Example sentences of "it is [adv] [verb] [conj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , says Sir Adrian Cadbury , chairman of PRONED , the organisation which seeks to promote wider use of non-executive directors , it is overwhelmingly accepted that NEDs with the right qualities are essential in an effective board . |
| 2 | 12–11- " It is hereby certified that Mr James Fraser M.A. preacher of the Gospel was ordained and inducted to the pastoral charge of the Killarrow and Kilmeny congregation by the United Free Church Presbytery of Islay on the 24th October 1907 . " |
| 3 | It is generally assumed that ASL is historically linked to the French Sign Language of the early 19th century , researchers seeing evidence of cognate signs in French Sign Language and ASL ( fig. 8.1 ) . |
| 4 | It is generally stated that Vlasov was awarded the Order of Lenin in February 1941 and the Order of the Red Banner in January 1942 ; however , a photograph of summer 1942 clearly shows him wearing two badges of the latter , as here . |
| 5 | It is generally agreed that Haydn was the father of the string quartet , and he set the highest standards : the quartets of Beethoven and Schubert could hardly have been written without his brilliant examples of how it should be done . |
| 6 | It is generally agreed that Japan possesses many of the institutional characteristics of other capitalist societies , but these institutions do not produce the same degree of impersonal alienation because subordinates are regularly consulted and authority is ‘ soft ’ and legitimate . |
| 7 | It is particularly fitting that Underwood should have chosen to step down in a year when the president of the Rugby Football Union is Peter Yarranton , himself a former England player and RAF pilot , who will be at today 's game . |
| 8 | It is even related that Molla Tusi combined the Muftilik with teaching at the Sahn . |
| 9 | To compare the two speeches , it is immediately assumed that Antony 's is the better because it has put a cover over everything Brutus had said . |
| 10 | Former Irish international Dr Geraldine Barniville from Dublin has been nominated as the new president but it is understood that Ulster 's Billy Bell and Paddy McAuley the outgoing treasurer and secretary will not be standing for election. , It is widely acknowledged that Paddy McIlroy , past president of Ulster , and the outgoing Irish vice-president , made a major contribution in drafting the new constitution and by-laws . |
| 11 | On the other side , it is widely believed that Kerr 's ambitions are backed by money belonging to Jack Gillespie , a director of Rangers . |
| 12 | It is widely believed that Mr Holmes a Court , the so called Perth predator , is keen to buy Dalgety 's extensive Australian land interests . |
| 13 | It is widely believed that Scuderia Italia will merge with Minardi next year . |
| 14 | It is widely rumoured that Pillsbury and Ruth Carter Stevenson , an influential trustee of the National Gallery , did not get on , and also that several National Gallery staffers were , in the words of one curator , ‘ absolutely terrified ’ at the prospect of Pillsbury 's appointment , the general feeling being that ‘ heads would roll ’ in a grand sweep . |
| 15 | For example , it is widely held that Egas Moniz was stimulated into developing the now largely abandoned technique of controlling psychological disorders by the use of psychosurgery after hearing about the ‘ beneficial ’ side-effects of frontal lobe removal in chimpanzees . |
| 16 | It is widely conjectured that Stalin himself planned the murder of Kirov . |
| 17 | Although it is clearly established that Nicholl served in the Grenadier Company , the wings are laced to the pattern of a Light Company . |
| 18 | While it is well recognised that London has its own distinctive speech , characterised by features of accent and grammar in particular , there are surprisingly few " dialect " studies of London ( in contrast with , for example , areas more traditionally thought of as using " dialect " , such as Lancashire or Norfolk ) . |
| 19 | It is well reported that Johnny Marr 's biggest regret is the filming of the BBC2 Sight And Sound gig . |
| 20 | It is questionable whether the spaying of cows was widely practised at that time , but it is well known that London dairymen were only interested in a continuous milk supply . |
| 21 | This date is too late for the birth of Jesus as it is well known that Jesus was born in the reign of Herod the Great , who died in 4 BC . |
| 22 | It is well known that Trish 's expertise is accompanied by unwavering dedication and perseverance and undoubtedly it was these qualities that upgraded the nervous novice to a Grand Prix horse within three years . |
| 23 | It is well known that Keynes opposed money-wage cuts as a cure for unemployment , but the reasons for his opposition have been widely misunderstood . |
| 24 | As for the directors of early-music ensembles , it is well known that David Munrow and Christopher Hogwood first met in Cambridge . |
| 25 | It is also said that Jacqueline had begun writing to a young Glaswegian who really was in prison . |
| 26 | It is also said that Moorcroft was shocked to find that his co-professor was wholly ignorant of all veterinary matters ; yet Moorcroft and Coleman had negotiated the terms of their joint appointment , and it is inconceivable that Moorcroft could have remained unaware of his future colleague 's lack of veterinary knowledge . |
| 27 | It is also expected that IBM may want to shed up to a further 30,000 people from its 300,000-strong pay roll , with undisguised lay-offs clearly on the agenda . |
| 28 | When it is also remembered that Belorussia had the lowest literacy rate of all European Russia , the sluggish response of the denizens of the Roslavl' area comes as no surprise . |
| 29 | It is already known that Strauss worked to a system of keys associated with particular characters and situations , but Professor Gilliam identifies his primary concern in Elektra as ‘ establishing a sense of motivic continuity in the orchestral line ’ , thus lending extra point to Strauss 's description of Salome as ‘ a symphony in the medium of drama ’ . |
| 30 | It is usually flown when ATC so directs , by reason of a traffic problem . |