Example sentences of "[vb base] it is [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people who designed the drill say it is capable of drilling for oil in almost any direction , and will penetrate deposits that today 's drills can not reach . |
| 2 | Many China-watchers say it is impossible to be as specific as that . |
| 3 | Some say it is good for the Prime Minister to mix with the crowd and others that for a Prime Minister it is less than dignified . |
| 4 | Senior sources say it is appropriate for Whitbread to move away from being a family-dominated group , saddled with an arcane share structure , in 1992 , its 250th anniversary . |
| 5 | They say it is unjust for the publicans and bad for the pubs . |
| 6 | Erm and the difference in appraisal between the groups of people that knew about the speaker before and those that did n't know anything , they say it is important to the similarity attraction . |
| 7 | Professor Alan Smithers and Pamela Robinson , of Manchester University , say it is vital for Britain 's economic future that more young people are persuaded to stay at school after 16 . |
| 8 | In the first place it is essential to the concept of graded tests that they should be taken by students when they are ready , from time to time throughout their school career , or indeed after school ( there is no reason why a grandmother and granddaughter should not practise side by side for their Grade 1 piano examination ) . |
| 9 | ‘ I imagine it is impossible for just anyone to come in here to see your work , as I have ? ’ |
| 10 | Once an infection takes hold it is difficult for antibiotics to destroy all the bacteria , so some survive to start more trouble later . |
| 11 | As an adjunct to assertion and challenge it is vital for teachers , both individually and collectively , within the school and externally , to be able to clarify the whole structure of the demand/limitation framework within which they are working . |
| 12 | It provides an effective descant over voices , and can sound languid and restful , especially when unaccompanied in its bottom octave , rising from middle C. In its middle register it is useful for teaching new tunes or doubling the melody line . |
| 13 | ‘ That you wear it is sufficient for my purpose . |
| 14 | Ginseng is another alternative , but it is expensive and should not be taken for more than a month , as doctors suspect it is harmful to those who have high blood pressure . |
| 15 | This is proved by a letter from one Mr. Wildhagen to Sir William le Fleming and dated the 19 October 1721 : " hellip ; your honr know it is impossible for the men to work att your Fells of Conistone in the winter season for long as their houses are unbuilt , they haveing so far to come and go to thir lodgings … |
| 16 | We know it is foolish to be too trusting of other people , but may we be prepared to take risks sometimes and give other people a chance to get close to us . |
| 17 | " But we know it is difficult for foreigners in Egypt to deal with all the many problems . |
| 18 | I know it is hard for those of you travelling a long way , but it is very disconcerting for the poor teacher to have a steady trickle of latecomers all through the lesson — particularly when most of the latecomers are not the people who have travelled furthest ! |
| 19 | Remember it is illegal for anyone to use a metal detector on a scheduled ancient monument unless permission has been obtained from the Secretary of State for the Environment . |
| 20 | ‘ I am here to plead my case with my father 's creditors and to sell the family jewels , I suppose it is selfish of me to be concerned with such trifles when you have such pressing concerns like where you shall live , in the London home or at Summer Lodge . ’ |
| 21 | Well , I suppose it is constructive in a way , but you never really see anything for it and it 's all routine . |
| 22 | I suppose it is unusual for a woman to sell paan and cigatettes but then one has to work to survive . |
| 23 | But in the main I believe it is due to a change of attitude by props in particular . |
| 24 | This may sound like a special aesthetic law , but in fact I believe it is implicit in the very act of pronouncing , or thinking , the word ‘ hypocrite ’ : you only use it when you have caught one . |
| 25 | Sir David Attenborough and two former managing directors of the BBC , Sir Paul Fox and Mr Cotton , believe it is hypocritical of the chairman of the governors to consider hosting the dinner . |
| 26 | ‘ I believe it is good for artists to teach students . |
| 27 | I hesitate to use adjectives as to what they would be like if they did n't spend at that level , but we believe it is possible for them to do so and there is something wrong with their spending levels if they do n't do it . |
| 28 | I believe it is possible in March . |
| 29 | Many believe it is tough for a black person to make it and that leaves them two choices . |
| 30 | We believe it is important for LASMO to be active internationally . |