Example sentences of "[noun pl] it [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When we go in to write songs it 's not fun , ’ protests Paul , who promptly giggles hysterically as if to suggest that , actually , songwriting is about as much fun you can possibly have with your clothes on . |
| 2 | The normal bass roll-off of -6dB by 38Hz is low enough to lend a convincing weight to the majority of signals and if the bass seems initially a little ‘ polite ’ to some ears it is only because it is tight , with little or no hangover — the dual coupled-cavity technique really does give a positive ‘ start and stop ’ throughout its range . |
| 3 | I mean , it 's stupid you wax your , why do you wax your legs it 's so stupid . |
| 4 | A striking example of their dissociation is provided by the following exchange : on the one hand , Runciman takes it for granted that methodological individualism is ‘ now generally conceded to be almost trivially true ’ , while on the other Torrance asserts that ‘ In so far as methodological individualism is true it is trivial and irrelevant to sociology , while in so far as it is used to curb or dictate explanatory methods it is either incoherent or false ’ . |
| 5 | Of the two methods it is generally agreed that ‘ write black ’ is much better at fine lines and accurate reproduction of small typeface sizes while ‘ write white ’ is best for large areas of solid black . |
| 6 | The latest attraction , Universal Studios Florida , opened last year to rave reviews , and although it 's popular with kids it 's really one of the few theme parks built for adults . |
| 7 | To its regular readers it is also renowned for its humorous In England Now column , introduced 50 years ago and now the subject of a new anthology . |
| 8 | Yeah , well , what but , but I 'm saying is it 's not the antibiotics it is n't the |
| 9 | In some organizations it is still seen as the junior partner to sales , in others it has an equal status , in yet others it has a superior status . |
| 10 | Answer guide : In manufacturing organizations it is extremely important that there is co-ordination between the sales and the production function . |
| 11 | Despite the British Council 's regional offices it is essentially London-based and urban-orientated . |
| 12 | As mentioned above , where a firm which wishes to retain its own identity has increased the number of its branch offices it is sometimes difficult to retain an acceptable degree of harmony between the component parts of the firm and the partners attached to each part . |
| 13 | However , for purely electromagnetic waves it is less clear . |
| 14 | In Stan Whittaker 's eyes it is perhaps good health and good fun that make the sacrifices of a fight against Fascism at all worthwhile . |
| 15 | Of all the recent authors it is perhaps Jeffreys who has developed the most thorough analysis of permissiveness or what she refers to as the ‘ sexual revolution ’ . |
| 16 | They are able to do this because with a large number of depositors it is highly unlikely that they would all want to withdraw their deposits at the same time . |
| 17 | Well this is what I 'm saying Ton you and I have been saying it during the game that that the other players ca n't score goals it 's as simple as that . |
| 18 | And at 3.15 on Tuesdays and Thursdays it 's very attractive indeed . |
| 19 | and amp and a set of speakers it 's about three hundred and odd quid and it 's er Samsung and it 's supposed to be one |
| 20 | This means that the individual items in each notebook can rarely be dated with any precision and that notes in one notebook may , and often do , presuppose plans in another ; even within single notebooks it is not always possible to determine whether items in a sequence belong together . |
| 21 | still come down to a a ratio that has no units it 's just a a number . |
| 22 | Possibly the building industry was one of the most substantial in the country , but as it was based on small local units it is virtually impossible to study . |
| 23 | In most psychiatric units it is now usually considered inappropriate to have one member of staff constantly accompany a patient at risk . |
| 24 | For example , in considering how much to reduce lead emissions from cars it is not impossible to calculate the marginal social cost of producing cars with anti-pollution exhaust systems and the marginal social cost of cars that use more fuel per mile . |
| 25 | It 's an advantage but with cars it 's not really a problem so |
| 26 | For cars it 's actually quarter , twenty five percent on the reducing balance . |
| 27 | Because there were relatively few situations which received the highest risk ratings it is not possible to clearly assess whether this increase continues for all ratings , there is some evidence that it may not since once one unusual subject 's data was removed the three situations receiving the highest subjective risk ratings were in fact never recalled . |
| 28 | The Darlington result has always been one keenly watched by national political pundits it is traditionally a barometer of the way in which the nation generally is set to swing . |
| 29 | Once one has established a ‘ profile ’ of theatre-goers it is then an obvious next step to follow up the question ‘ Who ? ’ with the question ‘ Why ? ’ and the research then begins to fill in the gaps in our knowledge . |
| 30 | In the light of these considerations it is perhaps not surprising that new social divisions and conflicts have arisen in the English village in recent years , nor that the local population has preferred to turn in upon itself in the face of these changes . |