Example sentences of "[noun] it is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is potentially a glorious voice — one senses that instinctively — but to my ears it is at present just a voice , an instrument . |
| 2 | For brevity it is worth using these little symbols which are easy to learn . |
| 3 | On the Hyperion label the disc comes at ‘ upper mid-price ’ - just under £10-but it is worth remembering that Sir David Willcocks 's vintage performances of the Coronation Anthems with King 's College Choir at their brightest now come on mid-price CD in Decca 's Ovation series , generously coupled with the magnificent , extended Chandos Anthem No. 9 , O Praise The Lord With One Consent . |
| 4 | ‘ … a more meaningful and relevant physical geography may emerge as the product of a new generation of physical geographers who are willing and able to face up to the contemporary needs of the whole subject , and who are prepared to concentrate on the areas of physical reality which are especially relevant to the man-oriented geography It is in the extinction of the traditional division between physical and human geography that new types of collaborative synthesis can arise . ’ |
| 5 | WHAT a tragedy it is for tennis that Dan Maskell ( right ) has gone . |
| 6 | I mean there are some Conservatives who do actually believe in the social welfare of the but there are also , I 'm I 'm sure there are large numbers who actually know what vicious streak there is behind a lot of the other measures of social control that have gone on in this country since consensus was in nineteen seventy nine er you actually realise what what a tragedy it is in this area . |
| 7 | With this in mind it is for consideration whether such forms should not be redesigned to separate the disclaimer of liability on the part of the hospital from what really matters , namely the declaration by the patient of his decision with a full appreciation of the possible consequences , the latter being expressed in the simplest possible terms and emphasised by a different and larger type face , by underlining , the employment of coloured print or otherwise . |
| 8 | This then inevitably means that by the early spring it is worth working the same ground a second time . |
| 9 | If you are recalled for a second interview it is worth changing to a different outfit altogether if you can afford it or have something else suitable . |
| 10 | Lord Keith at p 640 said , as a general rule it is in the public interest that confidences should be respected , and the encouragement of such respect may in itself constitute a sufficient ground for recognising and enforcing the obligation of confidence even where the confider can point to no specific detriment to himself . |
| 11 | Indeed , if he has a fault as a critic it is in his boyishly enthusiastic generosity towards authors — Thomas Usk , Lydgate — who are not really as interesting as he makes them sound . |
| 12 | When modern social anthropologists write about " primitive " peoples it is for want of a better vocabulary ; they could just as well be writing about " other " peoples . |
| 13 | Opponents of membership , such as the Prime Minister , argue that whatever the right level of entry it is at least necessary to reduce inflation to the European average of roughly 3-4 per cent . |
| 14 | If such people with planned social care can be kept in their own homes it is worth pressing for flexibility of resources to put in the extra help needed . |
| 15 | ‘ You do n't know what a pleasure it is to me , Pip , ’ he said once , ‘ to be with my dear boy , in the open air . ’ |
| 16 | Small it is in this poore sort |
| 17 | If the premium is paid 100% by the employee it is in order for benefit to be paid direct to the employee without deduction of Income Tax . |
| 18 | For Locke , then , personal identity consists in an identity of consciousness , and not in the identity of some substance whose essence it is to be conscious . |
| 19 | It is difficult to form any clear conception of what these activities would be like if undertaken in isolation but so far as one can form such a conception it is of something essentially futile . |
| 20 | ‘ In some areas it is as if nothing has changed , and in other areas there are some quite bizarre decisions . ’ |
| 21 | Against this liberal orthodoxy it is worth making two points . |
| 22 | Moreover , if there was maladministration it is of little consequence now in that the new regime established by the Financial Services Act of 1986 has rendered the DTI 's role in this matter redundant . |
| 23 | Whilst this may be attractive for the marketing companies it is of very little help to the consumer . |
| 24 | Can a manager feel happy making strategic decisions simply on the basis of what his lieutenants tell him , without satisfying himself that they are not simply spouting the IBM conventional wisdom that has got the company into the mess it is in today ? |
| 25 | Even if this shift is due to the availability of cheap labour power in other countries it is by no means obvious that socialists should support long-run protectionism : it may represent considerable progress for a ‘ Third World ’ worker to be exploited by capital in the production of labour-intensive commodities rather than by a landlord . |
| 26 | You know , in some countries it is against the law to put into advertisements shots that are shorter than so many parts of a second . |
| 27 | In this connexion it is worth remembering that it takes a little longer to change where cymbals are concerned ( owing to the way in which they are held ) but from bass drum to side-drum , triangle , or tambourine , or from any of these to any other , is a matter of seconds . |
| 28 | Apart from the loss of its columns it is in fine condition and has richly decorated doorway ( 139 ) and , inside , a barrel vaulted , coffered ceiling , its caissons finely enriched with flowers and heads . |
| 29 | Travelling through England it is at once apparent that a great deal of the settlement in the landscape is today not in the form of villages , nor was it for much of the past . |
| 30 | If Cziffra is remembered at all in England it is for his technique , which has acquired a quite legendary status . |