Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] it [is] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Britain is leading the way in this and it is hoped that other countries will soon follow suit .
2 It 's all very clear and it 's supported and led by a very strong musical energy — I do n't mean necessarily me , I 'm talking about Mussorgsky 's phenomenal score . ’
3 Again that , that is , is very clear and it 's representing initiation rituals .
4 The British Goverenemnt wants all ferries to be updated by 1993 and it 's trying to persuade the rest of the world to agree , but the families say its taking too long .
5 ‘ Change-orientation ’ is the youngest and it is gaining ground .
6 See so it 's just by learning the pattern it 's like say if you were you were playing football every time somebody every time the ball came towards you you had to learn all about the way the ball goes Oh it 's you know it 's slowing down cos the grass is wet and it 's curling and things like that .
7 Oh God , thought Preston , I 'm only thirty-six and it 's started already .
8 The review process will continue during session 1988–89 and it is anticipated that the following modules will be revised for session 1989–90 :
9 The reason for this is not clear but it is believed to be related to surface characteristics such as defect chemistry .
10 The house is very charming but it 's taken 20 years to get to the present condition .
11 The basic professional stand against censorship is sound but it is weakened by inaction when opportunities arise to be decisive and it is further weakened by elements of the profession which seek to censor , while often interpreting this as positive discrimination .
12 erm developed and it 's gon na be released in the next few months
13 Average household size was 2.61 persons in 1991 and it is predicted this will fall to 2.51 by 2001 and 2.41 by 2011 .
14 Cos you clean a little bit , you clean the outside and it 's raining , cos you ca n't take the hoover out there and
15 Arthur is inclined to be delicate and it 's feared he has not long to live .
16 He left during pre-production and it is said on the South Bank that nobody even dared tell Birt 's successor , the more ruggedly populist Greg Dyke , of the project 's existence .
17 Well it 's never going to go straight and it 's going to put the whole lot out is n't it ?
18 He is only forty-two but it is feared he may have tuberculosis .
19 Now you 're alright , that 's everything should happen there but it is not physically impossible but it 's gon na put staff under a lot of stress and we 're gon na have to play the game of making it workable .
20 I shall here consider three such attempts to connect past and present : firstly , that which I shall call a ‘ kairos ’ approach , in which the past is basically normative but it is said that there can be development ; secondly , that which I shall call the ‘ golden thread ’ approach , in which a leading motif is lifted out of the past and applied in another situation ; thirdly , that which I shall call an ‘ a priori ethical ’ position , in which essentially authority is seen to lie in the present but there is not perceived to be any fundamental clash with the past .
21 Do you know it is , it 's a little tiny but it 's going on for ages and ages .
22 It 's dear and it 's dying !
23 He is frail and it is upsetting for her . ’
24 You ca n't sleep you 're actually providing your own sleep deprivation and you say hey , next thing you know I really will be falling down the stairs ! but he does n't seem to get the joke and then it 's back to the cell and then the interview room with the barred , opaqued windows so you ca n't see out and they switch on the tape-machine recording everything as usual and it 's getting more bizarre ; they get me to do a Michael Caine voice !
25 Many takeovers in Europe are friendly and it is said that two in three are negotiated without merchant bankers .
26 The Jockey Club believes that in the long term Sunday racing without cash betting is impractical and it is resigned to trying to bring about a change in the legislation by a private members ' bill .
27 This will normally be impractical and it is suggested that the purchaser may wish to distinguish between the following three levels of consent : ( a ) critical consents ; ( b ) material consents ; ( c ) ancillary consents .
28 There is a 50 gallon mark on the 4′ tank but I have filled it higher than that and it is holding 65 gallons .
29 ‘ If Lennox does n't learn to crouch and get his right hand up more , Ruddock will zoom in on that and it is going to be all over .
30 However , gold and silver colourings , though stunning in effect , do not taste pleasant and it is suggested that they are not eaten in any quantity .
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