Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] it is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He adds that it is not in the traders ' interests for the elephants to die out . |
| 2 | The company adds that it is already benefiting from increased efficiency and expects a large return on its financial investment in Weldon . |
| 3 | Tom adds that it is very important for young horses to have their teeth checked before they are bitted and broken ; racehorses usually have their first session at two years-old . |
| 4 | There must be some gain to the citizen , however minimal , in living under a constitution which regularises the way in which power is exercised ; even where government is authoritarian , it matters that it is not arbitrary . |
| 5 | Editor , — Fritz H Schröder rightly emphasises that it is not known whether treatment of early prostatic cancer is beneficial or whether screening for the disease offers any advantage . |
| 6 | The variety of comment illustrates that it is not possible for outsiders to specify criteria of competent practice without indulging in prescriptive evaluation . |
| 7 | While Strathclyde records the highest numbers of the most serious offences , the survey highlights that it is not alone in suffering steep rises in violent crime . |
| 8 | In Greek tragedy , in most of Jane Austen 's novels , a leading figure in the drama realises with a sense of shock that the world is other than once imagined , and accepts that it is so . |
| 9 | Beattie concludes that it is only during the hesitant phase of a speech cycle that the clause is a major unit of speech planning . |
| 10 | Instead , we 're willing to take the risk and give Birmingham the retail centre it deserves and needs if it is not to be completely undermined by rival out-of-town attractions . ’ |
| 11 | which it looks like it is n't . |
| 12 | But even in democratic societies knowledge of the past changes as historical scholarship develops and it is often found that the official record of the time under study contains errors or even deliberate falsification . |
| 13 | He has not done a lot of opera but thinks that it is just the way things worked out . |
| 14 | If the hon. Gentleman thinks that it is not , why does not he have the courage to stand up and say so ? |
| 15 | He thinks that it is more important to convince doctors that ‘ teaching ’ is a broad term and covers much of what they do every day and to ensure that they receive adequate training and support to carry it out well . |
| 16 | If you are asking me where the remedy lies , my answer is that I have told you before and I shall go on telling you , and you know perfectly well what it is , though everybody thinks that it is too difficult and that therefore there must be a different remedy . |
| 17 | When one thinks that it is so easy to simply discard direct mail , it is more difficult to ignore a telephone call , especially if the message is ‘ personalised ’ . |
| 18 | Mr Delors insists that it is up to the pontifical authorities to check that everything is above board . |
| 19 | But the school insists that it is n't selling out to commercial interests |
| 20 | The government consultation paper insists that it is not gunning specifically for county or for district councils . |
| 21 | At the other extreme is the stance taken on the MoD 's continuing tenure , which insists that it is not proper that the public continue to be excluded some of the time from all , and all of the time from some , of the finest coastal scenery in the British Isles . |
| 22 | In its latest World Development Report , the World Bank acknowledges that some of its past policies have led to environmental degradation , but insists that it is now geared toward promoting sustainable development and , in particular , the alleviation of third world poverty . |
| 23 | But anyone who knows anything about it understands that it is very far removed from being an ‘ interchangeable with Labour ’ vote . |
| 24 | When one thinks , however , that coming up the Sacred Way one 's first sight of the building would be the corner , the long Gigantomachy stretching in front of one , the combat of the east abutting on it and the seated gods closing the composition at the end , one understands that it is so designed to suit its position ; as the formal archaic structure of the west frieze suits the highly decorated frontally approached entrance-façade . |
| 25 | While he strongly believes that violence produces results ( presumably by dramatising the point in question ) he agrees that it is morally wrong . |
| 26 | The practical difficulties of nursing a sick relative can be very great , but Pitkeathley agrees that it is often the emotional upset of having to bath a previously fastidious mother , or pretend your father has spilt his tea when the bed is wet , or simply having to make all the decisions for a once strong parent , which cases the most upset . |
| 27 | The theory of the second-best says that it is allocatively more efficient to spread inevitable distortions thinly over many markets than to concentrate their effects in a few markets . |
| 28 | Koons says that it is exactly this childlike aspect that makes her vulnerable to the tacky mandarins of the porn industry , whom Koons loathes , despite the mountain of mad flesh in Made in Heaven . |
| 29 | The government turns its head aside from government support — apart from words — and says that it is either the employers ' responsibility or the employees ' … |
| 30 | Page 30 of the Members ' Manual says that it is not ‘ appropriate for council stationery or postal facilities to be used to indicate the party allegiance of any member or group ’ . |