Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] [conj] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a firm is to be successful , it will have to generate sufficient income to cover the cost not only of financing a capital asset but of replacing it when it is worn out . |
| 2 | ’ People think it 's a cruel way of doing it but it is n't really , because there 'll be shooting snaring and gasing , which is worse that the way we do it ’ ’ Foxes have to be controlled , fox hunting in the last 250 years have controlled the numbers beautifully ’ |
| 3 | Horrible way of putting it but it 's . |
| 4 | The real issue , therefore , is not so much concerned with this or that IQ score and the chances of raising it as it is about the ingenuous , and often disingenuous , attempts to quantify the inheritance : learning ratio . |
| 5 | This price gulf mirrors the problem with organic food : most shoppers are put off buying it because it 's too expensive . |
| 6 | But I 've only seen one or two , can we think about photocopying them if it 's that thin , because by the time it gets to me sometimes it 's not legible . |
| 7 | You recognise the anger you feel against your parents , but at this stage there 's little point in contacting them if it 's only to unload your bitterness . |
| 8 | I mean I 'm not worried about taking it but it 's just it 's just |
| 9 | I use Preservene 's White Snow which is the cheapest soap powder on the Australian market though there is a knack to using it as it is slow to dissolve , being fine lumps of pure soap . |
| 10 | Sparc laptop house , San Diego , California-based , RDI Corp , is finally getting around to telling us that it 's out of the kidding around stage and trying to become a real company . |
| 11 | When I said I 've got a wedding to pay for , they said to me , well can you think about cancelling it because it 's nonessential spending , and I said |
| 12 | Because in fact if we 're holding far too much stock we ought to do something about reducing it because it 's all |
| 13 | If so , they can be used to boost the lighting by aiming it where it is most needed . |