Example sentences of "and it [is] [adv] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's a very bright man , Michael Howard , but it 's quite clear that he 's much more concerned with grabbing the headlines and finding scapegoats , than with taking action through law that will actually improve the chance , both of preventing crime and of detecting crime , and then even more so , deterring people from re-offending , and it 's most distressing to see that when research showed that a particular non-custodial method of punishment is effective in perhaps fifty or seventy or eighty percent of cases , whereas prison is not , he goes for prison , he goes for picking on squatters , he goes for picking on the defendants right to silence so that we can see more people like er , jailed when they were innocent . |
| 2 | Of course we all need a certain amount in order to exist — and it 's rather nice to have a bit to spare . |
| 3 | It 's immediately obvious how the thickness of the deposit varies away from the vent , and it 's also possible to work out fairly rapidly the total volume of ash erupted . |
| 4 | Yes I mean in a sense that just sort of shows that a lot of people would agree with Lakehoff in the sense that they think that women use a lot of tag questions and have that speech style , erm I mean like we 've been able to see , and what we can say is that men and women 's language is different er and it 's even possible to say in what way it 's different , but the difficulty becomes when we actually want to say why those differences are . |
| 5 | Inevitably , the save and sometimes the print facility has been turned off , and it 's not uncommon to find that a limit on file size ( in memory ) is also applied . |
| 6 | And it 's not professional to say anything . |
| 7 | of state therefore explain why in England it 's prof possible to get a straight answer from the Secretary of State with the figures of the S S A for the last five years , for this year and for next year and it 's not possible to get that for Wales either from the Home Secretary or from the honourable gentl right honourable gentleman . |
| 8 | ‘ But we have two strong individuals here , and it 's not easy to knock heads together . ’ |
| 9 | And it 's not easy to find ways to solve them . |
| 10 | That does n't last for ever , and it 's not easy to psych yourself up to get another job after you 've been given the push . |
| 11 | Erm in my view , it has to link in somewhere into the primary i into the road network and it 's not appropriate to link it into er the local road system and er therefore I think it 's inevitable that a linkage will need to be made to the primary road network . |
| 12 | Suddenly the scale becomes that of a cathedral , and it 's not fanciful to put the spirituality of the place in the same category . |
| 13 | And it 's not fair to say it 's because of the beard because the beard 's not my fault , they just did n't shave in the jungle in whatever century it 's going to be when we get there and I know I grew it early but that 's the way I am , I like to start thinking myself into the part as soon as possible . |
| 14 | It 's fairly clear when you would use a book or an Overhead Projector or a magazine picture in your teaching and it 's not difficult to see that video makes a different contribution . |
| 15 | Parties and camcorders do seem to go well together , and it 's not difficult to think of reasons why . |
| 16 | Do n't forget that you 've got an allowance each , and it 's not likely to affect many people , except where you 've perhaps been left something that you want to dispose of or a property that you want to dispose of , in which case there could be a capital gains liability . |
| 17 | Er in most of them will er most people in Ireland will be in a pub at some stage of the day you know and it 's no unusual thing to er we 've got a recording studio in we live or I live rather and it 's not unusual to walk out the studio at er lunch time with some people you 'd been recording and go into the pub for a lunch and if you were n't very careful you could still be there that evening singing |
| 18 | Old Harry ca n't stand Lillibet and it 's not hard to see why . |
| 19 | Seefeld has grown into one of the Tyrol 's largest and most popular resorts , and it 's not hard to see why . |
| 20 | One of the most popular resorts in this brochure , and it 's not hard to see why . |
| 21 | And it 's not hard to see why . |
| 22 | The near-family , Swedish audience lap it up throughout and it 's not hard to see why . |
| 23 | The near-family , Swedish audience lap it up throughout and it 's not hard to see why . |
| 24 | And it 's not hard to guess the local sports facility adjacent to Ski View Road at Vicarage Farm in Sunderland ! |
| 25 | This lets you produce standalone applications for end-users and it 's surprisingly easy to get started with . |
| 26 | He obviously likes Jimmy Page and it 's pretty easy to tell where he 's coming from , but he 's got a good sound and it 's really fresh . |
| 27 | We will watch it very carefully , and it 's pretty hard to detect a pattern , now there 's a , there 's a theme , and that is trying to link the , the Palestine question er into his kind of giving justification for what he did against Kuwait , and yet the logic falls totally flat . |
| 28 | In all cases a helper is needed , someone strong and active to pull up quite heavy anchors , while the rest of the crew should realise that living in a yacht is like living in a caravan with incredibly soft suspension — and it 's sometimes difficult to hop out for a walk ! |
| 29 | Day or night , rain or shine , this is truly a coat for all seasons — and it 's as easy to make as it is to wear |
| 30 | Guaranteed income bonds from insurance companies are one answer and it 's still possible to get a good return despite recent cuts . |