Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that it is still campaigning to have licensed growth promotions reinstated for beef cattle . |
| 2 | Even if we disregard the sporadic use of violence against the movement , and its infiltration by spies and agents provocateurs , it is clear that it was generally considered by the controlling bodies of universities and by party politicians as an illegitimate form of political action , even though its principal aim was to extend democratic participation in one of the most important institutions ( both economically and culturally ) of modern society , and in many cases it succeeded in enlivening academic studies , as well as improving methods of teaching and assessment . |
| 3 | I have no desire to detract from Mike Broderick 's promotion , but as The Bookseller is a journal of record I would like to make it clear that it was only following my resignation that the position of group home sales director was created at Random House . |
| 4 | Some of the direction is rather nifty and it 's also go the benefit of being very well shot , but then there 's a such a hell of a lot of the other type of shooting going on here it 's pretty difficult to notice . |
| 5 | Some of the direction is rather nifty and it 's also go the benefit of being very well shot , but then there 's a such a hell of a lot of the other type of shooting going on here it 's pretty difficult to notice . |
| 6 | First , non-response was high and it is now known that , as a category , non-respondents are often very different in a number of relevant respects from those who do respond . |
| 7 | Fish is very popular and it is still preserved and smoked by traditional methods . |
| 8 | The other six members , although they were also concerned about genetic engineering , stressed its potential benefits , for example in the development of new drugs , and said that genetic engineering of animals was acceptable provided it was carefully regulated . |
| 9 | AT&T could find such co-operation elusive if it was also competing with them . |
| 10 | Evaluation is still rudimentary but it is increasingly accepted that with services as massive and costly as those described we must develop techniques for measuring their impact and comparing the success and failure of different approaches . |
| 11 | Erm he , I think what he really must have had was er a sort of mild form of polio when he was young and he 'd got a shoulder , not completely paralysed but it was partially paralysed . |
| 12 | As with all COBUILD materials , the emphasis is on English as it is really used today , drawing on the evidence of the COBUILD corpus devised by Professor John Sinclair 's English Language Research team in the University 's School of English . |
| 13 | and I do n't think you gave evidence that you shouted armed police yourself , so is it right that it was only shouted one time just immediately after the second door opened ? |
| 14 | Indeed , the research evidence is so strong that it is now reflected in the high incidence of work teams , ‘ away days ’ for functional groups and courses in team-building . |
| 15 | But the prohibition in the Act is so complete that it is commonly ignored . |
| 16 | ‘ The Commission itself has placed a great emphasis on the promotion of milk and it is ironic that it is now undermining that investment with a proposal which could result in further reductions in the intake of milk by those who need it most ’ . |
| 17 | The rather coy nude which featured on the catalogue cover is so uncharacteristic that it was possibly suggested by Zborowski , to attract attention . |
| 18 | I am delighted that it is now providing a three-day project at Sir Thomas Picton 's school in Haverfordwest , around its production of Don Pasquale . |
| 19 | It is almost passive advertising and promotion , but I am convinced that it is carefully crafted in many instances by the advertising companies on behalf of the cigarette companies . |
| 20 | ‘ No book can be dangerous if it is well written ’ . ’ |
| 21 | I thought we 're gon na so we came out of Paul 's place , behind Belmont Parade , up past the ponds there and that 's and I 'm knackered , I 'm going up river , had no you start at the bottom of Belmont Parade , up those ponds up to the traffic lights where you change buses , that 's all up hill and it 's slow , and you 've just started and you 're not warm and it 's like running out of here , running up that hill there , now you could run up that hill if you got , if you had sort of round a couple of times round nice , no one so more ready to go , you 'd run up there , you come out of here , run down here , not warm , feel you get , well I come out of there and , and you get , you go up past that set of traffic lights , you go up and you 're still struggling past The Bull , that 's still up hill , you get to the , just round that bend and it starts dropping down , and it 's a gradual drop down , below the roundabout and the next roundabout 's pretty level there , not too bad a roundabout , right the way across to Scades Hill , went down Scades Hill , right the way down to Alton , bottom of Alton high street , came out by the toilets at White Hart to High Street , up to house . |
| 22 | Although some NMR studies have shown that it is possible to bind two actinomycin molecules to the tetranucleotide GCGC [ 29 ] , binding of the second molecule is highly anticooperative and it is generally believed that the exclusion site size for actinomycin , under normal conditions , is at least 4 base pairs [ 1 ] . |
| 23 | I could have said anything , made an excuse , but I wanted to be straight and it 's only making things worse . ’ |
| 24 | Curriculum reform , whether it is centrally determined or based on local or in-school planning , is generally held to be impossible unless it is firmly based on a plan for public examinations . |
| 25 | And at some point it would all become as real as it was ever to become again , as the happy escaper slid into dreams until morning . |
| 26 | Of all Edward 's legislation , three pieces particularly affected the church : the statutes De Viris Religiosis , or Mortmain as it is commonly called , Circumspecte Agatis , and Westminster II , chapter 41 . |
| 27 | She was pregnant and it was just starting to show . |
| 28 | The vagueness of this is understandable if it was simply intended to encourage the raising of a fleet before the meeting discussed it , and the archbishop later inserted with his own hand into a version of this chapter the words " if it is decided upon " . |
| 29 | It happened so long ago that it seems incredible that it is still affecting her . |
| 30 | A further characteristic which is perhaps so obvious that it is rarely remarked on , is that farming is a skilled occupation . |