Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [conj] it is [adv] " in BNC.

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1 It would be wrong to conclude that it is simply because women live longer than men .
2 For the purposes of analysing intonation , a unit generally greater in size than the syllable is needed , and this unit is called the tone-unit ; in its smallest form the tone-unit may consist of only one syllable , so it would in fact be wrong to say that it is always composed of more than one syllable .
3 I mean they ought it would be easy to monitor because it is so it 's so concise .
4 The Countryside Stewardship Scheme and other environmental protection measures are to be applauded but it is sobering to realise that it is not a new problem .
5 It also makes Troll flesh virtually impossible to eat unless it is very thoroughly cooked .
6 In a mild autumn and a warm soil this is easy to achieve but it is certainly worth sowing as soon as the ground has been cleared of the previous crop .
7 Acquiring this kind of expertise brings its own rewards and it is gratifying to discover that it is often easier to explain a subject to others when you have had some difficulty mastering it yourself .
8 As Queen Victoria rises from her throne to address the audience it is hard to believe that it is not real flesh and blood !
9 One individual may be more likely to survive because it is better suited to making its way about its environment and not because it is fiercer than others .
10 It is sometimes hard to get but it is there .
11 It also has a strong instrumental element , in the sense that it is most likely to happen when it is economically advantageous .
12 The hon. Gentleman and I might be able to agree that it is not unadjacent to the fact that so many inner London authorities are controlled by the Labour party .
13 But they are nevertheless able to agree that it is sometimes possible to elaborate functional relations of the sort we have considered .
14 But it is important to realize that it is only relatively recently , especially during the 1980s , that the full picture has begun to emerge .
15 Thus a member that protests from the outset of institutional action that is not sanctioned by the constitutive treaty should be able to claim that it is not bound by that action .
16 They are also happy to accept that it is only because we have these mental states that we behave as we do .
17 Disruptive behaviour has a direct and , at times , devastating impact upon teachers , but it is important to establish that it is not a recent phenomenon .
18 It is important to remember that it is not the spelling of individual words that you are trying to teach , but the basic spelling patterns , so that pupils can spell correctly words they have n't been taught but want to write .
19 It is important to remember that it is often not possible to say with certainty whether a speaker has pronounced a syllabic consonant , a non-syllabic consonant or a non-syllabic consonant plus .
20 It is important to remember that it is never too late and no one is beyond help .
21 The example of the Delphic treasuries shows that it is not safe to assume that it is actually earlier in date , but it probably is so .
22 Many of the farmers on the committees , whether council or ministerial appointees , are conservationists too and it is perhaps important to stress that it is not the quality of the individuals involved that is of concern .
23 It is important to understand that it is never treatment in the abstract which can be described as ‘ extraordinary ’ , but only treatment in the context of the particular patient being cared for .
24 Additionally , GPs will be able to consider whether it is more cost-effective to refer patients to the hospital at all , or to handle the care themselves .
25 However , it is important to realise that it is not always necessary to be able to characterise an employee " as the office " .
26 However , it is important to realise that it is very difficult for a speaker to make a syllable louder without changing other characteristics of the syllable such as those explained below ( ii-iv ) ; if one literally changes only the loudness , the perceptual effect is not very strong .
27 If an old project uses any component that is eve slightly out of the ordinary it would be advisable to check that it is still available before starting to buy the components .
28 Even if we are able to show that it is not possible for there to be people who feel as we do but have no disposition to behave as we do , or vice versa , the behaviourist way of doing this seems too extreme .
29 It should be noted that the trend of an increase in unemployment from about 5% to about 10% over ten years is sufficiently general to indicate that it is not a function of the style of government .
30 This may be the case in some circumstances , but there is no evidence available to suggest that it is generally true .
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