Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] it [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision is likely to postpone a hearing on the charges for many months and it is now thought that the case could eventually be heard in Milan instead of Turin . |
| 2 | It is not responsive to the local communities and it is totally lacking in democracy . |
| 3 | Gutted raw fish are smoked slowly over wood chips and it is generally agreed that oak gives the best flavour , although other woods are preferred in some part of the world . |
| 4 | Phthirus pubis is unable to survive away from the human host for more than 24 hours and it is readily killed by temperatures over 50°C . |
| 5 | The latest flare-up between the two countries — following last summer 's ball-tampering claims and counter-claims — is a direct result of Graveney 's remarks following the infamous Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana row in 1987 , when he said : ‘ They have been cheating us for 37 years and it is just getting worse and worse . ’ |
| 6 | After the infamous Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana row in 1987 , Graveney , 65 , said of Pakistan : ‘ They 've been cheating us for 37 years and it is just getting worse and worse . ’ |
| 7 | The IT industry has been subject to rapid development in recent years and it is confidently expected that this trend will continue . |
| 8 | The position of Gaelic has deteriorated dramatically in the intervening forty years and it is now argued convincingly that a local language is itself a development tool . |
| 9 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
| 10 | It is the kind of system with which experts can quickly get to grips but it is also targeted at non-technical authors , enabling them to quickly edit text , sound and images either to create multimedia presentations or to produce interactive multimedia applications . |
| 11 | I mean it 's going in and out at the right places but it 's also to do with childbearing O K. So George is changing the subject there completely kind of off the wall is n't he , er this comment ? |
| 12 | It is better manned , it has more resources and it is better equipped than any police force in British history . |
| 13 | This is the method of knitting Fair Isle on the older push-button machines and it is also used with the ribber and double bed colour changer for double jacquard . |
| 14 | The standard condition ( Condition 4 ) deals with time limits for the raising of requisitions and it is now becoming increasingly common practice to mix in requisitions with any additional enquiries under the vague heading of " Observations " . |
| 15 | Like Kos , Rhodes has many fine , deserted beaches but it 's best getting there by car . |
| 16 | Hyenas have always been thought of as scavengers but it is now known that they are also vigorous nocturnal hunters . |
| 17 | The area is rich in raw materials such as timber and construction materials and it is also planned to attract ship repair , machinery manufacture and electronic assembly plants . |
| 18 | It was evasive about why IBM Corp and Hewlett-Packard did n't show up as licensees but it 's obviously expecting their announcements by and by . |
| 19 | Computer aided instruction ( C.A.I. ) strictly should cover other techniques such as simulation and computer based procedures but it is usually intended to mean a situation where a student sits in front of a screen on which the presented formats relate to his developing cognitive activity as expressed by his manipulations of the associated key-board . |
| 20 | Software might be restricted , as in this book , to computer programs but it is sometimes used as the generic term to include all sources of information . |
| 21 | Most sailing schools do run to these standards and it is quite rate to find one that does n't . |
| 22 | Developing countries have their own specific economic , political and social requirements and it is often felt that the media should ‘ carry out positive development tasks ’ ; that they should accept restrictions if the state so desires and that they should be subordinate to the needs ( economic , cultural , political ) of a developing state . |
| 23 | Chinese parents do , of course , shower love and attention on their children but it is always made quite clear that child's-play has to remain well within the limits of normal social behaviour . |
| 24 | Subsequent investigations have led to some revisions of Gilbert 's original findings and it is now thought by some researchers that the laccoliths radiate from central discordant intrusions known as stocks ( Fig. 5.17 ) . |
| 25 | Coburn v. Colledge was a case arising from a contract for services and it is well established at common law that the cause of action in such cases accrues when the work is complete . |
| 26 | This research influences the way volunteers work with victims but it is also passed on by Victim Support to other organisations that might find it useful : it provides an input into every police training course in Britain , and that has led to a potential new area of work . |