Example sentences of "[prep] it is [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of it is now irrecoverably lost ; for the lack of interest in the experience of ordinary old people shown by historians is mirrored in the scanty documentation which survives from the past . |
| 2 | And 44 percent of it is never even opened or read . |
| 3 | 2 In spite of the enormous flow of creative production by women over the last 20 years or so , much of it is still little known outside ‘ feminist art ’ circles . |
| 4 | Practically all the land above 1,500 feet falls into this category and a great deal of it is so poorly drained that only the sourest peaty soils are found . |
| 5 | Indeed , when the academic discipline of ‘ criminology ’ is referred to it is almost invariably taken to mean only positivist criminology in this wider sense , with its extensive research and literature and established ( though competing ) theories . |
| 6 | Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Limited , JCI , or ‘ Johnnies ’ as it is more affectionately known , is once again a major shareholder in Johnson Matthey . |
| 7 | The evidence for it is very thinly spread , although there is one rather strange letter written in this year to Mary Hutchinson , in which he questioned the importance which anyone attached to his friendship . |
| 8 | Surprisingly , perhaps , in an irreligious age , nearly a third of the highest prices were for works associated with the Bible , showing that , if the conclusion is not too naive , respect and affection for it is still deeply ingrained and that , at least in fine editions , it is still a best-seller . |