Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [conj] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | okay , again I mean these are things that talk about confirmation I mean quite honestly I 'm I 'd be quite happy if we had offices where people talk to each other ninety per cent of the time rather than send memos and faxes to each other , and on the whole we are really talking about inside the office with the people who we work with I mean obviously clients as well trying to find something different , we tend tend to find that it 's very very easy sometimes to make a phone call it 's much easier to make a phone call and to talk to that person and give them the personal touch . |
| 2 | Erm , in the letter that you s sending by fax tomorrow , you tend to indicate that it is held while the matter 's sorted . |
| 3 | I think that is what people prefer and want to know about … they want to see that it is Cabinet government . |
| 4 | So if you want to see if it 's actually worked , alright ? |
| 5 | as in this case we go down the three column , the three is a in the numerator N one , right , till we reach seventeen , right , and now test to see if it 's three point two right , so if we |
| 6 | People naturally want to retire and it is therefore important to offer opportunities for fulfilment in leisure , education and voluntary activities and to recognise the valuable role played by older people within the family . |
| 7 | We 've never admitted involvement , neither has he , I want to know if it 's going to stay that way . |
| 8 | Want to know if it 's spreading , if it 's getting worse . |
| 9 | look 's like that an all , I want to know if it 's going in weekly or monthly |
| 10 | ‘ Because we want to know if it is in any way connected to the prince 's state visit . |
| 11 | I want to suggest that it is ultimately unsatisfactory , both on intellectual and political grounds . |
| 12 | I want to suggest that it is the centrality given to this concept of sexuality that constitutes a problem for historians , for it ignores the great variety of cultural patterns that history reveals , and the very different meanings given to what we blithely label as ‘ sexual activity ’ . |
| 13 | So how do you try a new song to make sure that it blends that it 's what you want to do that it 's different how do what where do you try if you do n't try on stage ? |
| 14 | ‘ Purposive sampling ’ occurs when a researcher chooses a particular group or place to study because it is known to be of the type that is wanted . |
| 15 | I want to argue that it is reasonable to believe in God . |
| 16 | If we want to show that it is not spurious , we have to demonstrate that there are no plausible prior variables affecting both the variables of interest . |
| 17 | Instead we are talking about a series of complex configurations of politics , economics and ideology that recursively interact to guarantee that it is not possible to understand what is happening in the local economies of Glasgow , Liverpool or Birmingham in the UK or Baltimore , New York or Toronto in North America without reference to inner city policies wedded to a particular form of symbolic , frequently spectacular , regeneration . |
| 18 | Foreign assistance or aid will be examined later ; suffice to state that it is totally inadequate in relation to the present-day financial needs of many LDCs . |
| 19 | They also seek to ensure that it is spent with due ‘ economy , efficiency and effectiveness ’ . |
| 20 | The application of the reasonableness test is examined in more detail later at Chapter 6 , 2 ; for the present , suffice to say that it is difficult , if not impossible , to predict what clauses will satisfy the reasonableness test , but a clause which appears reasonable is less likely to provoke a challenge than one which appears less reasonable . |
| 21 | You begin to see that it 's just another language . |
| 22 | But now I begin to see that it 's because I do n't know what love is . |
| 23 | If you happen to know that it is the Prime Minister personally who advises the Queen to dissolve Parliament , you will realise that this gives him the whip hand over other members of the Cabinet — who fear the cataclysm of an untimely election as much as back-benchers do . |
| 24 | Is n't it strange that men never seem to wonder whether it 's possible to love two women at once ? |
| 25 | It is not always reported as being in exactly the same location , although recent reports seem to suggest that it is not now capable of the movement which it once , extraordinarily , may have demonstrated . |
| 26 | ‘ You seem to forget that it 's my house , too . ’ |
| 27 | In a more complex case I might sit in on a discussion within a committee but begin to consider that it is not moving in a direction that suits me . |
| 28 | None the less many writers seem to imply that it is , and as a result their position is unclear . |
| 29 | East Lancs spokesman Mr. Graham Vevers commented : ‘ Many people seem to think that it 's already a foregone conclusion that it will come here . |
| 30 | You seem to think that it 's all a game , a make believe . |