Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Stavanger has a considerable holding of Ingard stock , but he must know that it is largely worthless . |
| 32 | But she must know that it is n't clever to be asked to leave a country while on assignment . |
| 33 | Anyone who has been instrumental in this transformation of another person 's life through the impact of the Word of God and the Spirit of God will know that it is not his own doing . |
| 34 | He should know that it is not the Government who take action in these matters , but the Attorney-General . |
| 35 | But how do we know that it is vocationally advantageous to study history or to put it the other way round , that to study history is not vocationally disadvantageous ? |
| 36 | I am sure this happens , but I do n't know that it is any more so than for most other serious books , including the Bible and Shakespeare . |
| 37 | They should also know that it is very important that there must be established in the child 's mind at a very early age a dawning awareness of the fact that for all his life he will be required to submit to control from some source or other . |
| 38 | Do you know that it is far better to train by reward than by punishment ? |
| 39 | ‘ You are an apprentice historian and therefore should know that it is only in this century that this attempt to sanitise death has stricken our race . |
| 40 | We do know that it was not until the late summer of 1965 that he gave private indications of his intention to stand for a second term , and not until 4 November that he made his decision public . |
| 41 | Little did he know that it was n't a smile , but a grimace of pain . |
| 42 | Of course the inspectorate is highly respected in Wales , but the hon. Gentleman will know that it was never geared to carry out inspections with the frequency that we expect will result from the provisions of the Education ( Schools ) Bill and that we envisage in the parents charter . |
| 43 | I do n't know that it was actually a shop |
| 44 | How ancient this thought is we can see by noticing that it is just the figure Plato used in The Republic to supply his political myth justifying political inequality ( Bk . |
| 45 | No-one with even a passing knowledge of tax would doubt that it is now one of the most complex areas of an accountant 's work . |
| 46 | No one can doubt that it is far better to aim to prevent job problems arising than to try to cure them by means of a law suit . |
| 47 | Both its generic name Sciadopitys and its English name refer to the strap-shaped leaves which are arranged in whorls like the spokes of an umbrella , although it must be stressed that it is not a true pine . |
| 48 | It should be stressed that it is not nearness to industry per se which drew agricultural wages upwards , but proximity to the expanding newer industrial regions . |
| 49 | However , it should also be stressed that it is sometimes necessary in the turbulent transitional environment to make quick , dramatic changes in the organization 's character . |
| 50 | It should also be stressed that it is perfectly possible to have reservations about , or even to reject , both these schools , and yet to accept that there has indeed been a major shift in the economy and geography of the UK since the mid-1960s ! |
| 51 | It was stressed that it was vitally important for those going to work in other countries to have training in the cross- cultural dimension . |
| 52 | Many feminists will come this far with me but still shy away from the idea of pay for childcare , even when we 've clarified that it 's not the same demand as Wages for Housework . |
| 53 | It was the day after the barbecue and Sara was reminded that it was here yesterday she had met Matthew . |
| 54 | A report by the West Yorkshire Low Pay Unit demonstrated that it was not only residents who ran the risk of exploitation , but also the staff . |
| 55 | They are also happy to accept that it is only because we have these mental states that we behave as we do . |
| 56 | But I 've come to accept that it 's far more sensitive and vulnerable than my other possessions and it can not be hauled back to the manufacturers at the first sign of malfunction . |
| 57 | Simultaneously , Boardrooms across the USA began to accept that it was not always possible or desirable to rely entirely upon home-grown talent , and that managers and executives could be interchangeable between apparently quite different types of business . |
| 58 | There must be some gain to the citizen , however minimal , in living under a constitution which regularises the way in which power is exercised ; even where government is authoritarian , it matters that it is not arbitrary . |
| 59 | It was a relief to Jean to know that it is n't just the children after all . |
| 60 | The child needs to know that it is not his fault that everyone is so upset and that someone has died and he is not being punished . |