Example sentences of "[subord] it is [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | — far lower than in Germany , where it is 26 per cent. , the United States where it is 33 per cent. , and Japan where it is more than 60 per cent . |
| 2 | Everything was er so much more difficult than it , than it is today and er things were not sort of disposed of like they are now . |
| 3 | At that time , ultrasonagraphy was less developed than it is today and was not available in all 10 treatment centres . |
| 4 | Crime is lower in their area than it is nationally and the clear-up rate is higher . |
| 5 | In previous generations it was much less likely than it is now that grandparents would have lived to know their grandchildren as adults ( see chapters 2 and 3 ) . |
| 6 | Volcanoes emit very large concentr very large amounts of hydrochloric acid as a gas H C L gas and earlier in the earth 's history volcanic activity was much , much more widespread than it is now and during this period vast amounts of H C L were emitted . |
| 7 | It was a bit of a pill at the time and y used to pay a shilling in the pound , well a shilling was a lot more valuable than it is now and erm I used to begrudge paying in it forty eight and sixpence but it does provide the , well the pleasures of life now , whereby the pens the ordinary old age pension would n't . |
| 8 | Those who are asking for that — many voices , including important voices , in Northern Ireland are asking for it — would create a situation for everybody in Northern Ireland that would be far worse than it is now and , God knows , it is bad enough at present . |
| 9 | Leeds is now the third largest city in England and the 20th in Europe , so it is right that it should have international ambitions . |
| 10 | You do n't want to spend the first morning of your honeymoon trying to re-do it yourself , so it is probably as well to stick to something simple . |
| 11 | Some of them are reluctant to ask visiting relatives , who may already be doing shopping for them , to run extra errands , such as taking prescriptions to the chemist or clothes to the launderette or dry cleaners , changing their library books and collecting their pension ; so it is always as well to check to make sure that you are meeting these needs , or arranging for someone else to do so . |
| 12 | Its activities have grown with every year , but public financing has not , so it is more and more dependent on what it can extract through planning regulations from the developers and industrialists themselves . |
| 13 | America is the closest thing to a financial laboratory for these sorts of questions , so it is there that most of the answers should be sought . |
| 14 | Once drained , which takes anything from four to eight hours , the cheese can be eaten immediately , with or without the addition of fresh cream ; or it can be left draining until it is all but dry , when it can be kept for cooking , or salted and flavoured for consumption as a mild cheese . |
| 15 | Everyone has some quality they like , even if it is just that you are kind to animals . |
| 16 | If it is even if you 've never heard of them before you know sort of funnium carbonate or something |
| 17 | I wonder if it is here that the pictures are to appear , worrying that the seats are badly arranged , pointing the wrong way , that we wo n't be able to see them properly . |
| 18 | Moreover , if we make indiscriminate use of drafting , if it is invariably or artificially imposed , it may well lead to a child 's interest in writing declining . |
| 19 | If it is simply that ‘ our heritage is our power ’ , and women gain strength today by looking to their sisters in the past , if what interests her is the vision of an equality between women and men , Schüssler Fiorenza might well be better advised to look to other communities in the ancient Near East . |
| 20 | However , if it is right that a change is as good as a rest , you should now feel rested and ready to cope with anything . |
| 21 | It is generally possible to isolate at least one compelling selling feature even if it is only that your client 's product is the cheapest . |
| 22 | ‘ Could you please look around your yard/station/siding to see if it is there before we have to cancel trains because of lack of locomotives . ’ |
| 23 | When the ferret is re-entered he will either kill another rabbit if it is there or , if it is tucked up , he will scrap away at its hindquarters . |
| 24 | Hallworth , who picked up a dead leg in a pre-season friendly , said yesterday : ‘ If it is still as sore nearer Saturday I wo n't be playing at Chelsea . ’ |
| 25 | If the bit-wise comparisons match ( and the length is checked more accurately if it is more than 10 ) then the word shape is checked . |
| 26 | Do n't overload socket outlets , and have your wiring checked by an electrician if it is more than 20 years old . |
| 27 | If it is more than 30 -C , move the bulb further from the soil . |
| 28 | In 1990–91 the minimum benefit someone could receive was 50p , however from April 1991 benefit will be paid even if it is less than 50p a week . |
| 29 | If it is less than £1.05 a week , it will be paid as a lump sum once a year . |
| 30 | The statement of claim has not been finalised yet but Lord Spens says that he will be disappointed if it is less than £2m . |