Example sentences of "[conj] it [is] [verb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in industrial countries in particular — or in countries that abut industrial countries — the rain has been growing steadily more acidic in recent decades , to the point where it has already done severe damage to ancient buildings and statues , where it is has virtually destroyed vast numbers of trees in continental Europe ( notably Germany ) and killed most of the life , including the fish and crayfish , in many of the lakes and rivers of Scandinavia . |
| 2 | Alternatively , laws-of-war considerations can lead to advocacy of the enhanced radiation weapon or neutron bomb , on the grounds that it is aimed specifically to destroy military targets ( Johnson , 1984 , pp. 46–7 ) — but this could lead to pressure for first use of nuclear weapons . |
| 3 | They are interrupting my fixed gaze into the third ring of the electric fire , or my autistic pacing around the living room , as I try to determine whether the print that I thought was beautiful is in fact so vulgar that it is lying in wait to expose me to ridicule . |
| 4 | It seems more reasonable to anticipate a response to a formal written instrument , especially one which may have adverse consequences on a third State , and thus to regard lack of response as acceptance of that agreement , than it is to demand early protest to an emergent rule of customary international law . |
| 5 | Fifty years ago in the midst of world war two a group of people got together to help the victims of Nazi occupation.The charity Oxfam was born , and it 's grown steadily to become Britain 's largest overseas aid agency , with an income of seventy million pounds a year . |
| 6 | and it 's has n't got needles on it at all . |
| 7 | These two orientations are not entirely separate : most speech involves some information and it is couched differently according to the audience . |
| 8 | We add the commentary at the very last minute and it is designed simply to strengthen the picture-story , not to add to it . |
| 9 | If this is correct then there are important implications for people who are ‘ near the borderline ’ , if it is decided not to change the clocks between the summer and winter , but rather to retain Daylight Saving Time throughout the year . |
| 10 | If it is shared then trust and confidence will grow between the manager and his subordinate . |
| 11 | But in addition there is an immediate opportunity for the authorities concerned to reformulate , in collaboration with the Law Commission , the appropriate limits to recovery , on a coherent system of principles suitable for modern society , in terms which can ( if it is thought right to do so ) embrace the unusual circumstances of the present case . |
| 12 | Now villagers feel that AIDS sufferers should be treated with compassion , and that they are not a danger to others if it is known how to protect oneself from the disease . |
| 13 | Where such a movement has occurred , or there has been rumour and speculation , the Panel should be consulted if it is proposed not to make an immediate announcement . |
| 14 | If it is used only to improve the pupil-teacher ratio within special schools then its value is limited . |
| 15 | This error is common enough in the literature , but it is disturbing here to find even a hint of support for such thinking . |
| 16 | The imprint is invisible to the eye , but it is shown clearly using the Kirlian technique . |
| 17 | The interactivity does not in fact run very deep but it is pitched well to suit children 's interest levels and attention spans . |
| 18 | Severe deficiencies of these nutrients occur only rarely , but it is becoming increasingly appreciated that mild or borderline levels of these nutrients may be found not infrequently in the " normal population " . |
| 19 | An informal producer is always difficult to define but it is used here to describe an owner or an employee of a small-scale enterprise comprising less than ten people , operating from an impermanent site , under an ill-defined registration and tax scheme . |
| 20 | The word " sino " in Spanish means " but " , but it is used only to show a contrast with a preceding negative statement . |
| 21 | The word means ‘ bringing in ’ or ‘ bringing about ’ ( a bit like introduction ) , but it 's used now to mean a carefully structured programme where new staff can learn about their jobs . |
| 22 | ‘ Because it is permitted only to charge a profit of sixty pfennigs if soda is served with whisky . ’ |
| 23 | Since it is setting out to achieve what it is not possible to achieve , uniformity ( always dangerous ) will be maintained only by the serious erosion of individual freedom . |
| 24 | A simple coding system can be used since it is required only to indicate which of several options has been adopted . |
| 25 | A problem shared is usually a problem halved , whether it is learning how to cope with rheumatism , wanting to lose some weight or caring for an elderly relative . |
| 26 | And , as far as extra-familial effects are concerned : " Fertility change is only one possible response to a mortality change , and whether it is activated undoubtedly depends upon many conditioning factors in the society . " |
| 27 | One of the most important of the many articles manufactured in this shop are the steel carriage springs , each of which is submitted to a test quite as severe as that applied to the guns in Woolwich Arsenal , before it is sent out to administer to the comfort of the travelling public , the test chiefly consisting in the dropping of heavy weights upon the springs . |
| 28 | Answer guide : The land is normally not depreciated as it is assumed not to wear out . |
| 29 | It is not nearly as important to identify our wrong ways of dealing with conflict as it is to learn how to resolve them . |
| 30 | It was during the eighteenth century that madeira wine as it is known today came into being . |