Example sentences of "[conj] it is [vb pp] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That , says McKinsey , is because they spend money where it is needed rather than on grand castles in the air . |
| 2 | Depending on the evolution of management during the early 1990s , the confusions building up in the Training Authority 's role may need to be unravelled : either it is strengthened as an effective arm of central policy , or it is abolished so that the market — created by itself — can have freer play . |
| 3 | Hong Kong 's special interest to the zoologist is that it is situated practically where two zoo-geographical regions meet , the Oriental , in which it actually lies , and the Palaearctic . |
| 4 | Sufficient time to do the statistical work so that it is completed accurately and can be properly checked |
| 5 | Is my hon. Friend aware that without fresh primary legislation it is possible to require owners of green belt land to ensure that it is maintained properly and not just left undeveloped ? |
| 6 | A salient characteristic of the internal structure of' the elite is that it is rational , in the sense that it is structured so as to achieve in a purposeful and conscious manner the objectives of the elite as a whole . |
| 7 | Faithful , reliable dog provided it is treated properly and trained with firm kindness . |
| 8 | In these recent studies the idea of a unilinear development of society has been largely abandoned , even as representing the view of Marx himself , and it is argued instead that there are alternative form of society which have succeeded the primitive communal system . |
| 9 | What happens if the income is paid to a person resident in the United Kingdom and it is paid so that it is received as taxable income in the hands of that beneficiary ? |
| 10 | A company will be considered resident in one of these territories if it is incorporated there and has its head office and place of management there . |
| 11 | Most studies consider only social behaviour in the herd , or readily observed facts , such as that the horse is easily frightened , or that it will work better if it is rewarded rather than punished . |
| 12 | We have no standard conventions for representing the paralinguistic features of the utterance which are summarised as ‘ voice quality ’ , yet the effect of an utterance being said kindly and sympathetically is clearly very different from the effect if it is said brutally and harshly . |
| 13 | A corporate personality can become a tangible asset if it is managed properly and consistently . |
| 14 | The general answer is that you may copy a sound cassette or a video tape or disc for private use , but if it is copied again and again for commercial gain it is a clear breach of copyright and could lead to legal action . |
| 15 | If it is nudged so that the ball falls , the potential energy is progressively converted into kinetic energy such that E = mv ² . |
| 16 | This very specialized approach is explained on pp. 94–7 , but it is mentioned here because it sometimes uses a kind of experiment . |
| 17 | The relationship between teachers and pupils is in many ways similar to the relationship between other professionals and their clients , but it is suggested here that in an ideal sense ( and in many cases practically too ) it does have special characteristics which are fundamentally opposed to traditional ideas of professionalism . |
| 18 | This pessimism may have some truth given the present management approach within our schools but it is suggested here that if that managerial frame of reference was itself to be radically re-oriented , then teachers ' perceptions of their own professionality would also be powerfully affected and they may indeed come to feel that effective classroom activity was positively related to their performance in the wider school context . |
| 19 | A COMPANY is threatening to axe half its workforce unless it is paid more than £20,000 claimed to be owed them by Liverpool City Council . |
| 20 | The examiner is not interested in all that the candidate knows , nor can he give marks for the evidence of this knowledge unless it is directed exactly and specifically to the narrow topic of the question . |
| 21 | In a speech in Donegal before the by-election in November 1980 , Garrett FitzGerald of Fine Gael said , ‘ Until and unless it is shown conclusively that this danger can be effectively-controlled , which appears not to be the case , we oppose exploration ’ . |
| 22 | The sum depends on the type of operation and whether it is done privately or on the NHS . |
| 23 | The agent and artist do n't care what happens to the other 50p , whether it is spent either as the show 's costs or as the promoter 's profit . |
| 24 | The concept of honour , artificial as it can often seem , can be an abiding emotional force in fiction , but only when it is demonstrated fully and specifically through believable characters as well as believable action . |
| 25 | So when it is argued today that the sexual deviant challenges sexual difference by denaturalizing it through parody , the realization of the early modern transvestite that both the deviant and the difference are effects of culture rather than nature is being revived and sophisticated . |
| 26 | Balance is better achieved by a mixture — often sold as ‘ blood , bone and fish ’ — although in recent years the fish content has been considerably reduced as it is used more and more in animal and pet foodstuffs . |