Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [conj] it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the major criticisms of the battery cage has been that it is so small that the hens have no room to move or to perform their natural behaviour patterns . |
| 2 | Throughout , our view has been that it is teachers who are closest to children , and together with parents they are responsible for deciding how to use the tools at hand . |
| 3 | But my argument has been that it is not difficult to defend something roughly resembling the status quo rather than being bludgeoned into a guilty conscience by accepting that one is a covert elitist or racist . |
| 4 | Working within this international world it is , of course , a great help if one speaks several languages , but my own experience has been that it is not the ability to speak another language , rare enough this essential tool of international business is amongst British people , but the experience of having lived and worked with people in another country which is the decisive factor . |
| 5 | The reason that a widening direction is included is because it is very easy for a narrowing to occur while the lengthening process is taking place . |
| 6 | What is often forgotten is that it is us who have to pay to have it cleared up . |
| 7 | ‘ My dear Wilson , ’ he said , ‘ all you need to know is that it is not yet come . |
| 8 | What I do know is that it is disgraceful and defamatory to label as stooges the people from the Borough Community Relations Council who gave up a day 's work to act as observers , and who have made it clear that they would have reported whatever they had seen , good or bad for police . |
| 9 | What we do know is that it is impossible to write any human being off as permanently damaged . |
| 10 | The second question about the WGMS that must be addressed is whether it is technically sound . |
| 11 | Another point worth remembering is that it is important to make sure that your parent 's larder is well stocked with the right kind of non-perishable foods to deal with any emergency such as extreme weather conditions , or times when you may be unable to visit her because of illness or holidays , unless a neighbour is doing her shopping for her . |
| 12 | The reason for keeping women and men separated is that it is felt that a man can not concentrate on prayer when women are in close proximity . |
| 13 | One final point to remember is that it is very easy to overtrain the arms . |
| 14 | The most important fact to remember is that it is highly contagious and one case can very easily develop into a large outbreak unless prompt and very strict isolation of any case is done . |
| 15 | An important thing to remember is that it is very hard to get HIV . |
| 16 | Alice is told that the reason it is grinning is because it is a Cheshire Cat . |
| 17 | A particular characteristic of a state in which extensive social policies have been adopted is that it is a bureaucratic state . |
| 18 | ‘ All I hope is that it is an excellent game which my Rovers lads win 8-0 . ’ |
| 19 | But the critical thing with I twelve as the policy 's currently drafted is that it is location specific . |
| 20 | The answer we readily give is that it is significant because it sums up the gospel . |
| 21 | There are many arguments as to which strategy is best ( de Nevers et al. , 1977 ; Wall , 1976b ) but increasingly the conclusion being reached is that it is possible to make use of the advantages of two or more strategies . |
| 22 | The Everton v Leeds United game at Goodison park is nearly here , I ca n't remember the exact date , all I know is that it is on a Tuesday night . |
| 23 | For one of the reasons given by people for not complaining is that it is a waste of time to do so . |
| 24 | He added : ‘ The picture we are getting is that it is spreading nationally . |
| 25 | The third feature of English discovery to be noted is that it is limited to the discovery of documents . |
| 26 | What you should recognize is that it is a warning sign that you have been doing too much , and that you need to get away from the patient , at least for short periods in the day , if not for some days or weeks . |
| 27 | One thing we discovered was that it is much faster for the team to close up as soon as the game starts and just hold that position as close to the next person as possible . |
| 28 | No it could have been but it is n't . |
| 29 | What I am saying is that it is never too late to reformulate your goals : do n't give up and just accept your lot as if it were a sentence handed out by life . |
| 30 | A second objection that will be brought is that it is odd to treat another as a rational being , in the Kantian sense , in erotic relations , of all places . |