Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] it [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Production has been increasingly globalized , with processes located where it is most advantageous in terms of profit maximization . |
| 2 | Sometimes it is omitted where it is historically expected to be present , and sometimes it is added where it is not expected . |
| 3 | If we are of a lazier disposition , the solution is simple and usually quite acceptable : if the same note will occur in two or more parts it can be omitted where it is least necessary and retained only in the principal part ( thus in Example 140 we would keep the E♭ only in the upper voice , to retain the melodic shape ) . |
| 4 | Most typically , the apparent reality of the object is an effect of its being treated like a painting ; the text frames its object and then refers to it in terms that suggest that it is already represented on a canvas . |
| 5 | Newson and Newson ( 1.3 ) suggest that it is only in this century that questions about how to bring up children have been widely discussed ; hitherto the niceties of different child-rearing philosophies were set aside in the face of a more fundamental dilemma , whether children would survive at all beyond the first few years . |
| 6 | However that may be , we suggest that it is more important to have committed members than representative ones , and in this regard our evaluation of the Coordinating Team is very positive . |
| 7 | Some suggest that it is more important to be able to bring political pressure to bear , so that the elected representatives of whatever sex will pass legislation of benefit to women . |
| 8 | If the affidavits suggest that it is more likely than not that the defendant would succeed in establishing a statutory immunity that is a weighty factor in favour of refusing to grant an injunction . |
| 9 | The company adds that it is already benefiting from increased efficiency and expects a large return on its financial investment in Weldon . |
| 10 | Tom adds that it is very important for young horses to have their teeth checked before they are bitted and broken ; racehorses usually have their first session at two years-old . |
| 11 | In reality , the only difference between the two media is that the public knows how newspapers get their stories — though they do n't know that it 's exactly the same way as people in television get them . |
| 12 | But do you know that it 's actually saved you from losing any of these employees . |
| 13 | I do n't know that it 's terribly clean . |
| 14 | Caspar , genuinely appalled , said , ‘ But do n't you know that it 's almost the most dangerous place in the whole of Ireland ? ’ |
| 15 | You do n't know that it 's there but I do . |
| 16 | erm I think I do n't know that it 's so much class , I think it 's just this image of girls do this and or women do that and men do the other . |
| 17 | When you if if you think about a country of song you might think of Wales , but anybody visiting Ireland will know that it 's really Ireland 's got to be a country of song because if you go there you 've got to sing . |
| 18 | Stavanger has a considerable holding of Ingard stock , but he must know that it is largely worthless . |
| 19 | But how do we know that it is vocationally advantageous to study history or to put it the other way round , that to study history is not vocationally disadvantageous ? |
| 20 | I am sure this happens , but I do n't know that it is any more so than for most other serious books , including the Bible and Shakespeare . |
| 21 | They should also know that it is very important that there must be established in the child 's mind at a very early age a dawning awareness of the fact that for all his life he will be required to submit to control from some source or other . |
| 22 | Do you know that it is far better to train by reward than by punishment ? |
| 23 | ‘ You are an apprentice historian and therefore should know that it is only in this century that this attempt to sanitise death has stricken our race . |
| 24 | How ancient this thought is we can see by noticing that it is just the figure Plato used in The Republic to supply his political myth justifying political inequality ( Bk . |
| 25 | No-one with even a passing knowledge of tax would doubt that it is now one of the most complex areas of an accountant 's work . |
| 26 | No one can doubt that it is far better to aim to prevent job problems arising than to try to cure them by means of a law suit . |
| 27 | However , it should also be stressed that it is sometimes necessary in the turbulent transitional environment to make quick , dramatic changes in the organization 's character . |
| 28 | It should also be stressed that it is perfectly possible to have reservations about , or even to reject , both these schools , and yet to accept that there has indeed been a major shift in the economy and geography of the UK since the mid-1960s ! |
| 29 | They are also happy to accept that it is only because we have these mental states that we behave as we do . |
| 30 | But I 've come to accept that it 's far more sensitive and vulnerable than my other possessions and it can not be hauled back to the manufacturers at the first sign of malfunction . |