |