Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 This is presumably because it allows you to explore the knowledge contained therein .
2 The humble raisin has been around for at least 2,000 years , but it has n't always been very popular — particularly in the US where novelty is all when it comes to food .
3 Only it 's only cos it has n't got the extra
4 It 's only if it goes in and you 've got no angle
5 That 's brilliant but that 's only when it makes an E sound .
6 The Advisory Committee has agreed with the Director 's proposal-either as it stood or subject to specified modifica-tion ;
7 Whenever in relation to a loved person , idealized place or personal indulgence I find myself pushing out of mind some disagreeable thought , its relevance ( as distinct from its importance ) is not in doubt ; it is enough that it does spontaneously move me against what I have decided for .
8 Now here is John Templeton , secretary of the STA : In framing the piece scale in printing , you have to frame the scale so that it covers everything , that is so that it covers what we call " extras " as well .
9 They can be interested on the central questions , if the central questions are sent in a framework that they do understand , and perhaps it 's best when it 's done by somebody who is bold , not afraid of being amateurish , not afraid of being controversial , because theology erm is a world that can mean obfuscation .
10 Its figure is higher than the CBO 's largely because it does not take into account the fact that the quarterly long-bond auctions had already been pruned over the past year , from around $12 billion to $1.25 billion .
11 The answer is just that it simplifies interpretation of the figures by reducing uneven streams of benefits and costs to a single index of NPV ( or IRR ) .
12 ‘ Go As You Please ’ is just as it sounds , and with your unlimited 7-day bus pass and your 6 accommodation vouchers , which can be used at any of the Youth Hostels in Northern Ireland , you have the freedom to go where you want , when you want .
13 A ‘ storyline ’ is just as it sounds — a shorthand way to refer to the content of what someone says , where this has the elements of being a story — a comprehensible account of something .
14 yeah well you know it 's okay well you know I well you know yeah it 's just that it worried me about this meeting here and three people out of the five people in the room did n't realise that it was a reservations and booking service .
15 There is no reason why computers should n't be natural and friendly , it 's just that it takes a lot more memory in the computer to have all the complex rules of an ordinary language , and also it 's much harder to write the programs that tell the computer how to understand a natural language .
16 It 's not hard , it 's just that it fell off my stick .
17 It 's just that it does som sometimes seem
18 Erm it 's just that it throws you a bit if you 've learnt them that way .
19 It 's just that it seems a pity for him to reveal his identity .
20 They may think it 's just because it contains a reference to the Khedive 's family . ’
21 Today I tried to get a whole tin every day , it 's just because it happened .
22 an alloy is best when it combines the best of it 's component metals .
23 More than moisture Less is best when it comes to moisturising .
24 The defence of formalism is always that it serves to control an excess of feeling , but here in the absence of formalism there is nothing but empty pathos , artificiality in its weak form .
25 But extinction is forever and it does n't do the world much good to save a seed for a year or two .
26 The justification for this is probably that it provides the chargee with an additional incentive to ensure that his charge is registered .
27 This is partly because it began trying to sell to government schools only a year ago , and partly because it would prefer not to give its machines away .
28 And I went oh God , that 's probably cos it did n't happen like this and he goes oh right and he goes yeah got a bit excited there for a minute did n't you son like and went er yeah well Andy I like , quite like him , he 's quite sweet but
29 We get one or two people who perhaps get er psychosis or paranoia from using it very regularly , but most people seem to be able to use it without too many difficulties , er amphetamines are probably the next most common drug , and that 's probably because it 's manufactured quite locally , er it 's quite easy to make , it 's quite cheap , and it 's very popular , particularly among the younger age group .
30 It is past before it has scarce begun .
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