Example sentences of "[is] [conj] it [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One general outcome of the comparison between the original and the reconstructions is that it brought out the very blandness and the almost self-conscious " flatness ' of Hemingway 's style . |
| 2 | The problem is that it gets out of hand . |
| 3 | The benefit of creating such groups is that it breaks down the multifarious functions of a branch committee into discreet areas , to which special attention can be given . |
| 4 | One of the central features of the company is that it separates out the functions of ownership and management . |
| 5 | A number of inferences might be drawn from the patterns which emerge ; but a particular advantage of this method of analysis is that it points up rather clearly the effect of linguistic environment on variation and allows the main phonetic locus of differences between the sexes in each of the communities to be specified . |
| 6 | I do n't know whose idea it is that it goes on and on . |
| 7 | A further advantage which is claimed for this legislation is that it spells out precisely what forms of conduct are included within each degree of offence , and thus reduces the discretion of police officers and prosecutors . |
| 8 | The importance of the recent discovery of this document recording the conclusions of the conferences of 26–27 May is that it fills in what have hitherto been two of the most significant gaps in the whole story . |
| 9 | At £34.96 , the beauty of the Garden Buggy is that it folds down to only 10in thick and will easily fit into the boot of a car . |
| 10 | Another is that it opens up the risk financing options available . |
| 11 | Now the idea behind that is that it builds up and keeps in trim the muscles of the feet and ankles and legs , which is going to be what gets you about because you realize your retirement is going to be as good as your legs . |
| 12 | One of the interesting things about my reminiscing is that it stirred up memories for a lot of other people , too . |
| 13 | The important characteristic of an evolutionarily stable strategy , you will remember from earlier chapters , is that it carries on doing well when it is already numerous in the population of strategies . |
| 14 | Whether you see jumble as giving or refuse disposal , the fact is that it makes up a significant part of the income of small local organisations . |
| 15 | there 's no , there 's no need to sort of rush at the , I think we wait and see what they 're going to offer us in er whenever it is that it comes up for renewal . |
| 16 | What we should expect though is that it comes back down to around the three point five mark for the year . |
| 17 | The first is that it turned out , political intentions notwithstanding , that the officers of the NCC saw in the National Curriculum a way to ensure that all pupils would share a common curriculum , a goal they already espoused , and that the DES found it unexceptionable to present the National Curriculum in this way . |
| 18 | 6.5 An interesting result of testing the possibilities of occurrence with an indefinite head is that it brings out the doubtful validity of certain other cases which Bolinger cites ( and which one might have regarded suspiciously on purely intuitive grounds anyway ) . |
| 19 | What is clear is that it evolved out of the neolithic Cretan religion and that the religion of the classical Greeks at least in part grew out of it . |
| 20 | The whole point about chaos is that it roars down on you when you least expect it , like a motorcycle messenger . |
| 21 | ‘ The main reason we go for the leasing option is because it frees up working capital , ’ says John Preen , treasury manager . |
| 22 | That is because it feeds on to the most congested part of the York inner ring road which is the er Gillygate erm Lord Mayor 's Walk section . |
| 23 | This is because it carries out a unique function within the nuclear industry : it tries to deal with the problems left over at the end . |