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 | In some cases land has become so degraded that it is agriculturally worthless . |
| 6 | The uses for speech synthesis are so varied that it is almost impossible to list them . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Each time the noise from the ‘ tap tap ’ obviously increases until it is more a ‘ clap clap ’ . |
| 10 | Porn has never been so loved or so hated as it is now . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Well it better have cos it 's right at the back of the kiln at the bottom and I do n't |
| 14 | Although power is widely spread it does not necessarily mean that it is evenly spread between all groups . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | To assert that all normal human behaviour is culturally moulded does not necessarily prove that it is also culturally determined . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Given my hon. Friend 's well-known commitment to productivity , efficiency and careful spending of money in the public sector , I am surprised by her suggestion and I do not think that it is tremendously sensible . |
| 21 | of my households are single-person households — I do not think that it is quite that high — I shall make absolutely certain that every one knows the Labour party 's policy for them . |
| 22 | It is expensive to buy food that children do not eat and it is very easy for the mother to fall into the trap of offering the child only what she thinks the child still likes . |
| 23 | An excellent new book that 's come out and you can easily buy because it 's only six nine nine , and is book , erm kind of bedtime reading . |
| 24 | The belief that different treatment methods are needed for and tried on different populations of sufferers does not stand up to critical examination : the stories of those in recovery from addictive disease through the Anonymous Fellowships are so immensely varied that it is quite clear that this population has not been selected in any way . |
| 25 | And do n't worry if you see a tape recorder going er , it 's actually being recorded , but just forget that it 's there . |
| 26 | The CAP can not survive because it is totally unrelated to the realities of a free market . |
| 27 | ( b ) Provided the the kind of damage is reasonably foreseeable , it does not matter that it is more extensive than could have been foreseen . |
| 28 | To fall , in , towards the nucleus it would have to lose all its energy , and this it can not do as it is continually absorbing energy from the ether which balances with the amount it naturally radiates . |
| 29 | It was one of those gorgeous early mornings when the sun has just risen but it 's still dark enough to see the brightest stars . |
| 30 | No it just says that it 's basically to the effect of that the answering machine is quite reliable |