Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it is [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not MAS practice to fix fees solely contingent on the price obtained for the company ; however , acting on a part fixed/part contingent basis is acceptable provided it is judged that the interest in selling is genuine , the price expectation is realistic and there is likely to be at least one buyer . |
| 2 | The condition and appearance of a rug can be affected by a number of factors other than age , and it is dangerous to jump to the conclusion that something is necessarily old because it is worn and in a poor state of repair . |
| 3 | The Electricity Council stated : ‘ the cost benefit ratio of installing FGD … would be very high as it is anticipated that the generating costs of a power station fitted would rise 25–30 per cent … ’ |
| 4 | The line manager should offer as much support as possible although it is acknowledged that in certain circumstances the individual might wish to seek support from another colleague rather than their line manager . |
| 5 | But this result becomes understandable once it is appreciated that in order to predict the outcome of a change of context it is necessary to know what associations have been formed , how each affects behaviour , and how susceptible each is to the contextual change . |
| 6 | Is it not also serious that it is implied that the Home Office knew about that involvement at the time ? |
| 7 | Like any faculty , the psychic sense is more prominent if it is used and If the society in which an individual lives is conducive in its attitudes to the encouragement of such ability . |
| 8 | Research has shown that we are normally not conscious that it takes place , but that we are uncomfortable if it is missing when we would expect it or present on inappropriate occasions — for example in a greeting from a complete stranger . |
| 9 | An anomaly will be regarded as particularly serious if it is seen as striking at the very fundamentals of a paradigm and yet persistently resists attempts by the members of the normal scientific community to remove it . |
| 10 | I shall here consider three such attempts to connect past and present : firstly , that which I shall call a ‘ kairos ’ approach , in which the past is basically normative but it is said that there can be development ; secondly , that which I shall call the ‘ golden thread ’ approach , in which a leading motif is lifted out of the past and applied in another situation ; thirdly , that which I shall call an ‘ a priori ethical ’ position , in which essentially authority is seen to lie in the present but there is not perceived to be any fundamental clash with the past . |
| 11 | This is somewhat ironic when it is realized that local government has substantial resources that can not be used because of centrally-imposed prescriptions . |
| 12 | Many takeovers in Europe are friendly and it is said that two in three are negotiated without merchant bankers . |
| 13 | A coherent school policy on Standard English is possible if it is recognised that all these views are legitimate . |
| 14 | This will normally be impractical and it is suggested that the purchaser may wish to distinguish between the following three levels of consent : ( a ) critical consents ; ( b ) material consents ; ( c ) ancillary consents . |
| 15 | However , gold and silver colourings , though stunning in effect , do not taste pleasant and it is suggested that they are not eaten in any quantity . |
| 16 | Although the casualty department has been closed for two years Mr Dale said it was imperative that it is opened because of its close proximity to London 's third airport . |
| 17 | YTS training is satisfactory provided it is offered as employed status . |
| 18 | YTS is satisfactory provided it is offered as employed status . |
| 19 | Scotch Whisky … the world 's leading natural drink … can only be called Scotch if it is distilled and matured in Scotland … a natural drink … distilled in a land of great natural beauty … it takes nothing from nature which nature will not readily replace . |
| 20 | Its value remains constant until it is assigned or input to . |
| 21 | This is particularly remarkable when it is considered that Roddick has made no acquisitions and has no major plans for diversification . |
| 22 | More critically , sexual activity , which is in itself a normal part of normal life , can suddenly become abnormal when it is classified as " dirty " . |
| 23 | The hypotheses considered in the preceding section of this chapter ( that pre-exposure allows the formation of a stimulus — no event association , and so on ) still remain viable provided it is allowed that the associations they envisage can still be assumed to interfere with retrieval . |
| 24 | The parental vote will be even more powerful if it is proposed that a school should opt out of local authority control and transfer to grant maintained status . |
| 25 | It is very difficult to avoid seeking out and using information that is confidential if it is known or suspected that the information will be a crucial aid to survival for your company in the future . |
| 26 | This is a paradoxical fact for those empiricists who think that new theories are derived from the facts in some way , but it is quite comprehensible when it is realized that precise experimentation can only be carried out if one has a precise theory capable of yielding predictions in the form of precise observation statements . |
| 27 | For present purposes the oldest classification into fringing reefs , barrier reefs and atolls ( Fig. 8.33 ) may be retained as long as it is realised that , although these are commonly occurring forms , there are many others ( Guilcher , 1958 ) which it is very difficult to fit into these simple classes . |
| 28 | On the one hand it would be perfectly in order to write the biography of a poet as long as it is understood that it would be ‘ on a par with biographies of generals and inventors ’ ( Tomashevsky 1978 : 55 ) and was not mistaken for literary science . |
| 29 | And the notion of generalization decrement can also explain the effects of prior exposure to B alone if it is allowed that such training will make the B stimulus less effective and thus relatively unlikely to interfere with the perception of A when the two are presented in compound . |
| 30 | This is particularly important when it is felt that ageing people can no longer look after themselves at home and some form of residential care is suggested . |