Example sentences of "[conj] it is [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | Its production has become associated with Italy , and in particular the Florence area , where it is represented in the heraldic arms of that city . |
2 | The means of promoting consensus on the curriculum proved to be The National Curriculum 5–16 : a consultation document ( hereafter TNC ) , where it is argued that the national curriculum will help to raise standards by ensuring that all pupils follow a broad and balanced curriculum throughout the compulsory period ; by setting clear objectives of what pupils should be expected to achieve ; by ensuring that all pupils , irrespective of their sex , ethnic origins or geographical location have access to the same curriculum offer ; and by checking on performance and progress at various stages . |
3 | In climatology the system has been adopted as providing a suitable framework and appears as the introductory foundation for Causes of Climate ( Lockwood , 1979a ) , where it is argued that the application of systems theory and mathematics has completely changed the subject of climatology . |
4 | That this order was sometimes carried out is now confirmed in The Secret Hunters by Anthony Kemp ( 1986 ) , where it is revealed that on Operation Loyton , to quote one example , captured S.A.S. soldiers were shot in the locality of Moussey , between Luneville and Strasbourg . |
5 | Likewise , if anthropologists used the word religion in the sense in which it is ordinarily used by ordinary speakers of English , where it is tied in with such compartmentalized matters as church membership and a professional priesthood , then it would have no application at all to most of the societies which anthropologists usually study . |
6 | On the basis of 1 Chronicles 21 , where it is recorded that David incurred divine displeasure because he ordered a national census , some Christian leaders refuse to gather statistics of their membership . |
7 | A large aerogenerator programme is at present underway in the Netherlands where it is hoped that wind will be supplying about one quarter of Dutch electricity demand by the year 2000 . |
8 | The Museo Correr 's own permanent collection of Canova is displayed in the last of the series of rooms , the ballroom , where it is hoped that it can remain on permanent show . |
9 | The aim throughout the year will be to cover all aspects of accompaniment ; Piano in October , Percussion in January , Taped Music in March and , finally in June a Music Workshop where it is hoped qualified teachers will bring along tapes and records that they have used in their classes and which might be helpful to other teachers . |
10 | These may be very useful where it is hoped to build in cross-curricular links . |
11 | Where it is hoped to offer the target 's shareholders " roll-over " or " hold-over " relief on a securities exchange , the bidder will usually find it desirable to obtain advance clearance from the Inland Revenue ( see para 23.2.1.4 below ) . |
12 | The RR wiper motor is mounted in rubber bushes where it is screwed to the bulkhead . |
13 | Given the commitment of general managers , resources will be found and expertise deployed where it is wanted by the managers . |
14 | If there is , the case goes to the Crown Court ( sitting with a jury and in many different places ) , where it is heard by a Queen 's Bench or Circuit judge or by a Recorder ( in certain circumstances joined by two to four Justices of the Peace ) . |
15 | The road leading into the pleasant village of Austwick branches from the A65 and at a fork at the north end of the village a left turn , unsignposted , climbs through a leafy avenue into Crummackdale , reaching open country where it is crossed by an unsurfaced lane coming from Clapham . |
16 | This method works supremely well in Paris Trout , where it is contrasted with the sharply defined small town in a southern state that is the setting . |
17 | Where it is contrasted , as ‘ false consciousness ’ or as ‘ illusory experience ’ with ‘ science ’ — ( cf. |
18 | A sense of diffused uncertainty , of groping in the dark for remedies , associates itself with the theory even where it is accepted . |
19 | Figure 9–3(b) illustrates the special ease where A and B have identical utility functions or , alternatively , where it is accepted that A and B ought always to be treated as if they had identical utility functions . |
20 | Monday 9pm : Finished tape is taken to BBC events unit at Kensington House , Shepherd 's Bush , west London , where it is kept ‘ under lock and key ’ , according to a BBC spokesman . |
21 | In others , such as the strongyloids , it is large , and opens into a buccal capsule , which may contain teeth ; such parasites , when feeding , draw a plug of mucosa into the buccal capsule ( Fig.3 ) , where it is broken down by the action of enzymes which are secreted into the capsule from adjacent glands . |
22 | That not all have survived is made clear in " The New Guide to Islay , " 1900 , where it Is written that " On a plateau near Laggan farmhouse there was until recent times , a sheet of fresh water of considerable size called Lochan na Crannaig — which was drained . " |
23 | The hon. Gentleman does not need to rely on my words to rebut every word that he has just said ; he need only read the latest edition of the in-house magazine of the Confederation of Health Service Employees , where it is written : ’ The Mid-Glamorgan District Linen Service is efficient because it has no choice . |
24 | With the war of words between the two largest republics of the former Soviet Union reaching dangerous levels , Mr Yeltsin 's deputy , Mr Alexander Rutskoy , warned that if Kiev pressed its claims on the fleet , Russia would re-examine the status of the Crimean peninsula , where it is based . |
25 | With the war of words between the two largest republics of the former Soviet Union reaching dangerous levels , Mr Yeltsin 's deputy , Mr Alexander Rutskoy , warned that if Kiev pressed its claims on the fleet , Russia would re-examine the status of the Crimean peninsula , where it is based . |
26 | However , the expertise it has developed serves a much wider geographical area than the West Midlands , where it is based . |
27 | The most sustained recent discussion of the nature of the ‘ academic ’ is to be found in the journal Minerva ( see Shils 1984 ; Lobkowicz 1984 ; Ruegg 1986 ) where it is explored in relation to concepts such as truth , inquiry , research , culture ( Bildung ) , community , rationality , disinterestedness , voluntary solidarity and equality among researchers ; though one should not overlook Broady 's ( 1978–9 ) stimulating attack on mere academicism . |
28 | The cause of this effect is the oscillation in rotor velocity shown in Figs. 4.3 and 4.4 , where it is assumed that the system inertia is sufficient to maintain rotation even if the load torque temporarily exceeds the motor torque . |
29 | And this is what distinguishes the reading of literature from the reading of philosophy which requires that one understands as fully as possible what is meant , and where it is assumed that the writing will illustrate the meaning in a direct and immediate way . |
30 | Other researchers like Bickerton and Bailey work within a " dynamic paradigm " where it is assumed that " the individual is homogeneous and that variability results from the aggregation of internally consistent lects which are different from each other with respect to one or more linguistic features " ( Romaine 1982 : 11 ) . |