Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [conj] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ideally mobile units of 100 or 200 bird houses are preferable if it is possible to either move regularly , or at the end of a laying period on to new pasture . |
| 2 | These projects are still current and the main results of their work are unpublished but it is useful to present the aims of the projects . |
| 3 | Many takeovers in Europe are friendly and it is said that two in three are negotiated without merchant bankers . |
| 4 | You are a slave , you are weak and it is no good for someone to say to you , ‘ Just follow my example ’ , because at moments like that the intrinsic goodness of another person becomes an impossible dream . |
| 5 | Many systems are menu-based and it is not necessary to recall the relation names . |
| 6 | I am assured that it is just a typographical error |
| 7 | If we do take a victim 's view of ourselves — that we are helpless and it 's all impossible — then we wo n't shift . |
| 8 | ‘ Support for the monarchy has been strong but it is weakening . |
| 9 | We have heard many times why that has not been possible and it 's no good crying over spilt milk , as they say in these parts . |
| 10 | I believe the lemon accentuated the tart , refreshing character of the beer , and I am sorry that it is so rarely seen in Germany today . |
| 11 | Very shortly after that the barrister said ( also in the presence of the jury ) , ‘ I am sorry that it is not possible to comply with the jury 's request , but I accept your Honour 's ruling and the thinking that lies behind it . ’ |
| 12 | As explained earlier when describing the model of living and the model for nursing , the 12 ALs are interrelated ; so too the body systems as categorised by the human biologists are interrelated and it is only for the purposes of description and discussion that they are dealt with separately . |
| 13 | Thirdly , the chances are high that it is sitting atop an ancient tectonic boundary that runs east-west under the Mediterranean — this is where the African and Eurasian plates are in contention . |
| 14 | Sheep farmer Alison Hunter Blair has a lamb which has been orphaned after it 's mother died , now through a special lamb bank set up by the national farmers union she 'll be able to find a new mother for the lamb . |
| 15 | A foal has been orphaned after it 's mother was stolen by thieves . |
| 16 | I am afraid that it is not as simple as that . |
| 17 | But if the polls are wrong and it 's a fight to the finish , the verdict may not be known until the West Coast results are in . |
| 18 | I have a waiting list , Miss Thorne , and I am overcrowded as it is . |
| 19 | Morgan Klein ( 1985 ) , in her study of Scottish youth in residential care , concluded from her interviews with young people that they do want help , are often puzzled when communication fails to occur , and are bereft when it is abandoned . |
| 20 | Mr 's status is identical his abilities are different and it 's necessary to have a manager who is mobile . |
| 21 | Gentle exercise such as walking is as valid when you are old as it is when you are young . |
| 22 | I am delighted that it is possible to use this program to produce designs which can then be imported into DesignaKnit and used for knitting . |
| 23 | I am delighted that it is now providing a three-day project at Sir Thomas Picton 's school in Haverfordwest , around its production of Don Pasquale . |
| 24 | said : ‘ I am delighted that it is now up and running and I am confident we have done justice to the concept . ’ |
| 25 | When Mr Royalton-Kisch goes on to describe this joint session of study as a ‘ known feature of the Rembrandt workshop ’ , I am delighted because it is the very foundation of my own very different view of Rembrandt and his school . |
| 26 | Fusil said : ‘ Their feet will get wet in the mud and the paths are dangerous because it is slippery and there is a steep drop down to the river . ’ |
| 27 | However these two bases are distinct and it is clear from Harman J 's judgment that even if he had been dealing with an express confidential information clause in an employment agreement he would have declined to have followed Faccenda . |
| 28 | Research has shown that we are normally not conscious that it takes place , but that we are uncomfortable if it is missing when we would expect it or present on inappropriate occasions — for example in a greeting from a complete stranger . |
| 29 | Laczko and Phillipson do not suggest following the course taken by the United States and introducing an Age Discrimination in Employment Act , but they are convinced that it is important to press for legislation as well as seeking to improve the attitudes of employers . |
| 30 | Most students of the phenomenon however , are convinced that it is ‘ real ’ but that it depends exquisitely on the context . |