Example sentences of "it is [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rather implausibly said that Christian Doppler himself demonstrated his effect by hiring a brass band to play on an open railway truck as it rushed past his amazed audience . |
| 2 | It is rather like doing a jigsaw puzzle where one might never get started if insisting first on finding the exact home for this one particular piece before trying with the rest . |
| 3 | It is rather how to demarcate reasonable science from irrational ideologies , such as astrology and racist nationalisms . |
| 4 | No doubt this was the real point of the missive , but it is rather vaguely expressed and makes one wonder whether the author really had much idea what had happened . |
| 5 | It is however also clear that the concept of legitimate expectations , like many legal concepts , can be used in more than one way ; it does not have to be given a restrictive interpretation . |
| 6 | It is however highly selected by mechanisms of attention . |
| 7 | It is however deeply embedded in English law and can only be removed or moderated by Parliament . |
| 8 | Introverts , as is well known , tend to internalise their emotions , their rage and their self-contempt , and this internalisation , it is equally well known , produces cancer . |
| 9 | A South American cricket is not only patterned like a wasp but adds a mime to give the impression that it is equally powerfully armed . |
| 10 | The sufferer has to learn to live in reality , blaming self rather than others for his or her own problems and recognising that unconditional love could only be received when it is equally freely given . |
| 11 | Very commonly , it is simply not obeyed . |
| 12 | The Commons assume no mediating role of any significance in the process of cabinet formation : it is simply there to register the popular will in terms of the number of seats held by particular parties . |
| 13 | Though one thinks of The Bartered Bride ( among other things ) as a cataract of marvellous vocal melody , it is rarely well performed in Britain , mainly because of our lack of really deep-chested lyric tenors of the type that can making singing Czechs such enthralling neighbours . |
| 14 | The generally accepted dates for these campaigns are 817/1414 and 818/1415 ; and it is likewise generally accepted that the second resulted in a much more decisive Ottoman success than the first . |
| 15 | It is generally accepted , for example , that the Duzme Mustafa who opposed both Mehmed I and Murad II was executed in 825/1422 , though there is , admittedly , a story that he made good his escape to Kefe ; and it is likewise generally held that Ibrahim Pasa held the office of Grand Vezir uninterruptedly from his appointment in 824/1421 ( ? ) until his death in 832/1429 . |
| 16 | PROVIDED ALWAYS and it is hereby expressly agreed and declared as follows : |
| 17 | It is generally well programmed and has some nice touches by way of opening graphics . |
| 18 | With this kind of exercise the most appropriate media can be picked out and the PR effort concentrated where it is both most needed and most appreciated . |
| 19 | The reason why I take such a strong line on the set-aside scheme is not merely that it is right so to do . |
| 20 | It is right now to insist that nothing in the Anglo-French study shows AZT to be ineffective in the late treatment of AIDS ; it is to be hoped that point will be tested by a new controlled study . |
| 21 | It is nearly always separate from the main store of the computer , since it is faster and more expensive , and is normally read-only , so that the microprograms can not be inadvertently altered . |
| 22 | Except on passage large flocks occur only in Chichester Harbour ; even in Pagham Harbour counts of more than 50 birds are very unusual , although it is nearly always present there . |
| 23 | It is often difficult to distinguish from damp caused by the entry of rain and ground water , but it is nearly always accompanied by the formulation of mould — usually green/black . |
| 24 | ‘ Parents will often give a guardian the right to occupy the house for a certain length of time , but it is nearly always left in trust for the child . |
| 25 | If these cases are investigated it is nearly always found that the cats in question are not on leads but are simply following in their owners ' footsteps . |
| 26 | When you have finally made your purchase , it is nearly always wrapped up in brown paper and carefully tied with string or something more elaborate . |
| 27 | The term " weaving group " can be applied to any town , village or tribe within the oriental weaving region , which produces it s own hand-made rugs , but it is normally only used in the context of the older , more traditional weaving centres in which rugs possess their own distinctive characteristics . |
| 28 | If your product is such that it is normally only loaned out , this must be made clear at the start . |
| 29 | It is thus well documented that when ingested gliadin and PT-gliadin are toxic to coeliac patients . |
| 30 | It is thus not employed in the sense in which people speak of being more ‘ cultured ’ ( or ‘ cultivated ’ ) than others . |