Example sentences of "[adv] it is [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it is simply a need to humanise what is , after all , rather an inhuman subject . ) |
| 2 | The reason escapes me — perhaps it is just a case of common theft . |
| 3 | Perhaps it is just a failure of the communication system . |
| 4 | Shortage of time is a common complaint in every walk of life , but perhaps it is only a perception . |
| 5 | So it is strategically a most important erm criterion . |
| 6 | Even so it is quite a rarity for the commander of an army formation voluntarily to suggest coming under the command of the RAF . |
| 7 | There 's a dilemma of who 's taking decisions about what and should the troops on the ground who may be involved , could be involved in fighting following an air strike erm are not under a NATO flag , they 're under a United Nations flag , so it is quite a complex situation and a very delicate one to handle . |
| 8 | So it is essentially a fixed price ? |
| 9 | So it is almost a matter of philotimo , honour , that even in the relatively affluent Greece of recent years nobody who can possibly fiddle his taxes has failed to do so . |
| 10 | Even so it is only a more oblique reference to the same theme , since the Avignon of the title refers to a street in the prostitutes ' quarter of Barcelona . |
| 11 | So it is really a way of of getting away from just everything being in Westminster . |
| 12 | And as the years go by and the father retires the son comes on to the boat , so it is really a very family thing , the lifeboat service . |
| 13 | So it is especially a matter for satisfaction that the signatories nevertheless provided a chapter in support of the specified objective . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , if that 's so it is indeed a great pity , Dr Ash , but in view of Dr Prior 's importance to the company you must understand that we have little choice in this matter . |
| 15 | Like many other rural areas , South Cave is rapidly losing many acres of its lovely open spaces due to expansion , nevertheless it is still a very pleasant village to live in . |
| 16 | Nevertheless it is still a loan that of course has to be repaid . |
| 17 | Thus it is both a cash crop and a fodder crop . |
| 18 | It 's not unusual for horses to do this and more often than not it is just a tiny nick and does n't cause any problem or any pain . |
| 19 | Whether or not it is properly a part of literary studies may be a matter for dispute , but it undoubtedly constitutes an important position concerning the relationship of linguistics and literature . |
| 20 | Even when it is not it is often a good way of generating conventions . |
| 21 | Subservience becomes a habit , and to step outside it is indeed a going out into the unknown , a going into a wilderness , where there are no clear paths forward , where life is precarious , and survival itself uncertain . |
| 22 | Elsewhere — as in the Jura — corals are more important than rudists and usually it is only a reef limestone in the broadest Gallic sense of that term ; that is to say , a massive limestone without bedding planes and commonly recrystallised . |
| 23 | My technique is based on inhibition , the inhibition of undesirable , unwanted responses to stimuli , and hence it is primarily a technique for the development of the control of human reaction . |
| 24 | This is an effective solution ; clearly it is also a logical impossibility . |
| 25 | The Survey describes the gneisses in this zone as : gneiss with cataclasite fabric meaning gneiss that has suffered crushing ; mashed gneiss meaning gneiss that has been severely crushed ; and pseudotachylite — close to the actual plane of the thrust , meaning gneiss that has been crushed so severely it is now a black , flinty , very fine grained or glassy rock . |
| 26 | The patient may shoot himself before finding out it is only an ingrowing toenail . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Now it is nearly a month later and we are formulating our plan ’ . |
| 28 | Now it is only a small island with a few houses and the great cathedral with its accompanying church , S. Fosca . |
| 29 | Now it is merely a shambles . |
| 30 | This means that realistically it is only a new board , after a boardroom coup or a take-over , or the liquidator , who will be in a position to act . |