Example sentences of "and it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Edward is wont to forget , you understand , being such a new sovereign — and 't is my duty to remind him . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Perchance he desires not to receive me — and 't is by his wish I am denied a sight of him . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You just keep on for half a mile or so and 't is up on your left . |
| 4 | Of course , none of the work carried out by Amnesty could continue without money and it is in this respect that sections , particularly the larger sections like the British , have a vital role to play . |
| 5 | Since art critics have these working assumptions in mind , and it is with their writing we shall be mainly concerned , we need to proceed without being distracted . |
| 6 | The reader can hope , all the same , that the writer will give an account of the special merits of key pictures , and it is these art critical passages which can be of most help in enjoying or appreciating the chosen artist 's achievement . |
| 7 | There are many galleries through the world , and it is no longer so difficult for an artist to show work independently . |
| 8 | It is a usual feature of such a comparison that there is a basic level of information which is common to most of the reviews , and it is the mark of a skilful critic to have worked in some personal assessment of works , or some individual response to the show as a whole . |
| 9 | Naipaul 's Caribbean country has been looted and exploited in the past , and it is still being looted and exploited . |
| 10 | Of the stories I have in mind , Othello and Desdemona , Samson and Delilah , Dido and Aeneas , only the third is spoken of , and it is spoken of oracularly . |
| 11 | This is a book which takes for granted , and which has doubts about , the mingling of peoples , and it is a book which takes pride in its chosen people — Salim 's people and , in some measure , Naipaul 's . |
| 12 | Glasser presents a full picture of the behaviour , good and bad , which he encountered in an area of maximum difficulty , and it is not often that such a picture has been presented . |
| 13 | Pastiche is a dualistic activity , and it is an activity which can lend itself to the expression of paranoid feelings and unacted desires . |
| 14 | The expression I am quoting is uttered by Dyer , and it is an expression which Ackroyd is given to using in his books . |
| 15 | And it is apparent that Ackroyd has found himself in this manner — through exposure to Wilde , Eliot , and now Chatterton . |
| 16 | Lyricism is inexperience , and it is the desire for glory . |
| 17 | The lyricism that sells out to a state-ordained reality and solidarity is not the only lyricism we know , and it is the opposite of much of what we know by that name . |
| 18 | And it is not easy to know how far Kapuscinski 's book is a book about a bygone Ethiopia . |
| 19 | She is indeed ready to die , and it is a difficulty that Justin may feel that he has to do the same . |
| 20 | And it is a trip in its own right , on the teller 's part . |
| 21 | Both Amis and Eliot can be considered seasoned disapprovers , and it is probable that Amis shares the other writer 's distaste for the biographical critic , whose activities may be responsibly conducted , and are generally acknowledged to have been successful at times , but have often been reckoned to fail . |
| 22 | And it is a condition which can be recognised in the reception of his work . |
| 23 | The dualistic ambience in literature has long been influential , but has remained controversial , and it is both influential and controversial in these annals of the House of Roth . |
| 24 | Kelman makes Doyle charming , and it is impossible to read the book without gaining the sense of a fully-developed authorial fellow-feeling . |
| 25 | Well it 's meant to be the fucking opposite and it is the fucking opposite . |
| 26 | The women are the vessels of a better spirit ; the injury to them is greater , and it is their own men who are responsible for some of that injury . |
| 27 | The one-year course is only to lay down the foundations of good technical training — and it is widely recognised that the course simply pushes the student into the profession with enough practical experience to find his or her feet . |
| 28 | Shakespeare is the most widely known and read of the classical playwrights and it is for this reason that a piece from one of his plays is nearly always obligatory at a drama school audition . |
| 29 | The selection is right if it truly works for the competing student , and it is the quality and force of the imagination that will carry off the performance of the piece . |
| 30 | The question of accent is important too — you need to be confident of the accent with which you are working , and it is always advisable to present an accent you are familiar with or at least can work with comfortably . |