Example sentences of "[pron] it is [adv] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would be parallel to the fact that the object in an adverbal construction tends to separate the adjective from the verb to which it is most closely bound intensionally , by occupying the place immediately after the verb , as objects normally do ( see Section 5.3 ) . |
| 2 | Its major recommendation , and certainly the one for which it is most often remembered , was ‘ that homosexual behaviour between consenting adults in private be no longer a criminal offence ’ . |
| 3 | Sometimes insects are disinclined to collect pollen , preferring nectar , or will pack it away in places from which it is not easily dislodged . |
| 4 | Will the hon. Gentleman give a categorical assurance that if , unfortunately , the Conservatives are returned to power in a general election , value added tax will not be extended to any of the goods or services upon which it is not already levied ? |
| 5 | Are they merely providers , acting as a resource for local communities , responding to needs and demands which are often based on past experience of education or have they a duty to seek ways and means of broadening the role of education into areas with which it is not normally associated such as changes in family and community life , the problems of poverty , inequality , and the general lack of local control over the formal decision-making process ? |
| 6 | We ought to support family life as one of the foundation stones of a good society and in consequence fight determinedly against the unemployment , poverty and lack of opportunity by which it is so often menaced . |
| 7 | This section looks back further into Christian tradition and examines the concept of faith , particularly in relation to the word which it is so often contrasted to , ‘ reason ’ , in order to identify more clearly the stance adopted by the ‘ no meaning ’ theist . |
| 8 | strongly aromatic reminiscent of balsam , slightly bitter-tasting , essential oil ( clary oil , muscatel sage ) , used as a perfume fixative , for which it is mainly commercially grown nowadays . |
| 9 | All this makes the Japanese system decidedly different from that with which it is often carelessly linked : continental Europe . |
| 10 | The question of chemical sensitivity is no less controversial than that of food intolerance — if anything it is more hotly debated . |