Example sentences of "be [adj] [subord] it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ideally mobile units of 100 or 200 bird houses are preferable if it is possible to either move regularly , or at the end of a laying period on to new pasture . |
| 2 | I have a waiting list , Miss Thorne , and I am overcrowded as it is . |
| 3 | Morgan Klein ( 1985 ) , in her study of Scottish youth in residential care , concluded from her interviews with young people that they do want help , are often puzzled when communication fails to occur , and are bereft when it is abandoned . |
| 4 | Gentle exercise such as walking is as valid when you are old as it is when you are young . |
| 5 | When Mr Royalton-Kisch goes on to describe this joint session of study as a ‘ known feature of the Rembrandt workshop ’ , I am delighted because it is the very foundation of my own very different view of Rembrandt and his school . |
| 6 | Fusil said : ‘ Their feet will get wet in the mud and the paths are dangerous because it is slippery and there is a steep drop down to the river . ’ |
| 7 | Research has shown that we are normally not conscious that it takes place , but that we are uncomfortable if it is missing when we would expect it or present on inappropriate occasions — for example in a greeting from a complete stranger . |
| 8 | Interpersonal skills are crucial since it is largely through the medium of interpersonal communication that the assessment process is conducted . |
| 9 | Some types of indexing are appropriate where it is desired to concentrate on generating excellent indexes . |
| 10 | The aphids are wingless so it is safe to take the shoot out of the cage and watch the aphids . |
| 11 | ‘ We are unilateralist because it is the only sane , only moral and only effective thing to be . |
| 12 | The House of Medau is putting together its Spring Collection — make sure you are present when it is unveiled at the Albert Hall on April 20th . |
| 13 | So some horses are unfriendly because it is part of their genetic makeup , and other horses are unfriendly due to lack of proper handling when they are young . |
| 14 | For what it is worth , I think he may be right because it is possible to find objects in space from remembered information . |
| 15 | He characterises the mining bourgeoisie in Peru as a corporate national bourgeoisie , which he considers to be progressive as it is nationalist and developmentalist . |
| 16 | Any prescription of the content or outcomes of teacher development is likely to be controversial because it is formulated from a value-position , but is a specification of process any less contentious ? |
| 17 | The range of media is large and the costs can be high so it is worth investigating the pulling power of different choices . |
| 18 | Occasionally this can be interesting as it is in Bintley 's Consort Lessons ( 1984 ) . |
| 19 | The Chalice can be empty if it is too difficult for friends to carry with wine in it . |
| 20 | They also suggest that there is a critical literacy threshold of 40 per cent : in other words two-fifths of a country 's people need to be literate if it is to ‘ modernize ’ and make an ‘ economic miracle ’ possible . |
| 21 | Similarly , if parents are able to have their views upheld ( as might occur on an appeal against a decision not to reinstate a permanently excluded pupil ) , ‘ it may not be clear whether it is primarily the child 's right or the parents ' rights over upbringing which is being upheld ’ . |
| 22 | However , if you merely ask for a repetition of the number , it still may not be clear if it is fourteen or forty . |
| 23 | Although the committee is to be congratulated for its lead on the need for change , this will be worthless unless it is willing to ensure implementation of those changes . |
| 24 | Curriculum reform , whether it is centrally determined or based on local or in-school planning , is generally held to be impossible unless it is firmly based on a plan for public examinations . |
| 25 | More fundamentally , the design activity will be meaningless unless it is directed towards serving some human need . |
| 26 | The points were made that parking there can not be dangerous as it is permitted during part of the year , and that the authorities seem to have turned a blind eye to cars parked outside the church during services . |
| 27 | ‘ No book can be dangerous if it is well written ’ . ’ |
| 28 | The press , as well as performing its role as the watchdog , must not be coy when it is called upon to turn the critical eye on itself . |
| 29 | The press , as well as performing its role as the watchdog , must not be coy when it is called upon to turn the critical eye on itself . |
| 30 | It is not possible for ( 3 ) to be false once it is given that ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) are true . |