Example sentences of "[verb] it is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite their cute appearance , Red Pandas can be very viscious , so for fans who want a slightly closer encounter it is probably best to stick to the more approachable variety . |
| 2 | But what strikes one about their situation and the way they are tackling it is how vary narrowly they are ahead . |
| 3 | Now the rate of identical twinning erm is remarkably constant which suggests that it , whatever causes it is relatively independent of other factors . |
| 4 | Looking through the advertisements in magazines , suppliers ' catalogues and the shelves of art shops it is certainly obvious that there is a huge choice of instructional art videos currently available — probably about 200 ! |
| 5 | As to the cost of alterations , the difference in sums suggest it is wide ranging . |
| 6 | The rate of recent discoveries of sweatshops in France , Britain , Italy and other countries suggest it is not just a North American phenomenon . |
| 7 | Weightier things than hamburgers suggest it is now time for a realignment . |
| 8 | People 's attitudes to the Health Service expressed in opinion poll findings suggest it is extremely popular in comparison with the health care system of the 1930s . |
| 9 | This time you would scarcely know it is on ! |
| 10 | This time you would scarcely know it is on ! |
| 11 | How do you know it is n't on ? |
| 12 | With regard to things we do not know it is more difficult . |
| 13 | ‘ To avoid the strath — they must know it is all ours. , ‘ Then who is the big-wig ? |
| 14 | — Let other teachers know it is there — is there a catalogue it should go into ? |
| 15 | Pity it is n't real really in n it ? |
| 16 | The way to tighten it is when you 're on a beat , just pull it in as the tension is taken by the mainsheet . |
| 17 | Off the front tees it is less daunting than it appeared on TV , but not much . |
| 18 | Where a spoken sentence is long and complicated it is more likely to be PARATACTIC ; this means it is likely to be a string of sentences tied together with " and " , " or " , or " but " . |
| 19 | We may also include in discourse deixis a number of other ways in which an utterance signals its relation to surrounding text , e.g. utterance-initial anyway seems to indicate that the utterance that contains it is not addressed to the immediately preceding discourse , but to one or more steps back . |
| 20 | The Library 's historical archive is arranged in a reasonable historical order , and is contained in acid-free boxes , but it is at the moment unindexed , and the store room which contains it is totally unsuitable for archive consultation . |
| 21 | B : Well , the milkman has come It is only on the basis of assuming the relevance of B's response that we can understand it as providing a partial answer to A's question . |
| 22 | Opponents say it is primarily a military road . |
| 23 | Balsa wood can also be smoked after it has been broken into little pieces , but some say it is even less rewarding than banana skins . |
| 24 | ANL organisers say it is up to individual members whether they take to the streets to fight racism , but Safina Hussain has little doubt about what action is needed . |
| 25 | The other danger arose from Government departments squeezing a small bill into the Queen 's Speech : ‘ They say it is just two or three little clauses and … it immediately turns out that the process is not nearly as simple as was promised . |
| 26 | Some say it is just the Asian way . |
| 27 | When Jason gives some of the money back , which he should n't have , you say it is n't enough . |
| 28 | No , no , thank you very much , it 's all right , he is n't badly hurt , a sprained ankle , and they say it is n't serious , but it does mean he ca n't come north yet … ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Say it is n't so ! ’ |
| 30 | Say it is n't true ! |