Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] it is " in BNC.

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1 In due course it is hoped to negotiate a quieter route onto Society Road in Queensferry .
2 In this political struggle it is also obvious that non-urban areas can not expect to receive equal treatment because politically their numbers are too small to count against the majority , who being concentrated , can receive more social provision at cheaper cost .
3 At low tide it is sometimes just possible to cross the channel without swimming .
4 Although at a regional level it is often possible to check secondary sources against the original data , this is impossible globally .
5 ‘ When I saw Dustin Hoffman in Peter Hall 's production , which was strong and clean , I thought that the strength of the production showed up what an awful play it is .
6 Once you fall into the rhythm of off-piste powder it is intoxicating .
7 He or she has to generate both questions and answers , and in a well-organised text it is the generating of questions that is the most difficult task .
8 It is based on the agreed belief that a regular count of several basic demographic factors is vital for an understanding of the structure of our society , and at each census it is customary to ask certain specific questions which deal with current matters of special importance .
9 While not denying the clinical value of the EEG as a non-invasive technique it is probably fair to conclude that electro-physiological research has so far not contributed anything new to our knowledge of cerebral asymmetry but rather has corroborated findings from other areas of investigation .
10 Nevertheless , in order to achieve a successful European presence it is vital to ensure that appropriate modes of alliance are correctly identified at the outset .
11 In each case it is the lack of understanding which constitutes the inauthenticity of either the faith or the doubt .
12 In each case it is elderly people living alone who obtain the most support from the state , and among them men receive slightly more than women .
13 In each case it is the woman and her conduct that the man 's lawyers will try to put on trial .
14 In each case it is submitted that the sentences have to be quashed because there was unreasonable delay in giving the appellant a copy of the committal order , which in each case contained particulars of the facts found as constituting a contempt of court .
15 In each case it is evident that physical geographers had to become conversant with progress in related disciplines and a number of excellent papers in Progress in Physical Geography ( 1977- ) provide reports reflecting progress in other disciplines .
16 Although all the filter networks treated so far in this chapter cause phase shift , in each case it is accompanied by attenuation .
17 In each case it is the revised versions which are to be played in this concert .
18 The account makes a good deal of sense at whatever spatial level it is employed , but it seems most applicable at a level considerably beyond any modern residentially based labour market .
19 In that case it is a basic mistake to reduce US-Soviet relations to the personalities of individuals .
20 In that case it is no obstacle to freedom that actions are predictable ; indeed , free and rational action is possible only in a predictable world .
21 In that case it is all one operation , and it could not matter that he wrote his signature on the document before the dispositive wording of the will .
22 In that case it is legitimate to require some special process of constitutional amendment say that the legislature may amend the Constitution only by a two-thirds majority or after a general election or perhaps upon three months ' notice .
23 Where the odour does not fall within that category it is still open to the local authority to reach informal agreement with the odour emitter , offering advice and assistance as to methods of abatement , or take formal action under one of the statutes discussed in Chapter 5 which may have the effect of controlling certain odour emissions indirectly .
24 It is no short-term measure it is the most important development for more than 50 years and it will be around for the next century . ’
25 In each specific case it is impossible to determine the exact line of distinction between faith and faith plus , between our faith in God and our faith in other men .
26 The Word was made flesh in Jesus Christ ; God has given himself to be understood in our terms and on our level ; and even in these terms and on that level it is the reality of God that is given for us to understand .
27 Above that level it is a matter of broad generalities which do not lead anywhere .
28 Below that level it is a matter of getting bogged down .
29 At the European level it is widely believed that common standards will allow an expanded internal market to be developed and thus facilitate the economies of scale considered necessary for effective competition against foreign manufacturers .
30 With a little practice it is possible to generate complete sentences instantly by simply calling up a string of stored phonemes .
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