Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [conj] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 I regret that it is not possible to provide any further information on this matter at present , and hope that this information will be of assistance to you .
2 I regret that it is not possible separately to identify the money devoted to the range of conditions associated with the menopause from the £225 million spent on medical research last year .
3 I regret that it is not possible to provide that information in the form requested .
4 I repeat that it is not , and never has been , our policy to encourage local authorities or education authorities to promote homosexuality ...
5 I mean that it is not really government run er .
6 You know I 've been I would n't bother showing them some that worked , I 'll always pick the case that had some hiccup on it , so the basic skill you were trying to show them never worked out , you know what I mean and it 's well do n't worry about that , if it was a normal case
7 I mean if it 's right at the back it does n't matter if it 's black or red .
8 I mean if it 's just economies you 're after , closing down an institution 's not the best way to do it , because the plant remains , and , and you ca n't easily get rid of the staff .
9 but I mean if it 's not yet that 's fine .
10 That that 's not much but if it 's if it 's I mean if it 's not padded out with waffle and drivel cos you I mean if it 's a good ti concise answer that 'll probably get a good mark .
11 I mean if it 's then it 's the end to the clause , erm , er
12 Or alternatively , I mean if it 's really that important , erm and and it 's on the Friday , we we could actually send for somebody from here to come out .
13 th you er I mean if it were very heavy you 'd almost sort of be prepared for it to go , but you know when you 're s s standing with a , something quite light , and you might have been standing with it a little while in your hand , and then suddenly the hand goes and ca n't you see that 's ve that 's very upsetting , it makes you not very confident .
14 If it , I mean if it were like today it will be lovely .
15 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 .
16 I realise that it 's not only an illness , I suppose , but it 's quite selfish in a way .
17 I realise that it is constantly in the interests of the Opposition to belittle the Government 's successes , but that is certainly one .
18 ‘ 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 ...
19 ‘ I 'm not really inclined to do a post-mortem on ‘ Provision ’ , other than to say that I acknowledge that it was less successful and less fun than the previous album , ’ he says in a most matter-of-fact voice .
20 I suggest that it is not a matter which a man wishes his employer to know about . ’
21 Its daggered gape was even wider , and I imagine that it was even more terrifying .
22 I hope that it is not too perfunctory a way of dealing with this interesting point to say that in my opinion it is comprehensively answered by the judgments in Bishopsgate Investment Management Ltd. v. Maxwell [ 1992 ] 2 W.L.R. 991 which Mr. Rawley , for the defendants , brought to your Lordships ' attention .
23 I hope that it is not too late to provide this .
24 I hope that it is not because the hon. Gentleman has not been called at business questions .
25 I appreciate that it was extremely difficult for you to decide what to do in the circumstances of some hon. Members being unable to get into the House .
26 I confirm that it is not our intention to widen the M25 outside its present curtilage .
27 If therefore certiorari is generally available for error of law not involving abuse of power ( as on the basis of Lord Diplock 's speeches I consider that it is so available ) then it should be available also in respect of a decision of a visitor .
28 And I mean it was er I accept that it 's hardly that that Russia perhaps was intervening in the interests of er of of erm of of of of er Russian policy in that area .
29 I accept that it is absolutely essential for smaller publishing companies to be represented here .
30 I accept that it was not mandatory upon the judge to require that the mother be given notice of the foster mother 's application , but he knew in general terms from the evidence before him that the mother had maintained an active interest in the children and that she was unhappy about the children 's placement with the foster mother .
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