Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it [is] " in BNC.
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1 | Either that or it 's someone very clever . |
2 | Grassy plains and both open and mountainous deserts , gregarious where it is common . |
3 | For the rest , it is distasteful where it is not dull . |
4 | I got on my bike and went back to the house a bit recklessly , shooting through puddles on the path and taking the Jump — a bit on the path where there 's a long downhill on a dune and then a short uphill where it 's easy to leave the ground — at a good forty kilometres per hour , landing with a muddy thump that nearly had me in the whin bushes and left me with a very sore bum , making me want to keep opening my mouth with the feeling of it . |
5 | and giving us tuition on real antique furniture , he does n't do anything in his shop erm after eighteen forty or it 's all more or less Georgian , very Georgian actually . |
6 | erm I 'm conscious of the fact that I 've been going on for perhaps too long and I may not have said quite enough about Darwin , but let me just finish by saying this that it 's not possible today , I believe , to discuss any important problem in biology without Darwin 's thought being absolutely central to what you 're saying all the time . |
7 | Or you could go in and say , ‘ Listen , , can I suggest two or three aspects of this that it 's worth covering ? |
8 | But it is very clear that it is present , though at times its influence waxed and waned . |
9 | Is it not clear that it is not ambulance staff which have withdrawn the emergency cover from London , but the management ? ’ |
10 | He is perfectly clear that it is in the terms provided by this framework that we are able to answer any ‘ limited ’ question about the causes of particular phenomena . |
11 | It is also clear that it is difficult to draw comparisons between the Western Isles and the developing countries . |
12 | It clear that it is costing British jobs on a substantial scale and that it will continue until the unfair practices cease . |
13 | In any event , the Act makes it clear that it is not unlawful for a teacher to inflict corporal punishment ( as defined in the Act ) where it is necessary ‘ for reasons that include averting an immediate danger of personal injury to , or an immediate danger to the property of , any person ( including the pupil concerned ) ’ . |
14 | Professional counsellors faced with the same client would be clear that it is their task to explore emotions and they allocate the time to do it ; social workers have the mixed task of practical and emotional support but they have a restricted caseload and the time to build up a relationship . |
15 | Reading between the lines it becomes clear that it is the address which was recorded , in a studio re-creation to cash in on the President 's assassination . |
16 | Even when parents strongly disapprove of the way their teenager is behaving , it is still important to make it clear that it is the behaviour and not the person that is being rejected . |
17 | ( From here on , the use of the capital ‘ G ’ for ‘ god ’ will make it clear that it is the Created God that is meant and not ‘ god ’ in any of the historic meanings of that word ) . |
18 | Our amendments make it absolutely clear that it is only the deliberate promotion of homosexuality by local authorities that would be affected . |
19 | Although European railway executives see British rail traffic as important , it is quite clear that it is not crucial to plans for the development of a European network which will proceed whatever happens on the other side of the Channel . |
20 | The Bible is quite clear that it is always a mistake for a Christian to go out with a non-Christian . |
21 | It is therefore clear that it is the nature of the EM field that organizes the growth of tissue . |
22 | Thus , although he does not enumerate a catalogue of rights it seems clear that it is chiefly the conventional political and civil liberties , including a right to freedom of conscience , that are associated with the traditional doctrine of liberalism which would qualify as rights in the strong sense . |
23 | Talk about safer sex with your partner , or make it clear that it is safer sex you want by your actions . |
24 | Reporting that Judge Vaughn Walker has entered an order establishing a hearing date on summary judgement motions for May 5 in the look-and-feel suit brought against it and Hewlett-Packard Co by Apple Computer Inc , Microsoft Corp makes it quite clear that it is not prepared to tolerate any nonsense from anyone : the lawyer retained as its vice-president of law and corporate affairs is called William Neukom . |
25 | If we had included more papers in the sample the coverage might have appeared more dense , but nevertheless it is clear that it is a minority of unusual cases which get most press exposure . |
26 | Despite the assurances of the prosecuting counsel , the next day the headlines certainly gave a different picture , although the newspapers do make it clear that it is the rapist 's account — Zoe stripped as we talked , claims rapist ( Daily Mail ) ; RAPIST SAYS VICTIM ZOE STRIPPED OFF ( Star ) . |
27 | And to make clear that it is ready to unleash an Interbase onslaught , Borland appointed directors of Interbase operations in the UK for Northern and Germany for Southern and Eastern Europe , and one back home in Scotts Valley for the Pacific Rim . |
28 | IBM has invested so much in the development of , and so much more in the marketing of , OS/2 2.0 that it has to plough on with it even if in 18 months ' time it becomes clear that it is becoming at best a respectable also-ran in the desktop stakes . |
29 | However , it also seems clear that it is permissible to argue , in defence to a prosecution for breach of a statute or regulation , that the relevant statutory provision or regulation is ultra vires ; but it is difficult to see how this involves assertion of a ‘ private law right ’ : there is no private law right not to be prosecuted apart from the right not to be prosecuted maliciously . |
30 | In fact the wording of the Act makes it clear that it is only as mothers that women are given priority in the public sector . |