Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [conj] it [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | okay , again I mean these are things that talk about confirmation I mean quite honestly I 'm I 'd be quite happy if we had offices where people talk to each other ninety per cent of the time rather than send memos and faxes to each other , and on the whole we are really talking about inside the office with the people who we work with I mean obviously clients as well trying to find something different , we tend tend to find that it 's very very easy sometimes to make a phone call it 's much easier to make a phone call and to talk to that person and give them the personal touch . |
| 2 | So if you want to see if it 's actually worked , alright ? |
| 3 | People naturally want to retire and it is therefore important to offer opportunities for fulfilment in leisure , education and voluntary activities and to recognise the valuable role played by older people within the family . |
| 4 | I want to suggest that it is ultimately unsatisfactory , both on intellectual and political grounds . |
| 5 | Foreign assistance or aid will be examined later ; suffice to state that it is totally inadequate in relation to the present-day financial needs of many LDCs . |
| 6 | You begin to see that it 's just another language . |
| 7 | I know , look crying and it 's still sore today . |
| 8 | East Lancs spokesman Mr. Graham Vevers commented : ‘ Many people seem to think that it 's already a foregone conclusion that it will come here . |
| 9 | We need not bother with the details , save to say that it is quite certain that all the contemporary accounts of Balboa 's triumph — which mention that he first saw the Pacific at 10 am on Tuesday , 25 September — are wrong . |
| 10 | It needs to dry for a full two minutes before you get dressed because it 's quite sticky . ’ |
| 11 | We biologists have assimilated the idea of genetic evolution so deeply that we tend to forget that it is only one of many possible kinds of evolution . |
| 12 | We tend to believe that it is only in Iran that people who commit adultery are stoned , whereas in Europe it 's the other way round . |
| 13 | Equally , many people , including owners , developers and even some planners , continue to believe that it is only the exterior of the building , or at least a grade II building , that is protected by listing . |
| 14 | You have up here you 've got neither win lose but it 's like it 's a respectable thing you know you respect each other you do n't trust them completely and you do n't co-operate completely but they just respect just not you 're just not willing to go that further little bit and it becomes more of a more of a rather than a win lose or a win win it 's more of a people half and half okay I 'll give this much if you give that much . |
| 15 | Erm there are differing work practices which I try to erode but it is very difficult |
| 16 | New uses for aspirin keep emerging and it 's now thought to help prevent heart attacks , strokes , arthritis and even some forms of cancer . |
| 17 | I do feel that it is extremely important to think first what your nearest and dearest would really like before you begin to knit . |
| 18 | Before you re-use the newspaper and blotting paper for another batch of plant material , do ensure that it is thoroughly ironed to remove any moisture , or you will affect future pressings . |
| 19 | We had to look at where the opportunities were for development in Greater York as a whole rather than looking at individual district elements , and in terms of land available , erm Mr Steel appears to have included some sites which we classify as land held in reserve , which we do n't normally count towards the land availability targets , although we do acknowledge that it is there . |
| 20 | But I do wonder whether it is really necessary for the London festival , or any other , come to that , to clear any South African film they might want to show not only with the ANC but also with the South African Film and Allied Workers Organisation . |
| 21 | I do wonder if it 's really w er I mean |
| 22 | so er usually people , people do , people do leave but it 's usually because they , they , they 're they 're sick of it or you know they , they want |
| 23 | But they do admit that it 's still more often than not a case of all talk and no action when boys discuss sex in the playground . |
| 24 | Remove from the heat and leave to cool until it 's almost on the point of setting . |
| 25 | ‘ They do say that it 's there that thy Robemaker has his Workshops . |
| 26 | I do n't know if it 's true , but there is a frog sometimes seen near the pond in the backyard , and I 've heard that it 's really a poor first-year who — ’ |
| 27 | Perhaps you 've noticed that it 's often difficult , on a bus or a train , to assess bow loudly you are talking ? |
| 28 | We are happy with our progress we 've made and it 's really up to him . ’ |
| 29 | When I do have to evict an intruder , I 've discovered that it 's far better to pull the weeds out rather than hoe them . |
| 30 | Now , that in itself implies that everything you receive you check to see if it is as specified . |