Example sentences of "[coord] it is [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to explain latent inhibition in terms of the habituation of the OR it is clearly necessary to interpret the latter as being some central response , the evocation of which is necessary for speedy conditioning . |
| 2 | Either there is no cancer risk , or it is very small . ’ |
| 3 | As you can see , unless you feel that there is something suspect about the property , such as an extension which you feel may be badly constructed , or it is very old ( say , 18th century ) it is really not worth paying out for the more in-depth survey in the initial stages , which costs twice as much as the ordinary valuation survey . |
| 4 | It is , however , because religion is about the archaic heritage of humanity , and involves relations with parent figures , particularly the father , that one would expect emotional reactions to the subject ; either religion is the most important part of life , and immune to scientific investigation for that reason , or it is too trivial to be worth a working scientist 's time . |
| 5 | In the present case , he submitted , the House of Lords has now conclusively ruled that there is not and never was a contract , and it is thus apparent on the plain words of article 5(1) itself that these restitutionary claims can not possibly be properly classified as matters relating to a contract . |
| 6 | He is once referred to by the chronicler , Matthew Paris [ q.v. ] , as ‘ Master Longespee ’ and it is thus possible that he was a son of William Longespée , third Earl of Salisbury ( died 1226 , q.v. ) , who was Henry III 's uncle . |
| 7 | The theoretical territory attached to this hillfort , as suggested by Ian Burrow , is very similar to the land defined in the seventh-century charter , and it is thus possible that the estate of the hillfort persisted throughout the Roman period to emerge as a land unit belonging to Glastonbury Abbey until the sixteenth century . |
| 8 | Little detail is provided , however , and it is thus difficult to evaluate his work fully . |
| 9 | It is coming from a region where the mean velocity is smaller and it is thus likely to be moving downstream more slowly than its new environment ; i.e. it is more likely to have negative u than positive . |
| 10 | These were the only elements on the council between which there is any contemporary suggestion of hostility and it is thus significant how evenly they were balanced on the commissions . |
| 11 | These were the only elements on the council between which there is any contemporary suggestion of hostility and it is thus significant how evenly they were balanced on the commissions . |
| 12 | The colon in these animals is a smooth , uniform tube , without sacculations or teniae , and it is approximately C-shaped and devoid of the sharp angulations seen in man . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , with all their drawbacks , panels are interesting ways of collecting information and it is rather surprising that they have not been used more in academic research where ideas rather than pin-point accuracy of measurement may be the desired goal . |
| 14 | Chief Insp Roger Worton , of West Yorkshire police , said : ‘ We did n't expect that and it is rather surprising . ’ |
| 15 | But there is some strain on the heart and it is rather large and it is n't working so well . |
| 16 | There is no doubt that the corporatist literature is important : it is ambitious ; it is sensitive to the tie-up between politics and economics ( in a way which pluralism never was ) ; it deals not just with the process of public policy-making but with the substantive outcomes of that process as well ; and it is keenly alive both to the clashes of interests and to the forces which have tended to hold those clashes in some kind of check . |
| 17 | The unusual nature of these counter-examples indicates that they are indeed the exceptions which prove the rule , and it is normally reasonable to assume that coins made from the same die were produced at the same time and place . |
| 18 | IT IS NOT unusual for scientific predictions to be made long before techniques are available to test them — and it is particularly satisfying when such predictions are at last fulfilled . |
| 19 | Planting is chosen for ease of maintenance and it is particularly useful to use the two trees , birch and sorbus provide vertical emphasis , helping to counteract the steep slope . |
| 20 | The development corporation has wide powers to attract new industries , for instance with grants or by building cheap factories , and it is particularly keen on electronics . |
| 21 | There is substance in this argument ; and it is particularly revealing ( as already noted by Voigt ) that the work follows the scheme used by Gaius , which otherwise does not feature in juristic writings . |
| 22 | The current imbalance between farming and conservation interests is most marked in the seven parks controlled locally by Conservative or Independent councils ; and it is particularly great at present because the Conservative administration returned in May 1979 has shown preference for farmers in its appointments . |
| 23 | This is another example of constructive liability , and it is particularly inappropriate here , in so far as the law is aiming to produce a ‘ ladder ’ of offences graded in terms of relative seriousness . |
| 24 | And it is particularly inappropriate when applied to the world 's waters . |
| 25 | With this method it is possible to establish an objective physical link between different coins , and it is particularly important in the study of late medieval and modern coinages . |
| 26 | It is important to consider the content of the contract very carefully , and it is particularly important to examine the special conditions . |
| 27 | Ideally the classes support the work done on the production project and it is particularly valuable if there is strong liaison between voice and movement tutors with the director of a project — not least in helping students see how the instructional classes connect with their own performances . |
| 28 | Few visitors are welcome in Indian prisons , and it is particularly difficult for foreigners to achieve access . |
| 29 | Its aim is to understand the historical origins and the development in the successive cultural milieux through which the Christian faith has passed of the major doctrines in which these beliefs have been expressed ; and it is particularly concerned with the contemporary appraisal and formulation of these doctrines in view of the dominant directions of modern thought , and with their ecumenical prospects . |
| 30 | He is horrified by the contemptuous way in which fat Establishment cats speak of workers and it is particularly unfortunate that his enthusiastic support for co-operatives should have foundered because he backed dodgy horses . |