Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] it is [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was first flown in 1979 , but Bill found himself hanging upside down when the brakes seized on landing , and was reluctant to repeat this so it is now owned by Disney Industries , featuring in a recent film The Rocketeer . |
| 2 | The project pointed out that an audit is easier if it is carefully planned and responsibility for particular aspects is shared out . |
| 3 | The denotational semantics of unc map each process into a domain with a partial order according to which one process is greater than another if it is better defined , or more predictable . |
| 4 | As with all COBUILD materials , the emphasis is on English as it is really used today , drawing on the evidence of the COBUILD corpus devised by Professor John Sinclair 's English Language Research team in the University 's School of English . |
| 5 | The title ‘ Futility ’ has a double meaning : at first , the futility of the attempts to rouse the soldier and in the latter half , the futility of all the complexity of the earth and the effort put into achieving this when it is just destroyed . |
| 6 | ‘ No book can be dangerous if it is well written ’ . ’ |
| 7 | This is a rather unsatisfactory situation , but fortunately the treatment for Candida infestation ( described below ) is fairly innocuous , so it does not matter too much if it is sometimes given unnecessarily . |
| 8 | Curriculum reform , whether it is centrally determined or based on local or in-school planning , is generally held to be impossible unless it is firmly based on a plan for public examinations . |
| 9 | Where the home environment seems to be unsupportive in as much as it is highly arousing , strategies to increase the social distance in key relationships , or to modify their ways of interacting , would be helpful . |
| 10 | Of all Edward 's legislation , three pieces particularly affected the church : the statutes De Viris Religiosis , or Mortmain as it is commonly called , Circumspecte Agatis , and Westminster II , chapter 41 . |
| 11 | Parsley needs far more root-room than it is usually given ; the main or tap root is rather like a small carrot , and this should be allowed for . |
| 12 | In contrast , the value of the option contract can not be negative since it is only exercised if it has a positive value . |
| 13 | The label is awkward as it is also used loosely of anything inspiring a sense of inexplicable awe and mystery , however vaguely , or anyone thus moved . |
| 14 | So the English village is neither as immemorial nor as unchanging as it is conventionally believed to be . |
| 15 | There 's nothing , it seems , that ca n't be turned into a salad as long as it is properly dressed . |
| 16 | Obviously in many cases the car is a ‘ family car ’ and as long as it is generally used for the benefit of the disabled person it can be treated as any normal family car . |
| 17 | However , the guard can be loosened and repositioned for particularly awkward jobs , as long as it is fully retightened . |
| 18 | A hobby that demands complete attention is refreshing because it is totally absorbing . |
| 19 | When you shorten distances between elements in a line of jumps , the horse simply has to bring its hocks under more than it is currently doing … while doing so the horse has to shift more weight from its forehand to its quarters , which are thus lowered and ‘ engaged ’ . |
| 20 | Very unlikely if it is properly controlled in terms of deposition of materials on site then certainly at two miles I do n't believe there will be a problem . |
| 21 | If kung fu kicks are to be effective , they must be delivered from the correct distance : if a kick falls short because it is badly timed , the kicker is placed at a disadvantage . |
| 22 | In accounts that were given of first meetings we find that the situation is often important as it is usually mentioned . |
| 23 | However , as far as churches and some other faith communities are concerned , City Challenge and the new Urban Partnership Fund are of limited significance ; the former because it is geographically limited to small areas of Bradford and Kirklees , and the latter because it is so meagre ; its national total of £20 million equals only twice the annual Urban Programme receipts in our three districts ( £10.8 million in 1992/3 ) . |
| 24 | It also renders the food safer as it is now proven that moisture , in addition to heat and time , kills off salmonella , chlostridium botulinum and lysteria most effectively . |
| 25 | Full length waders are essential as it is generally accepted that the best depth to work is knee to waist deep . |
| 26 | The British Government can not order people to label inhumanely produced veal , but consumers can demand it , supermarkets can provide the labelling and the restaurant trade can do the same if it is so minded . |
| 27 | This is convenient because it is now recognised that they are such an important aspect of the transaction ; and pension under-funding or , in recent times more likely , over-funding , can involve such large amounts of money that the arrangements will generally be negotiated separately from the rest of the agreement by specialist pension lawyers from the parties ' solicitors and the parties ' respective actuaries . |
| 28 | 9 ) Polyurethane varnish would be suitable because it is hard wearing , easy to apply and wo n't cover up the grain of the wood . |
| 29 | This is hardly surprising since it is mainly purchased by women between certain ages , and is associated with baby and child care . |
| 30 | If they succeed without merit , the fault would appear to lie with the way the appeal system is operating rather than in regulation 72 as it is currently worded . ’ |