Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] it [is] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It keeps occurring and it 's called ‘ morphic resonance ’ ; something is simply in the air and more than one person picks it up . |
| 2 | If a frog is climbing when it is attacked , it may drop to the ground and lie there motionless for several minutes before risking an escape . |
| 3 | I am not suggesting that it is proven that our motives , reasons and purposes are not themselves reducible to mechanically operating causal factors , as a fully determinist model would have it ; but if that is the case , we are so far from being able to specify these factors that they do not offer a model we can actually work with — as we saw in the discussion of positivist criminology in Chapter 2 . |
| 4 | spends his day blending the malt and seeing that it is despatched correctly . |
| 5 | Richard is responsible for seeing that it is done . |
| 6 | If the parents of a mentally handicapped child immediately reject the child on realising that it is handicapped , or find that life with the child is so difficult that they feel unable to cope , it falls upon the state to find an alternative place of residence , in particular on local authorities . |
| 7 | The bridge plate should only need replacing if it is split or lifting away from beneath the table ; check for this by looking inside with a torch and a small mirror . |
| 8 | Yet there is a danger of reading too much into petitioning unless it is given a firm context . |
| 9 | Secular employment is as sanctified as preaching if it is done ‘ as unto the Lord ’ . |
| 10 | Any visual task is rendered more difficult and fatiguing if it is undertaken in poor lighting . |
| 11 | Now it is standing at a huge sum , growing rapidly , and it is still not going where it is needed ’ . |
| 12 | Now they are exchanging information right away , and not waiting till it is published two years later in a scientific journal . ’ |
| 13 | Should you acquire an adult dog from a rescue centre , it may be worth enquiring whether it is marked in this manner to ensure that the record is updated when you take possession of the dog . |
| 14 | Well , sort of , considering that it 's co-produced by a man named after a Blue Peter dog , Shep Pettibone . |
| 15 | Oak is not really an ideal timber for external joinery since it can suffer from surface checking and splitting if it is exposed to the sun and the rain . |
| 16 | Small points again , like accuracy of feeding when it is needed , become natural to them because they are constantly working at it . |
| 17 | Yet again , Labour is demonstrating that it is engaged in a vendetta against part-time workers . |
| 18 | Husameddin , however , writes that it was in Amasya , not Aksaray , that Molla Fenari studied with Cemaleddin Aksarayi , saying that it is known from several documents that Cemaleddin Aksarayi was , between 751 and 782 [ sic ] ( 1350–1 to 1380–1 ) , muderris in Amasya and kazasker under the emir of Amasya , Hajji Shadgeldi . |
| 19 | I believe the present main warning is that they should not be used with ‘ canmotors ’ , and the May issue of Continental Modeller reviewing a German-made locomotive quotes the accompanying leaflet as saying that it is powered by a ‘ Faulhaber ’ motor which must not be used with ‘ pulse power units ’ . |
| 20 | As expected formation of the low mobility complex was inhibited by the addition of antibody to Oct-1 confirming that it contains Oct-1 whereas the antibody had no effect on the formation of the high mobility complex indicating that it is formed by binding of a cervical protein distinct from Oct-1 ( Figure 3 ) . |
| 21 | Buy the thickest jacket you can find — ideally 80 or 100mm thick — and check that it bears the British Standard Kite mark , indicating that it is made to BS5615:1985 . |
| 22 | Assuming that it is ratified , what is its relevance in the search for a solution to the problem of the enlargement of the EC ? |
| 23 | The problem is , of course , assuming that it is seen as a problem , what one does about it . |
| 24 | If on the other hand you have access to a colour television set at the place where you are staying , you may be able to use this instead , provided that it can be tuned to your camcorder 's signal output and assuming that it is designed for use on the same television standard as the camcorder , eg UK PAL for machines sold in Great Britain ( see page 153 ) . |
| 25 | You can , of course , invest in a stout muzzle , but this provides no real answer to this vice , since the dog will continue biting if it is given the opportunity . |
| 26 | The concept is that applicants should be given credit for prior learning whether it is certificated or uncertificated providing it is at the right level and relevant to the qualification being sought . |
| 27 | A coach firm is claiming that it 's owed more than two thousand pounds by a charity set up to help Bosnian children . |
| 28 | The government has already gone into court arguing that it is justified in not publishing the report — the case goes to the law lords on April 10th — and does not want to anticipate their decision . |
| 29 | On the whole the authors avoid these sterile tactics and show an awareness of the strengths of the relativist position while arguing that it is mistaken . |
| 30 | Ideally , the cord should be allowed to stop pulsating before it is clipped or cut . |