Example sentences of "[noun] it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before responding to this objection against religion it is important first to acknowledge the insights it brings — insights often neglected in earlier centuries . |
| 2 | In all types of contracts , particularly the last , definition of the risks it is intended to cover and the manner in which they will be allocated is of great importance . |
| 3 | Although the analysis of variance for the recoded risk information is slightly different from that for the all the potential risks it is clear from Figure 7.3 that with the exception of the medium risk exemplars the general pattern of results is very similar to that shown in Figure 7.2 . |
| 4 | Being an equitable remedy it is discretionary and the plaintiff must have " clean hands " and have acted promptly in enforcing his rights . |
| 5 | Although identification of left or right hemisphere activity represents a fairly gross level of localisation it is sometimes possible to be more precise as to the area of brain that is active . |
| 6 | The formation of the Napier Debating Society has , unfortunately , progressed slowly ; however , with the changeover in Sabbatical Officers of the Napier Students Association it is hoped that the Society will be able to start a recruitment drive in Fresher 's Week of academic year 1993/94 . |
| 7 | I could understand its thinking it is a vampire but a woodpecker ? |
| 8 | The total investment need is there from the beginning but it is split into two phases and in our thinking it is only too easy to look only at the first phase because this almost returns the organisation to profitability , and to ignore the second phase which may be essential . |
| 9 | This is potentially a glorious voice — one senses that instinctively — but to my ears it is at present just a voice , an instrument . |
| 10 | To my jaded ears it is a stupendous musical achievement . |
| 11 | The normal bass roll-off of -6dB by 38Hz is low enough to lend a convincing weight to the majority of signals and if the bass seems initially a little ‘ polite ’ to some ears it is only because it is tight , with little or no hangover — the dual coupled-cavity technique really does give a positive ‘ start and stop ’ throughout its range . |
| 12 | With animals it is different . |
| 13 | To be sure of finding plenty of animals it is best to collect rich , loose , moist soil from a well-cultivated garden-bed , or from a hedge-bank . |
| 14 | In herbivores it is the larvated egg which is passed out in the faeces but in other animals it is the hatched L1 . |
| 15 | The basis for all these conclusions seems to be that because there are bad comprehensive schools the system must be abandoned ( and if this is not the intention it is likely to be the secondary education for all , which led to the establishment of comprehensive schools in the first place , has , it seems , to be given up in favour of ‘ good ’ education for some and ‘ bad ’ for others , the ‘ good ’ now being variously identified with the rigorous , the vocational , and the wealth-producing . |
| 16 | … however worthy the original intention it is almost inevitable that one ends up with a pretty fair rag-bag and that a carefully drawn long title offers no real defence . |
| 17 | By applying a sufficiently large number of probes it is possible to order the library into contigs of overlapping clones ( 3 ) . |
| 18 | ‘ Bankrupt stock it is , shops ca n't afford to take delivery — it 's the recession , you see . ’ |
| 19 | In such circumstances , if the Bank wishes to sell the stock it is holding over a reasonable time period , it will often be unable to avoid reducing its price . |
| 20 | Although this amazing armour protects the soft body of the clam extremely well , the animal is not the killer it is so often made out to be . |
| 21 | For example , if any property has been lost or found in the rooms then by referring to the room history card it is possible to discover who was the occupant of the room at a certain date . |
| 22 | If it has , do you worry about what deal it is , as long as these three men are released , or do you say we should n't do deals with people like Saddam ? |
| 23 | 4.3 We would therefore submit that if anyone is getting a good deal it is most certainly not our members . |
| 24 | The Times commented : As a constitutional experiment it is finished . |
| 25 | If statistical tests had been performed on the results of the experiment it is likely , from Anderson and Barrios ( 1961 ) , that a primacy effect would have been obtained . |
| 26 | If he makes a will , as most men do , it is almost certain that he will set apart a considerable proportion for the saying of masses ; if he should neglect to do so , and in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries it is regarded as almost a sin to die without making a will , the Church ought to make the provision which he has failed to make for his soul . |
| 27 | With the considerable degree of replanting in the last few centuries it is possible that the Weald now exhibits a more wooded aspect than at any time since the early medieval period . |
| 28 | In order to understand Clovis within the context of the late fifth and early sixth centuries it is necessary to emphasize the contemporary evidence , and to treat Gregory , as far as possible , as a secondary source . |
| 29 | Give too much and it may bring about the very conditions it is capable of curing ; ‘ Through the like , disease is produced and through the application of the like it is cured ’ , said Hippocrates over 2000 years ago . |
| 30 | Before placing the planted lily into the pond it is best to saturate the growing medium using a watering can with a fine rose to settle the soil around the plant . |