Example sentences of "and [vb base] [conj] it [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been accused of favouring Transworld in the past , so I feel I must defend myself and say that it is not that I love Transworld so much as that I admire success . |
| 2 | I must be absolutely honest though and say that it 's not always going to be easy to try to live for Jesus at school . |
| 3 | I go down and say that it 's not good enough . |
| 4 | I can now speak from experience and say that it 's much easier to spend a day at the office than it is to spend a day at home , and you have the benefit of spending ‘ quality time ’ with your baby at evenings and weekends . |
| 5 | We want to look at stress now , and realise that it is not all negative , in fact some people actually go out and seek a fair amount of stress . |
| 6 | Please continue to view your progress in the mirror and realise that it is only one more day before you measure and weigh yourself to enter your reduced ( I hope ! ) statistics on the Weight and Inch Loss Record Chart . |
| 7 | We shall maintain the assumption that expectations are rational , and show that it is not this assumption per se which leads to the ineffectiveness of systematic stabilization policy but its combination with ( inter alia ) the assumption of price flexibility . |
| 8 | Fitting the water softener is a matter of breaking into the rising main and ‘ teeing ’ one pipe off to the softener and another from it ; a third pipe connecting the two tees contains a by-pass valve which is shut when the water softener is in use and open when it is not . |
| 9 | This will further strengthen the company and ensure that it is well set up to face the next decade with confidence . |
| 10 | Only the medium and large builders can mount a training campaign and ensure that it is effectively carried through . |
| 11 | You should use a plain paper , to give a good background for the pressed flowers , and ensure that it is fairly thick to absorb the glue without becoming transparent . |
| 12 | Those who believe , or rather , know that the dialectic in its predetermined movement requires the appropriation , by wage-earners and as the outcome of their victory in the class war , of the means of production , and know that it is historically right to be on the side of that movement , will know also that the first is superior . |
| 13 | BEFORE you start Take a good look at your hair and decide whether it 's really in a fit state to tackle the onslaught of chemicals , however gentle . |
| 14 | I am told by the probation service , social workers , educationists , and those involved in the youth offenders institute in my constituency that the turning point comes in the late teens , when such offenders get a regular girl friend and decide that it is about time that they acted a little more responsibly . |
| 15 | What should you do if you do n't live in London , and find that it is financially difficult to pay for such courses ? |
| 16 | The streets are narrow and twist and turn and it is not advisable to take a car up them . |
| 17 | I shall then examine an apparent exception to the principle of Contrast , and argue that it is only apparent , and not real . |
| 18 | If the task is completed successfully there is joy and satisfaction ; and there is disappointment , sadness and anger if it is not . |
| 19 | Touch the ‘ marble ’ and discover that it is not what it seems but beautifully painted plaster — scagliola . |
| 20 | , you glance at your watch and discover that it 's not half past is n't it ? |
| 21 | What is more likely to happen is that the intensity of the pain will gradually diminish as the weeks go by until , one day , you wake up and realize that it is not there any more . |
| 22 | Help them to stick up for themselves and see that it is not worth being treated badly just in order to have a best friend . |
| 23 | But anything of a bigger scale that involves attracting the public or rallying the faithful or listening to a guest speaker does need forethought and care if it is not to be a shambles . |
| 24 | Crack a cooled bean and check that it is evenly coloured throughout ; if so , the beans are ready for immediate use of may be cooled and stored in an airtight jar . |
| 25 | Warm it up , add four sachets of gelatin and stir until it 's all dissolved . |