Example sentences of "in [noun sg] it [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , where a local plan is in existence it is usually stated policy to confine certain types of industry to particular areas , restricting land use in and around residential areas to that of a ‘ light industrial ’ nature within Class III of the Town and Country Planning ( Use Classes ) Order 1972 ; defined as : |
| 2 | In addition it is not known whether the influence of nutritional treatment on the disease process is as beneficial in nourished as in undernourished patients . |
| 3 | While there is no regulation that specifically excludes due diligence work on a listed company , in practice it is rarely undertaken due to the rules on equality of information to be given not only to all shareholders but also to offerors or bona fide potential offerors . |
| 4 | Deceptively , because in practice it is rarely accomplished and only in a few cases have polymer blends or mixtures achieved industrial importance . |
| 5 | The analysis of required skills ought in principle to have an ergonomics input but in practice it is usually done on the basis of experience of similar system designs in the past . |
| 6 | The term ‘ further education ’ ( FE ) is used sometimes in a general sense to cover all post-school education , but in practice it is usually differentiated from higher education ( study at universities , polytechnics and colleges of higher education ) , and divided into the categories of non-advanced further education ( NAFE ) , which means A-level standard or below , and advanced further education ( AFE ) which is above A level or its equivalent . |
| 7 | The distinction , though in practice it is often blurred , in theory is clear . |
| 8 | The most important ingredient in the construction stage is time but , although this is sometimes a source of worry at the beginning , in practice it is often found that this stage is less time-consuming than the planning stages . |
| 9 | In industry it is usually done with portable meters which measure the electrical resistance between two needles pressed into the wood and thus give the answer much more quickly . |
| 10 | In effect it is merely to restate the fact that the intuitions that sustain the case for individualism in explanation are largely our intuitions . |
| 11 | After the episode in Gerar it is not rescinded . |
| 12 | The study points out : ‘ There are uncomfortably strong reasons for supposing that industry in Britain has not adopted microelectronics to the fullest extent possible and that in consequence it is already tending to fall behind our leading competitors . ’ |
| 13 | In theory it is typically assumed that we are concerned with the distribution of taxes and benefits among individuals according to their ability to pay ( the normative basis for this is not discussed here — see Lecture 11 ) ; in empirical work , this is typically taken to mean measured money income . |
| 14 | In this sense , one of the components of the personality is regarded as being inherently ‘ aggressive ’ , except that in life it is normally held in check by the mind . |
| 15 | Because of the rise in unemployment it is now becoming standard that almost all those in the 15–18 age range are in education or training schemes and retirement is increasingly common from 55 years upwards , particularly from manufacturing industry . |
| 16 | However medical audit should be seen as part of a total approach to quality even if in reality it is often separated out . |
| 17 | It is a thumping big read , but at £17.99 in hardcover it is obviously going to be good as a £4.99 paperback . |
| 18 | You could easily have borrowed a book from your local library and come to the conclusion that the specification of the 5086 was perfectly state-of-the art — whereas in fact it is now looking really rather old fashioned . |
| 19 | In fact it is often described as one of the worst jobs possible . |
| 20 | In fact it 's probably used more now than it was when it was a school . ’ |
| 21 | But the event need n't be all hard work — in fact it 's now become something of a social event . |
| 22 | In fact it 's sometimes said that it 's one of the very great privileges of the public is that they can , by dint of writing something , and putting it in an envelope with a stamp on it , get it to arrive on an editor 's desk , and have the editor at least give a cursory glance if not a more serious glance at what 's going on , so it 's a privilege and it 's an opportunity in that case . |
| 23 | From these definitions you will see that crime and delinquency are one form of deviance ( strictly speaking , delinquency refers to anti-social and illegal behaviour , but in sociology it is usually linked with ‘ juvenile ’ and used to refer to the criminality and misconduct of youths ) . |