Example sentences of "[prep] it is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , it is virtually impossible to determine exactly how much Grampian produced whisky is exported because much of it is blended and/or bottled elsewhere . |
| 2 | This creeps across the shelf and down the continental slope , spreading along the sea-bed ; much of it is formed over the shelves of the Weddell and Ross bights , and from there it spreads far northward into the northern hemisphere . |
| 3 | This can take many forms , but the idea is that part of it is strapped around your backside ; this prevents the hook from riding up and allows you to take all the weight of the rig by sitting . |
| 4 | Consequently most of it is scored for orchestral accompaniment : to extract the songs and perform them with piano , either in a performance-art format , as does Angelina Réaux , or as a Liederabend like Carole Farley , is to present a one-dimensional aspect of the music and an ultimate disservice to the composer . |
| 5 | Although nowadays a certain amount of mechanical testing is done for what might be called academic reasons , by far the most of it is done for strictly practical ends and in fact a thorough knowledge of the actual strength of its materials is , like drains and income tax , one of the things which no advanced civilization can do without . |
| 6 | Some of it is done by legislation which erm fire officers have to erm put to use er and , and work to erm and then there 's a lot of good will advice and , and help that can be given , er and publicity and training and so on which comes under the big wing of fire prevention . |
| 7 | The paper is much more tentative because some of it is based on evidence which has not always been gathered from studies designed specifically to elicit people 's conceptions in the mind . |
| 8 | Much of this belief is soundly based in experience but part of it is based on wishful thinking . |
| 9 | It is n't used now and most of it is blocked off . |
| 10 | The point of it is to take the church celebrations outside to the people . |
| 11 | If part of the price is determined by completion accounts , the vendor will want the price to be paid as soon as it is determined , or as soon as part of it is determined if the balance is disputed . |
| 12 | Most of it is covered in water . |
| 13 | Most of it is covered in water but it 's still called Earth . |
| 14 | Er and B , that surely a lot of it is covered in our training already . |
| 15 | Evidence of its long lively history is abundant in the village and although some of it is impressively obvious , much of it is tucked away in farmyards and back gardens . |
| 16 | What I wanted to say was that when I read the Annual Report I was rather surprised to find that there is no reference to the er report of the committee under the chairmanship of Bob , Bob on the organization of the R Y A and then I realized that it probably did n't come to the Council till after the end of the year that we have under consideration but it did seem to me that it has some contentious and some very interesting and rather good points in it and I wonder if we could be told how the consideration of it is getting on . |
| 17 | of it is manufactured in Holland , which is one of our EC partners ? |
| 18 | A sudden sight of it is startling . |
| 19 | When the sun 's rays hit the Earth a lot of the heat is reflected back into space but some of it is kept within the Earth 's atmosphere . |
| 20 | There is an extensive and rapidly growing literature on the tectonics of plate interiors , but unfortunately much of it is written from a geophysical rather than a geomorphic perspective and it is not readily accessible to readers lacking a good grounding in physics and maths . |
| 21 | The insert procedure itself varies somewhat from model to model , but the essence of it is to arrange for the over-recording to end at a pre-determined out point . |
| 22 | But this is not to deny his achievement , which was fairly clearly founded on political , military , administrative and diplomatic skills of a high order , and his own sense of it is indicated by his adoption around this time of a crown modelled on that worn by the German emperors . |
| 23 | He seizes in his stomach , showing clearly how much of it is to spare , and thrusts his hand straight down the front of his trousers . |
| 24 | Proceedings for the recovery of land , for foreclosure or redemption of a mortgage , for enforcing a charge or lien on land ( other than a charging order made under the Charging Orders Act 1979 ) , or for the recovery of moneys secured by a mortgage or charge on land , must be started in the court where the land or part of it is situated ( Ord 4 , r 3 ) . |
| 25 | A lot of it is to do with attitude . |
| 26 | And I think it 's , a great deal of it is to do with failed expectations . |
| 27 | We feel we do a great deal of work in this area but the majority of it is incorporated in thematic work or incidental . |
| 28 | Well I work as a psychotherapist and it seems to me that for some people change is impossible and when that is the case then its my job to help them to come to terms with who they are and what they are and how there going to remain , but the other side of it is helping people to change and I have to say usually its to loose weight , that 's the biggest reason people want to change . |
| 29 | I think a lot of it is to test the record company or maybe they are testing the fans . |
| 30 | thing through in this way and are ready to speak of being convinced of it is to see whether we can express it . |