Example sentences of "[subord] it is [adv] [adj] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is that the pool of liquid usually forms underneath the car , where it is both inconspicuous and difficult to get at , so the chances are that it will not be mopped up . |
| 2 | As with foreign service premia , hardship allowances are normally calculated as a percentage of salary — with higher percentages , sometimes 30 per cent or more , applying in areas where it is particularly difficult or unpleasant to live and work . |
| 3 | If we are of a lazier disposition , the solution is simple and usually quite acceptable : if the same note will occur in two or more parts it can be omitted where it is least necessary and retained only in the principal part ( thus in Example 140 we would keep the E♭ only in the upper voice , to retain the melodic shape ) . |
| 4 | The most conspicuous feature of life on land is the plants : trees , wherever it is moist and warm enough ; grasslands , where it is too dry or too cold for trees ; and various intermediate or special states , as in scrubland and bog . |
| 5 | For this reason , if we keep a horse in conditions where it is continually bored and suffers lack of mental stimulation , the resulting anxiety may cause the horse to develop some very bad habits indeed . |
| 6 | Although it is most obvious and acute when there is an actual death ( and we go on to describe reactions to the death of a partner in the next chapter ) , some mourning is appropriate to the many minor deaths which occur in the course of married life . |
| 7 | The Bill is certainly necessary , although it is rather late and its fundamental objectives are rather weak . |
| 8 | Size : Growing to about 8″ : in length , this Chaetodon should be kept in a large aquarium , although it is very hardy and , under ideal conditions , specimens have been known to live for several years . |
| 9 | It is not a vicious animal compared to most snakes and will avoid contact with humans rather than form a confrontation ; although it is very lively and alert . |
| 10 | Although it is relatively simple and inexpensive to radon-proof a house , the social and political problems raised are enormous . |
| 11 | Heat it in a jug of hot water until it is just warm and check it 's not too hot by testing a drop on the inside of your wrist . |
| 12 | In many instances the parents may not realize that their child is well occupied and has not interfered with them until it is too late and the child has started to demand attention . |
| 13 | It is best to apply the oils after a warm bath or shower because they will penetrate the skin more readily if it is slightly warm and damp . |
| 14 | ( f ) Transfer from the High Court The High Court may transfer proceedings down to a care centre if it is both appropriate and in the child 's interests to do so ( APO , art 13 ) . |
| 15 | The LIFESPAN Manager must stop the process if it is still active and then preserve the contents of the process log file . |
| 16 | This procedure can fail to produce a result under extremes of lighting due to spreading if it is too bright or the exposure cut-off if it is too dim . |
| 17 | 4.13 Management should continuously review the procedures for the delivery and/or collection of money to see if it is absolutely necessary and whether there are alternative methods available . |
| 18 | For example , in the manufacturing problem described in Section 9.1 , if a goal of 25 is specified for revenue , the manufacturer would seek to maximise revenue if it is below 25 but is not concerned with its value once it exceeds 25 . |
| 19 | How could we check if it is actually ninety and we 've got it wrong . |
| 20 | For many reasons , I reject this , not only because it is vile in its implications but because it is theoretically suspect and unsubstantiated by research . |
| 21 | Because it is both difficult and painful to maintain one 's stomach in a state of emptiness , we can not doubt that there are powerful psychic motivations for sustaining such an activity , which is not only abnormal , but directly contrary to both physiological and social pressures . |
| 22 | That is the technology that the new electricity industry wishes to build because it is environmentally better and cheaper . |
| 23 | The foetus may become handicapped not because it is genetically abnormal or have a metabolic defect , but because it contracts a disease or infection while in the womb . |
| 24 | The USSR copies the West simply because it is much cheaper and easier , not because it is inherently backward . |
| 25 | Do you want , does an does anyone want some of this bread because it is really nice and it 's not |
| 26 | Modern conditions have involved us in rivalry of armaments which is now a conscious struggle to achieve by expenditure and science , by diplomacy and alliances , a balance of power which always eludes us , and because it is always variable and unstable condemns us to a bloodless battle , a dry warfare of steel and gold . |
| 27 | MPs who on the whole tend to be rather casual about going to meetings organised for their benefit by pressure groups tend to go to the nuclear forum , because it is always well-structured and organised , and because they can then say to constituents who work in either the nuclear industry or the nuclear supply industry that they have been , and still are , taking an interest in the decisions that affect those particular electors . |
| 28 | The rationale is interesting , and as so often with Justinian it has a moralistic flavour : ‘ because it is quite ridiculous and unreasonable that an object which someone does not absolutely possess among his property he should be able to transfer to others or charge as a hypothec or pledge or manumit and deceive the hopes of others . ’ |
| 29 | Alford is a delightful market town because it is relatively untouched and certainly unspoilt by the twentieth century . |
| 30 | This offers an additional dimension to biogeography ( Simmons , 1979a ) and because it is infinitely renewable but subject to substantial modification by man , the NPP of an area can be viewed as what Eyre ( 1978 ) characterized as ‘ the real wealth of nations ’ . |