Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [conj] it [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government were part of the process of blocking the directive until it was so badly mauled that it is now very different from the one that we first saw and debated in the House a month ago . |
| 2 | I carry on walking till it 's really dark and all the cars have got their lights on . |
| 3 | Often these compromise theories state , in effect , that punishment is only justified if it is both deserved and likely to have deterrent effects ( eg von Hirsch , 1976 : chs 5 and 6 ) . |
| 4 | Below that your ‘ bottom time ’ — the time between leaving the surface and commencing your ascent — is so limited that it 's hardly worthwhile . ’ |
| 5 | Editor , — Fritz H Schröder rightly emphasises that it is not known whether treatment of early prostatic cancer is beneficial or whether screening for the disease offers any advantage . |
| 6 | In some cases land has become so degraded that it is agriculturally worthless . |
| 7 | The point is this : trust is only applauded when it is not seen to be misplaced . |
| 8 | I have been in the House long enough to know that it is not appropriate for me to comment on evidence given to a Select Committee until that Committee has reported . |
| 9 | The uses for speech synthesis are so varied that it is almost impossible to list them . |
| 10 | In real life we may solve the problem that seems to confront us only to find that it is not the most important problem . |
| 11 | So , like a mug , I went out and bought it , only to find that it is n't anything like Pink Floyd . |
| 12 | God 's grace can be as much misused when it is wrongly applied to those who are oversensitive as when it is completely forgotten by those who are insensitive . |
| 13 | In ancient times this magnificent monument must have been much admired and it is hardly surprising that Imhotep was remembered as a great man and eventually became a god . |
| 14 | Each time the noise from the ‘ tap tap ’ obviously increases until it is more a ‘ clap clap ’ . |
| 15 | Porn has never been so loved or so hated as it is now . |
| 16 | Restaurateurs obviously know that it 's not in their best interests to poison people : however , seemingly inaccessible places can harbour dirt and discarded food scraps , which in turn encourage rodents , cockroaches and other pests . |
| 17 | Jewels worn in remembrance of dear ones lost , or exchanged between lovers as tokens , were extremely popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries , although the ubiquitous lockets containing tresses of hair were perhaps the least subtle of these keepsakes. fit a time when the language of such things was far better understood than it is today , hearts and flowers , birds and beasts and a multitude of other symbols were incorporated into jewellery design to signify romantic love , to represent those sentiments and virtues which were the major preoccupation of the day . |
| 18 | As ta ; tends to unity the types become progressively more far sighted , so to ensure that it is still not worth engaging in the permanent imitation of z = 0 the benefits from following the equilibrium strategy are increased . |
| 19 | Sometimes I do n't seem real to myself , it suddenly seems that it is n't my reflection only a foot or two away . |
| 20 | Well it better have cos it 's right at the back of the kiln at the bottom and I do n't |
| 21 | But as we saw earlier , the fact that a gift expresses a relationship ( as a symbol ) does not necessarily imply that it is not also of great economic importance for the parties concerned . |
| 22 | Since the BFS is non-degenerate this can only mean that it is not efficient . |
| 23 | Although power is widely spread it does not necessarily mean that it is evenly spread between all groups . |
| 24 | Therefore if you 've got a relationship with somebody and all you seem to constantly to be doing is constantly arguing and it 's either I win or you win you 're never gon na get out of that unless other time . |
| 25 | Mr. Grist : The Hon. Gentleman had better prove that it is not clean and fit to drink . |
| 26 | To assert that all normal human behaviour is culturally moulded does not necessarily prove that it is also culturally determined . |
| 27 | It produces no smoke , and its heat output is so controlled that it is not much warmer than the surrounding air and therefore hard for infra-red devices to detect . |
| 28 | Legislation has not only so multiplied that it is now the characteristic activity of the modern state , but it has been addressed to complicated matters which have increased the complexity and bulk of individual statutes so that they often go unread even by the legislators who pass them . |
| 29 | If one were to peruse the extensive range of surveys of the applications of the rational expectations hypothesis to macroeconomics , one would come across a different framework of analysis , one which is so widely accepted that it is rarely explained in any detail , still less is its theoretical basis probed critically or its conclusions called into question . |
| 30 | Many codecs already developed are designed to be upgradeable when such standards become widely accepted and it is therefore likely that within a few years dial-up videoconferencing will be possible between a wide range of different proprietary systems . |