Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [adj] [conj] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably the most interesting object is the open cluster NGC 2244 , round the star 12 Monocerotis ( 5.8 ) ; it is quite easy to locate with binoculars , and I am rather surprised that it is not included in the Messier list . |
| 2 | Assuming that the organisation that is established to give help to prisoners in the Caribbean is based in England or Wales and is unconnected with any other charity , it will find it difficult to persuade the Inland Revenue that its activities are wholly charitable unless it is registered with the Charity Commission . |
| 3 | Both optimism and pessimism are highly infectious so it is possible to affect the mood of an entire group — just as throwing a stone into the water causes ripples to spread far and wide . |
| 4 | Often these objectives are mutually incompatible and it is from such incompatibility , and the misunderstandings that arise from it , that many social and emotional problems experienced by older people arise . |
| 5 | The two are entirely compatible if it is remembered that one of the popular theories of the nature of the state itself has always been that it was founded on a contract between the individual members of a society . |
| 6 | We are extremely pleased that it is coming to our own Festival , as part of its Irish tour . |
| 7 | People are extremely tense because it 's now a year since the Vietnamese left , and the whole country 's on a war footing . |
| 8 | Now the tense of the main verb , in other words not the bit in the when clause or the as soon as clause or whatever , normally virtually it gives it away because if it 's future in the main the chances are extremely high that it 's going to be future in French at least in the time clause . |
| 9 | These changes are so recent that it is difficult to know if we are beginning a series of cyclical changes or a once-for-all transition to a new , low fertility regime . |
| 10 | The master of shock frock Fashion Editor tactics is Gianni Versace , whose bondage dresses have set supermodels like Cindy Crawford on fire — and are so distinctive that it 's easy for the High Street to copy , so that cage-style dresses are now everywhere . |
| 11 | Phrases of this sort are so familiar that it is not hard to understand a disposition which constantly interferes with attempts to understand syntactic structures , namely a tendency to regard them as transparently clear , with no need for a linguist to do more than record the existence of the surface construction . |
| 12 | This is particularly so in the UK where the social class implications of accent , furnishings and behaviour are so complex that it is rarely if ever possible to produce a domestic situation which is really widely acceptable , in the fullest sense of the word . |
| 13 | This was only a small-scale study but the results are so striking that it is worth speculating on some of the possible causes of gender bias in the classroom . |
| 14 | I think s the differences in some cases ar are so large that it 's inescapable er that we have a discussion on . |
| 15 | A few other French demands are so regressive that it is inconceivable that they will be met . |
| 16 | Accidents due to swinging on take-off and landing are so common that it is worth studying the causes in detail . |
| 17 | The multiple causes of migration and the problems which individuals have are so diverse that it is impossible to generalize about the reasons for these differences . |
| 18 | The trouble is that both the product and the claims made for it are so unusual that it is impossible to predict whether it will disappear , never to be seen again , or become the biggest thing since MS-DOS . |
| 19 | The trouble is that both the product and the claims made for it are so unusual that it is impossible to predict whether it will disappear , never to be seen again , or become the biggest thing since MS-DOS . |
| 20 | Nicky approached her with the assumption that men are naturally right and it is the role of women to follow their lead . |
| 21 | Modifications to the general view are only minor and it is obvious that relationships between black sportsmen and their coaches and managers are structured by such a view . |
| 22 | Polymer samples are normally polydisperse and it is of interest to examine the type of average molecular weight that might be expected from a measurement of *lsqb ; η ] . |
| 23 | The career ladder is congested ; prospects are generally poor and it 's easy to get stuck . |
| 24 | I am just appalled that it 's so easy , obviously , to get into these er accounts and and the health records as well , er I mean there really bright here , Mr has no criminal record , I do n't know where they went for that , it 's true , it 's nice to have it er made public but er where did they go to get that information ? |
| 25 | ‘ You 're just peeved that it 's not about your subject , that 's all . |
| 26 | No , I think they 're more tired and it 's I think it tends , tends , things tend |
| 27 | they 'll say well you , it 's awful , you 're awfully sorry but it 's . |
| 28 | They 're as unique as it is possible to be without splitting at the seams . |
| 29 | They 're quite hot but it 's worth it — they look good ’ — Peete ‘ I study interior design . |
| 30 | Although some people are quite happy to just because it 's training i it they 're quite happy if it 's a hypothetical situation cos they think well I can actually learn from this , I can , I know what the concept structure is , I can learn from it . |