Example sentences of "it is [adv] [adj] [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time this stage has been reached it is rather late to try and prevent it . |
| 2 | With all this it is rather slow to grow and frequently when the culture plate is examined for evidence of gonococcal growth it will be found to be overgrown by other bacteria or yeasts , making it difficult or impossible to identify the gonococcus . |
| 3 | It is not enough to carefully analyze what is required to get from here to there ; it is equally important to analyze and provide what is necessary to make the change stick . |
| 4 | It is rarely useful to try and adjust fully to the time-zone transition before the journey , since this will interrupt your life-style too much . |
| 5 | This is more than a book about a rear gunner , however ; it is a factual account of a bomber crew , and , written with an unpretentious style , it is both easy to read and hard to put down . |
| 6 | Many people believe they know what is meant by orientalism , yet it is notoriously difficult to comprehend and to write about the whole of this protean subject . |
| 7 | However , it is notoriously difficult to capture and exhibit any legal theorist who unequivocally espouses formalism , that is who insists that the application of the general principles and rules of law to particular cases is a matter of deductive reasoning and nothing else . |
| 8 | In this it is also possible to plan and display future cultivations and other operations . |
| 9 | It is also sensible to try and find out the likelihood of offers being accepted . |
| 10 | It is also important to measure and cut fabric accurately to ensure that the pleats not only lie squarely on top of each other when the blind is pulled up but also to ensure that the blind hangs squarely when down . |
| 11 | After a success it is obviously tempting to relax and bask in feelings of self-congratulation . |
| 12 | It is very helpful to have and I shall read it carefully . |
| 13 | That is what I have in my kitchen and I find that it is very simple to lift and scrub the tiles that take the most punishment , like the ones by the cooker . |
| 14 | The attraction of the Hallidayan view is that , unlike the rather complex explanations of the Prague School , it is very simple to follow and apply . |
| 15 | When you 're pregnant it is very important to relax and exercise properly . |
| 16 | That shows how much energy is available , and it is very attractive to try and harness this , but since the turn of the century there have been over a hundred patented devices to extract energy from the waves , but we still do n't have a single commercial one operating . |
| 17 | I find this poem not as effective as ‘ Futility ’ in getting its message across as there does not seem to be much emotion in it and it is very difficult to understand and that takes away much of the effect . |
| 18 | ‘ It is certainly pleasing to see and comfortable to live in . |
| 19 | When the purchase price includes fixtures or furniture , these should be specified in detail in the draft , and if their value is substantial it is sometimes useful to agree and state the value at which they should be taken in order to reduce the consideration , and the stamp duty payable thereon , in the ultimate conveyance or transfer of the property . |
| 20 | It is sometimes hard to get but it is there . |
| 21 | However , without being too pedantic about it , there are clear differences which it is as well to realize and bear in mind . |
| 22 | The leader still has the same weaknesses and strengths as any other man and it is as well to study and know them . |
| 23 | It is quite sufficient to know and understand what happened — there is absolutely no need to suffer , whether physically , mentally or emotionally . |
| 24 | Although there is n't much sponge cake in this recipe , it is quite complicated to make and requires a little patience and careful measuring . |
| 25 | Beijing , on the other hand , has failed to make clear whether it is really willing to negotiate and may be waiting for the deadline to be dropped before making a move . |
| 26 | Possible legislation could enshrine the principle that it is always wrong to kill but establish a set of circumstances under which a suitable qualified person would be exempt from prosecution for agreeing to a patient 's request to help end his or her life , Prof McLean went on . |
| 27 | Phenomenologists believe that it is impossible to produce factual data and it is therefore impossible to produce and check causal explanations . |
| 28 | It is therefore important to teach and always to think of the stick movement as being a progressive forward movement made until the spin stops . |
| 29 | It is extremely difficult to tame and its shyness , combined with its great ferocity when cornered , suggests that it would have been troublesome for early man to domesticate . |
| 30 | Gain attention before speaking , then make the subject known at the beginning of the conversation , not at the end when it is too late to contribute or to follow the train of thought . |