Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] it [is] [adv] " in BNC.

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61 A wag in the crowd quipped that it is so long since they have been in evidence , police enquiries are being hampered because no one can name or describe them .
62 It should never be forgotten that it is not only by using trusts or companies in tax havens that fiscal advantages may be obtained .
63 Disruptive behaviour has a direct and , at times , devastating impact upon teachers , but it is important to establish that it is not a recent phenomenon .
64 The shareholders enjoy an additional layer of protection with regard to gratuitous payments , in that in order to show that a payment is authorised by the company 's memorandum it will usually be necessary to establish that it is reasonably incidental to the company 's business purposes , in essence , that it is for the company 's benefit , which is an objective question .
65 The legislation does therefore not set up any presumption in the employee 's favour ; rather it is for him as claimant to lead evidence which tends to establish that it is more likely than not the employer gained from possession of the patent .
66 Generalizing rather , it is probably true to say that Hawaiian-type eruptions are more common on the oceanic island volcanoes than elsewhere ( though the examples of Nyiragongo and Nyamlagira emphasize that it is only a generalization ) , since it is in these environments that the fluid basalt lavas are most likely to be found .
67 Laing could have added that it is also now a company that employs tens of thousands of people and produces a phenomenal amount of food snacks .
68 Before the polys uncork the champagne , it should be added that it is always dangerous to infer a trend from one year 's figures .
69 I have n't had a period for over a year , and although sometimes I think to myself ‘ I 'm all right really ’ , then I remember I have n't got my periods back and I realise that it 's not as simple as it seems .
70 When will ordinary people realise that it 's not just god bands that put out records .
71 I realise that it 's not only an illness , I suppose , but it 's quite selfish in a way .
72 Of course ten billion is an enormous number of people , but it does n't seem quite so alarming a figure when you realise that it 's only twice the current population of the world .
73 We want to look at stress now , and realise that it is not all negative , in fact some people actually go out and seek a fair amount of stress .
74 I realise that it is constantly in the interests of the Opposition to belittle the Government 's successes , but that is certainly one .
75 The fact that you realise that it is out of his area of interest but may be useful to him personally should be made clear in the covering note that goes with the sample .
76 Please continue to view your progress in the mirror and realise that it is only one more day before you measure and weigh yourself to enter your reduced ( I hope ! ) statistics on the Weight and Inch Loss Record Chart .
77 ‘ I hope you realise that it is only on account of the entreaty of Taheb that I see you , Huy , ’ were his words of greeting .
78 Thank You'-You are about to deflate the small plastic paddling pool in the garden in which no infant has paddled for a month until you realise that it is now full of strange vegetation and even stranger swimming insects and you decide to keep it as a nature reserve .
79 Acquiring this kind of expertise brings its own rewards and it is gratifying to discover that it is often easier to explain a subject to others when you have had some difficulty mastering it yourself .
80 In some cases land has become so degraded that it is agriculturally worthless .
81 I must be absolutely honest though and say that it 's not always going to be easy to try to live for Jesus at school .
82 I go down and say that it 's not good enough .
83 I can now speak from experience and say that it 's much easier to spend a day at the office than it is to spend a day at home , and you have the benefit of spending ‘ quality time ’ with your baby at evenings and weekends .
84 Say that it 's quite nippy , and jolly safe when overtaking .
85 Senior commission officials say that it is up to national governments to get a move on .
86 ‘ I speak on behalf of the Labour Party when I say that it is not , and never has been , the duty or responsibility of either a local or education authority to promote homosexuality ...
87 I have been accused of favouring Transworld in the past , so I feel I must defend myself and say that it is not that I love Transworld so much as that I admire success .
88 Neil , as it happens , is himself a committed Scot , but the Scottish-based executives say that it is not the current incumbent of that post , but the fact that the regional directorate enjoys ultimate power of veto which worries them .
89 The debate will take place today and tomorrow behind closed doors , but party insiders say that it is very unlikely that Mr Mugabe will face serious opposition .
90 I simply say that it is fairly obvious that Britain could have taken the lead in clean coal technology .
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