Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | About where it is . |
| 2 | In the solid ( below the glass transition or in the crystalline state ) the " spaghetti " is somewhat less able to slide about than it is in the liquid state . |
| 3 | There are three basic misconceptions which are especially common : first , that doubt is wrong because it is the same thing as unbelief ; second , that doubt is a problem which troubles faith but not knowledge ; and third , that doubt is something to be ashamed of because it is dishonest to believe if you have doubts . |
| 4 | In this chapter we will examine a third misconception about doubt — the idea that doubt is something to be ashamed of because it is dishonest to believe if you have doubts . |
| 5 | In The Facts he examines his own vexed state with reference to the vexed question of whether it is better to make things up , and to distort them , and by contemplating his earlier re-invention of the time-honoured dualistic account of literature and human nature . |
| 6 | It is not a question of whether it is better or worse to remain a virgin or a bachelor , he wrote , but rather of bringing the terror to the surface . |
| 7 | Regardless of whether it is called a ‘ top down ’ model or an elective dictatorship , the formal concentration of political authority in Britain is remarkable . |
| 8 | There is also the question of whether it is better to treat on-site or to transport contaminated soil to a specialist plant . |
| 9 | Regardless of whether it is a tithe or an offering over and above , it is good to analyse the sorts of places where we ought to be giving God 's money . |
| 10 | So far we have considered the significance of attachment in relation to the fundamental but rather general issue of whether it is safe to rely upon others at all . |
| 11 | The first is a simple , unscaled and more or less subjective feeling of whether it is expensive or cheap . |
| 12 | Even if continued economic growth proved feasible there remains the question of whether it is desirable . |
| 13 | Corporate crime is crime irrespective of whether it is only punishable by an administrative body , or whether it merely violates individuals ' civil rights . |
| 14 | This raises the question of whether it is necessary to represent objects at the single cell level . |
| 15 | The further question which feminism raises — to an extent to which , I would contend , this has not been raised before — is that of whether it is moral . |
| 16 | Yet here is a natural means of self-gratification and of relief from sexual tensions which build up in all of us , which is widely viewed ( regardless of whether it is practised ) as somehow wicked , aberrant , distasteful or shameful . |
| 17 | The question of whether it is possible to establish a normative consensus , based on rational discussion undistorted by values , has also been addressed by Habermas ( 1975 , 1979 ) . |
| 18 | It sounds convincing but , as I have already noted , most people who know a particular species well quickly develop a good intuitive sense from an animal 's bodily and facial postures of whether it is likely to attack or escape . |
| 19 | The section does not of itself confer a power to withhold information in the proceedings themselves , but an application under the section necessarily raises the question of whether it is proper to do so . |
| 20 | Although this difficulty could be resolved by adopting some kind of stratified sampling procedure ( Trudgill , for example , sampled four electoral wards of which the social characteristics were known ) , a more general question emerges of whether it is always reasonable to take the population of an urban area as a sampling universe , when in fact a high proportion of the higher-status people who work in that city actually reside in neighbouring towns . |
| 21 | Whatever the difficulties involved in applying Halliday 's model of thematic analysis to a given language , and irrespective of whether it is possible to reproduce the thematic patterning of the source text on a given occasion , one thing is certain : translators must not underestimate the cumulative effect of thematic choices on the way we interpret text . |
| 22 | In consequence , the basis tends to zero , irrespective of whether it is positive or negative . |
| 23 | ‘ It is a purely ideological desire to see the private sector providing regardless of whether it is appropriate or not . ’ |
| 24 | In the latter case the net income attributable to shareholders will have to be assessed on the basis of whether it is reasonable compared with desired yields . |
| 25 | A ball-point pen is a ‘ biro ’ to many people , regardless of whether it is a Biro , or a Parker , or a Papermate , for example . |
| 26 | The Arabic , for example , is ambiguous in respect of whether it is the copy or the itself that Yusuf Bali — who held the kadilik of Bursa for a time in the 840s-wrote ; and , on the evidence of the signature alone , it seems entirely possible that at some point , perhaps during his kadilik , he made a copy of the which Molla Husrev subsequently attested to be a true copy . |
| 27 | This raises the question of whether it is possible to make any distinction between black holes , beyond differences in mass . |
| 28 | In fact , ‘ Regardless of whether it is called ethos , source credibility , status differential , opinion leadership , charisma or power , the conclusion seems inescapable — who you are can influence how your messages are received . |
| 29 | According to the hon. Member for Sedgefield , once a programme is introduced it must carry on for ever , regardless of whether it is the most effective way of achieving those aims . |
| 30 | The question of whether it is in fact an asset of the business or of Fred can be explored in more detail . |