Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] it is [adv] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that time , ultrasonagraphy was less developed than it is today and was not available in all 10 treatment centres . |
| 2 | It was a bit of a pill at the time and y used to pay a shilling in the pound , well a shilling was a lot more valuable than it is now and erm I used to begrudge paying in it forty eight and sixpence but it does provide the , well the pleasures of life now , whereby the pens the ordinary old age pension would n't . |
| 3 | Volcanoes emit very large concentr very large amounts of hydrochloric acid as a gas H C L gas and earlier in the earth 's history volcanic activity was much , much more widespread than it is now and during this period vast amounts of H C L were emitted . |
| 4 | Well , it , it , it looked very similar , not quite as good as it is now but er , it was n't no where near as wide of course . |
| 5 | ( Kelly 's more sophisticated approach gives figures between about 5 per cent and 10 per cent E. ) In a way it does not matter very much if our figure is not very accurate because it is seldom or never reached when testing real materials in bulk . |
| 6 | He lived down Gypsy Lane with his two sisters , he was a single man you see and my father and mother lived here and my , they not only mended shoes but they made them and er course naturally , you know , well of course Needham was n't as big as it is now but they made them for the best people , if that , if that 's the right , not the right expression say , but er but you know what I mean er and er and he , you know , all his life you see he did that and then one day he had a shock because his er , what would you call him colleague , he , he died suddenly in the night . |
| 7 | ‘ Scepticism and doubt is legitimate when it is correctly and intelligently applied ; that is , when it is questioning . |