Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [conj] it [is] " in BNC.

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1 She represents hope and it is the purity of MacMillan 's design which shows how ‘ the whole body dances ’ .
2 Dip this end into hormone rooting powder while it is still moist from the cut so that some powder adheres , shake or tap off the surplus and lay it aside for a few minutes while the others are being prepared .
3 Essentially , this relates to risk assessment but it is made especially difficult because genetic engineering affects so many regulatory bodies , including those concerned with public health as well as the environment .
4 However , to choose either route is to lose information on either means or status that is helpful to targeting support where it is most required .
5 Personal spirituality can only make progress if it is in partnership with social spirituality .
6 What is common to all is that as symbols of excellence precious substances embody and display values and it is by entertaining and expressing values that men declare their identity as human beings rather than as mere primates .
7 Well you do n't , you do n't really look as if you need to lose weight cos it 's probably why you got a few stares , it 's like all the diet books that have sylphlike people on the front .
8 ‘ And they do n't make concessions and it 's not just airpistols firing paint blobules .
9 The simultaneous withdrawal of the state from regulative intervention in labour matters clearly advantaged employers and it is hard to deny that all this amounted to class legislation .
10 It was noted earlier that training can arouse resistance if it is perceived to have been imposed by policy decisions .
11 Nottingham Graduate needs money if it is to keep its present size .
12 One of the most disgusting traits exhibited by the liberal is his inability to smell shit when it 's under his nose .
13 Bill Mumford says you need climbing skills and it 's a challenge that takes them into a new realm … he says they are praying for dry weather … but it gets very cold … drops to minus twenty at night
14 A safer course ( assuming that the business wishes to exclude liability where it is permitted to do so — ie in non-consumer cases ) is to have one set of terms , including the appropriate exclusion clauses , but to include a provision that the forbidden exclusions do not apply in a case where the buyer deals as a consumer .
15 My policy regarding Morecambe is this , people come into Morecambe as a private individual like yourself , like me , like my family and we come in here to accept Morecambe as it is
16 If there are more than four I go to the cupboard and nip cognacs till it 's all over for me , my dear ’ , or ‘ Last Sunday I had a fearful crise .
17 Blanket speed limits applied to all vehicles must be set at such a low figure as to ensure reasonable safety with the most badly designed vehicle when it is in the worst acceptable state of maintenance .
18 I 'm sure I do n't need to inform Gadfly that it is the media that put faces to names .
19 This type of data storage is useful for analysis techniques but has limitations when it is necessary to manipulate a number of models simultaneously , as in designing complete assemblies .
20 Has no one ever taught you the gracious art of how to accept help when it 's offered ? ’
21 ABILL improving guarantees on cars and household goods has a good chance of becoming law because it is being introduced by the MP who topped the ballot for private members ' bills .
22 Although there is no doubt that this view is supported in London — which tends to see the West in terms of an Anglo-Saxon axis and the ‘ special relationship ’ between Britain and the United States — France has reservations and it is clearly not shared by southern European nations .
23 He has fame and it is abundantly apparent he has wealth .
24 Dietary fibre is a sponge-like material which absorbs and holds water as it is chewed in the mouth and passes down the gastro-intestinal tract .
25 I just ca n't believe you 're walking coats and it 's snowing .
26 I do n't think their audience cares about pop success , they do n't buy stuff because it is in the charts .
27 The problem with ballet is it alienates people because it is culture .
28 The two-bedroom cottage needs refurbishment but it is in a superb location , in the middle of woodland owned by the National Trust and overlooking the River Yealm .
29 His first priority will be to find players as it is understood that several of last season 's side want to leave .
30 Money as an ‘ independent base ’ can not win elections although it is vital in launching a successful campaign .
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