Example sentences of "[conj] it is [verb] [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 | At this stage knitters often blame the machine , thinking that it is knitting erratically and incorrectly , when in fact its their fault . |
| 4 | IBM Corp says its Personal Computer Co shipped 30% to 35% more personal computers in the first quarter than it did during the year-ago period , and vice-chairman Jack Kuehler expects it to be ‘ reasonably profitable ’ in 1993 — but the personal computer business is now so volatile that making forecasts more than a quarter ahead is a mug 's game : following Conner Peripherals Inc 's warning on Friday that it is seeing oversupply and soft demand for disk drives ( CI No 2,142 ) , observers are saying that grey market prices for 80486s are now weak ; Finis Conner said on Friday that Conner would have to slash production and payrolls in the months ahead to remain competitive — ‘ The market is in total disarray , ’ he said ; ‘ the pricing that has occurred in the last four to five days has been something I 've never seen believes the booming personal computer industry is showing signs of slowing after being fuelled for over two years by the price war . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Traditional civil-law interpretation would say that it is : the words amount to a demonstratio rather than a causa ; the testator is suggesting a means of satisfying the liability under trust rather than indicating that it is to arise only if the estate of Gaius Seius is entered . |
| 7 | Sufficient time to do the statistical work so that it is completed accurately and can be properly checked |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ It has been operating out of the airport for the past five years and on a more frequent basis than it is doing now and we have not had any complaints of this nature in the past . |
| 11 | Faithful , reliable dog provided it is treated properly and trained with firm kindness . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | B. Life in Britain is changing and it is changing more and more quickly . |
| 14 | Idea-handling is such a structured sub-system , and it is becoming more and more important . |
| 15 | 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 ? |
| 16 | It is to learn when fish spawn and avoid disturbing them ; it is not to dig vegetation from the bank ; and it is to work quietly and unobtrusively . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | A corporate personality can become a tangible asset if it is managed properly and consistently . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | If it is nudged so that the ball falls , the potential energy is progressively converted into kinetic energy such that E = mv ² . |
| 23 | This very specialized approach is explained on pp. 94–7 , but it is mentioned here because it sometimes uses a kind of experiment . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | But it is becoming harder and harder to convince them . |
| 27 | Not all video machines have this property but it is becoming more and more common to be able to see the picture as you run forward or back on the tape or disc . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 ’ . |