Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] that it is [adv] " in BNC.

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1 I want to suggest that it is ultimately unsatisfactory , both on intellectual and political grounds .
2 If we want to show that it is not spurious , we have to demonstrate that there are no plausible prior variables affecting both the variables of interest .
3 Instead we are talking about a series of complex configurations of politics , economics and ideology that recursively interact to guarantee that it is not possible to understand what is happening in the local economies of Glasgow , Liverpool or Birmingham in the UK or Baltimore , New York or Toronto in North America without reference to inner city policies wedded to a particular form of symbolic , frequently spectacular , regeneration .
4 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 .
5 It is not always reported as being in exactly the same location , although recent reports seem to suggest that it is not now capable of the movement which it once , extraordinarily , may have demonstrated .
6 In a more complex case I might sit in on a discussion within a committee but begin to consider that it is not moving in a direction that suits me .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 I do feel that it is extremely important to think first what your nearest and dearest would really like before you begin to knit .
12 This can be a patch of grass or bare earth , a stone , a car mat , etc. , but do ensure that it is not large enough to cause problems if the model should touch it .
13 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 .
14 Do remember that it is not only the signed and sealed contract that helps to concentrate people 's minds on their commitments .
15 Having an attack of Cystitis for the first time can seem rather frightening , but do remember that it is not usually a serious threat to health .
16 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 .
17 If the atheist uncovers ‘ His ’ identity , then lo and behold the theists start saying that it is n't God after all .
18 Students and instructors often fail to realise that it is not the amount of height that matters but how much room there is ahead .
19 erm its but I think to say that it is n't happening in schools is a bit unfair , because I do think it does happen in many schools erm and but there 's a great deal of work to be done .
20 She thought briefly of AIDS and added : ‘ For one thing , they 've learnt that it is n't very wise … but not because it 's immoral , Johnny .
21 Fortunately arbitrators and the courts have recognized that it is often not possible in a complicated situation to relate a particular cause to effect : see the remarks of Mr Justice Donaldson in 7 Crosby & Sons v. Portland UDC [ 1976 ] 5 BLR 121 .
22 While writing this article , I have realised that it is actually a very general problem-solving technique , of which there are many other instances in mathematics and science : If you can not do a problem , transform it to a problem that you can do and then transform the answer back to reach the solution to the original problem .
23 You ca n't see it but you need to know that it is there .
24 In itself there is little harm in this , but I have noticed that it is very easy for the quest to become obsessional .
25 The prison governors have said that it is too draconian , and the Prison Officers Association has expressed the view that it is an unnecessary knee-jerk reaction to a deeply serious problem .
26 We have seen that it is practically inconceivable , even on the strongest reading of Gallagher , that the House of Lords could have been persuaded to reopen the case .
27 Particularly , we have seen that it is often financed by revenue , either explicitly ( by recording it as an asset with an equal figure of capital discharged ) or implicitly ( by expensing it ) .
28 In the case of a small pay cut , for example , we have seen that it is sometimes safer to sue for the amount that you have lost , rather than give up your job .
29 We have seen that it is sometimes possible to sort out the observed vibrational bands according to their symmetry , and that group frequency and similar empirical arguments may make it reasonable to associate bands with particular vibrational modes .
30 In this section we have seen that it is usually possible to reduce the number of accesses to synonyms by loading first the records most frequently accessed .
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