Example sentences of "[pron] it is [adv] [adv] [verb] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | All this makes the Japanese system decidedly different from that with which it is often carelessly linked : continental Europe . |
| 7 | The question of chemical sensitivity is no less controversial than that of food intolerance — if anything it is more hotly debated . |