Example sentences of "[noun pl] and it [be] [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 | Firstly , it is inadvisable to take remedies consisting of mixtures as no homoeopathic provings have been done on mixtures and it is not known whether the effects of these are different from the effects of their individual components . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They have obviously been through a very bad time over the last few days and it is n't going to get any better over the next few weeks . ’ |
| 7 | Radiometric and spectrometric investigations of such waves indicated that the Cytherean source region was at a temperature of about 670 K. Moreover , radio waves at such wavelengths can readily traverse clouds and atmospheric gases and it was readily established that the Cytherean source region lay well below the cloud tops and was very probably the surface of Venus . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | The IT industry has been subject to rapid development in recent years and it is confidently expected that this trend will continue . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It is better manned , it has more resources and it is better equipped than any police force in British history . |
| 13 | The origins of dendrochronology lie in climate studies and it was then applied to dating . |
| 14 | West European governments never expected the Final Act to work an instant revolution in international affairs and it was always understood that many questions lay beyond its scope . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Flour from France , from the Moulin Corbeil , was imported , heavy bribes were paid to the Spaniards and it was then sold to either German or British commercial agents to feed the armies of those nations . |
| 17 | Something 's eating the profits and it 's not entered here . |
| 18 | But of course if salaries go up evenly throughout a forty year lifespan and the Chairman is given a forty year lifespan which is quite or pension lifespan which is quite a suitable one , if salaries go up and someone leaves their company every ten years , then the first three departures are obviously going to be at much lower salary levels and it 's not going to be satisfactory the first three departures are just index linked to inflation , there is the problem of how does one index link them towards the final salary . |
| 19 | 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 " . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | British Airways reported very few cancellations and it was not axing any flights . |
| 22 | Most sailing schools do run to these standards and it is quite rate to find one that does n't . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 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 . |