Example sentences of "[noun pl] it is [adv] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some organizations it is still seen as the junior partner to sales , in others it has an equal status , in yet others it has a superior status . |
| 2 | When the phoneme occurs between vowels it is sometimes pronounced as a ‘ tap ’ ( the tongue blade strikes the alveolar ridge sharply , producing a very brief voiced plosive : the phonetic symbol is ; this is very common in American English , and is also found in a number of accents in England : think of a typical American pronunciation of ‘ getting better ’ [ ] . |
| 3 | In some countries it is still used as a dairy cow , but in Britain it is definitely a beef breed with the advantage of being able to convert grass into meat with great efficiency . |
| 4 | In other countries it is sometimes seen in dogs imported from endemic regions Gross : They are readily recognised on the basis of size ( 1.0-2.0 cm ) , being much smaller than the common ascarid nematodes which are also found in the small intestine , and by their characteristic " hook " posture . |
| 5 | for approximate computational purposes it is normally assumed in the western world that a full working year is no more than 200 man-days . |
| 6 | As we know , the FORM , or pattern shaping , is an integral part of the Electronic E-6000 , but it has been around on Passap System machines as the Form Computer Program for ten years or so , and to many knitters it is still surrounded by mystery and suspicion . |
| 7 | The reliability approach can be made more elaborate ; in some ways it is closely related to the causal approach considered next , because we are clearly owed an account of what reliability is , and a causal answer is tempting ( see , e.g. , Goldman , 1979 ) . |
| 8 | The South therefore includes countries like Saudi Arabia with about 10m people and a GNP per capita of $12,230 per annum ; however , most of its income is derived from oil exports and investment income , and in economic and social terms it is still regarded as an underdeveloped country . |
| 9 | While Mannheim 's programme is concerned with the relationships of signs to their users it is however based on the idea that the cognitive , because of its presuppositions , is rooted in the evocative . |
| 10 | For these reasons it is seldom used for current measurement nowadays but it does find application in a modified form of operation that enables electrical power to be measured in both direct and alternating-current circuits at frequencies up to a few hundred hertz . |
| 11 | However , reality intrudes on such constructions , as indicated by the gradual widening of the category ‘ inner city ’ to refer also to ‘ outer estates ’ and then to whole cities , like Bradford ; in some cases it is even used as a code for whole regions of deprivation in conjunction with that other metaphor , the North-South divide . |
| 12 | At various points it is also related to the scholastic distinction between knowledge and opinion . |
| 13 | It used to be considered a deformity in other breeds and led to automatic culling , but in several continental breeds it is now selected for , although it can lead to problems in calving and perhaps fertility . |
| 14 | The nature of the entry mechanism can also vary : in neural cells it is through voltage-operated channels , whereas in other cells it is usually mediated by the InsP 3 -dependent entry mechanisms described earlier . |
| 15 | Our dependence on tools … . means that a large part of the mental capacity of a human culture exists outside the individual , whereas in non-manipulative dolphins it is still embodied in brain and behaviour … . as social beings … . we may be inferior to many cetaceans . ’ |