Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [conj] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They remain hidden until it is threatened , when it displays them by turning itself upside-down . |
| 2 | They can do whatever they like provided that it is what the Treasury has already agreed . |
| 3 | It needs to dry for a full two minutes before you get dressed because it 's quite sticky . ’ |
| 4 | They feel threatened that it is prying into their own personal affairs . |
| 5 | I 've explained that it 's the King 's personal property until safely delivered to the addressee , but he does n't seem to understand . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't know if it 's true , but there is a frog sometimes seen near the pond in the backyard , and I 've heard that it 's really a poor first-year who — ’ |
| 7 | Examples may make this clearer : A : I 've heard that it 's a good school . |
| 8 | Many feminists will come this far with me but still shy away from the idea of pay for childcare , even when we 've clarified that it 's not the same demand as Wages for Housework . |
| 9 | Perhaps you 've noticed that it 's often difficult , on a bus or a train , to assess bow loudly you are talking ? |
| 10 | Independent advice er comes from major brokers , the banks and building societies have come out of independent advice pretty well , because they 've decided that it 's expensive and a hassle , cos we 're regulated all the time and of course it makes , we 've , we 've got to analyze the products on the market , so we 've got to pay people to do that . |
| 11 | that 's er one of those upright ones in there she said yeah I thought Claire might be interested in that and so I was thinking it was like the ones we 've seen but it 's not , it 's completely round and it 's on erm like a stand like that , you know , it 's an upright |
| 12 | We are happy with our progress we 've made and it 's really up to him . ’ |
| 13 | The weaknesses are lack of security the time difference that it can bring if there 's lots of replies going backwards and forwards erm it might get mislaid , it might never get read , you do n't know you ca n't be sure that people are actually reading the memo er you do n't know what the reaction of the people is you ca n't go back on what you 've said because it 's on paper er and it lacks that personal touch can be expensive on time , times to you but sorry erm but can be expensive not on time but on materials . |
| 14 | You get wet , sweaty , but there 's nothing to dry the sweat off , not sweating and drying off , so they feel clammy , okay , so we 've looked at their colour and we 've felt their skin and we 've felt that it 's horrible and clammy and cold , what about their pulse , we 've gone down to the pulse now |
| 15 | one hand goes one way , one hand goes the other , break it open , put the cardboard away and you need to be ready to try before you pull the next bit off do n't you because as soon as you 've opened that it 's not sterilized any more , so you open that up and you find , unwrap it |
| 16 | Te the important message that you 're , you 've raised and it is a very important one , is that over the next years , I mean we , we will have to change the way that we charge for |
| 17 | Mhm , so you 're ex-directory , Beverley , and you 've found that it 's er , a great benefit as a single mum ? |
| 18 | I 've found that it 's a little early to make judgements about that just yet . |
| 19 | Suitably moved by the warm , fuzzy substances emanating from Kerr 's garage , Mark Arm grabs his harmonica , eases that ever-improving voice up several notches on the pain-ometer and dispenses such homages to excess as ‘ Flat on the floor , flat on my back/Let me tell ya baby I 've found where it 's at , ’ from the scrappy bustle of ‘ Great Down Here ’ . |
| 20 | I 've started but it 's going rather slowly . |
| 21 | When I do have to evict an intruder , I 've discovered that it 's far better to pull the weeds out rather than hoe them . |
| 22 | The last time the chain come off come off , as I say , just come undone and it 's |
| 23 | She thought briefly of AIDS and added : ‘ For one thing , they 've learnt that it is n't very wise … but not because it 's immoral , Johnny . |
| 24 | Fortunately arbitrators and the courts have recognized that it is often not possible in a complicated situation to relate a particular cause to effect : see the remarks of Mr Justice Donaldson in 7 Crosby & Sons v. Portland UDC [ 1976 ] 5 BLR 121 . |
| 25 | These are businesses which have grown naturally because of a need that we have recognized and it is reasonable to suppose that if we have done the job right , and tested the external market to see if such services are not available to our satisfaction elsewhere , we would start with some sort of competitive edge . |
| 26 | While writing this article , I have realised that it is actually a very general problem-solving technique , of which there are many other instances in mathematics and science : If you can not do a problem , transform it to a problem that you can do and then transform the answer back to reach the solution to the original problem . |
| 27 | BOOZE AND THE BALANCE SHEET Excessive drinking costs companies dear , and many have realised that it 's time to do something about it |
| 28 | Eth ethically the Government have cleared it and in fact have forecast that it 's going to be the one . |
| 29 | Neo-classical economists have stressed that it is the increase in the real money supply and the real balance effect which will lead to an expansion of aggregate demand and so eliminate ERW unemployment . |
| 30 | Some councillors have protested that it 's unfair . |