Example sentences of "it is [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not such a high percentage in maths as it is Twelve and a half thousand early retirements in eighty nine . |
| 2 | It is higher than a year ago in every EFTA country and in every G7 country except Japan . |
| 3 | However , if it is unambiguous that a user wishes to change his mode of operation from , say , navigation to content search , his status will be changed transparently from , in this case , REPLAY to INACTIVE . |
| 4 | Phrases such as ‘ the ‘ boyo' body-language kept breaking through ’ are reminiscent of the tabloids ' anti-Welsh campaign against Kinnock , and it is deplorable that a once-eminent socialist writer should use them . |
| 5 | it is cheap because an already-paid official is used |
| 6 | North America and Europe are catching up fast , but it is appropriate that a Japanese company has gone back 30 years for a discarded technology to solve some of the problems . |
| 7 | For example , in Littlewoods Organisation Ltd v Harris [ 1978 ] 1 All ER 1026 Megaw LJ said : … it is appropriate that a covenant , restricting an employee from full freedom of taking other employment when he leaves his existing employment , should be included in the contract of employment where there is a real danger that the employee will in the course of that employment have access to and gain information about matters which could fairly be regarded as trade secrets ; and that applies even though the information may be carried in his head and even though ( perhaps , particularly though ) it may be extremely difficult for the employee himself , being an honest and scrupulous man , to realise that what he is passing on to his new employers is matter which ought to be treated as confidential to his old employers . |
| 8 | Referring issues to a named firm or company can run into similar problems but , again , it is appropriate when a dispute has already arisen : see 8.2.4 . |
| 9 | It is undeniable that a great deal of important and fundamental research has come from the several centres of excellence in the USA . |
| 10 | It is undeniable that a novel , as a text , consists entirely of language , and that we gain access to the fictional world only through language . |
| 11 | To put it no more strongly , it has not been proved beyond doubt that self-paced learning is the most effective , and it is odd that a movement claiming to " individualize learning " has paid such scant attention to individual personality and other differences among learners in its practice . |
| 12 | It is probable that a maypole tradition had already been in existence for many years , if not centuries . |
| 13 | SSAP 18 requires that ‘ a material contingent loss should be accrued in financial statements where it is probable that a future event will confirm a loss which can be estimated with reasonable accuracy at the date on which the financial statements are approved ’ ( para 15 ) . |
| 14 | Our interpretation is that gas-phase HNO 3 has by that time been sequestered in the condensed phase by heterogeneous reactions on polar stratospheric cloud surfaces , forming nitric acid trihydrate as temperatures fell below 196K in winter It is probable that a substantial fraction of nitric acid has not only been lost from the gas phase , but also removed from the stratosphere by the growth and subsequent sedimentation of aerosol particles . |
| 15 | The rate of growth of agricultural output in the Meiji period is subject to considerable dispute , but it is probable that a rate of around 1.8 per cent annual growth in output was maintained through to the early 1900s at least , far outstripping the rate of population growth in the same period . |
| 16 | For example , the pressures on nomadic and tribal peoples to adopt a more settled way of life are increasing , and it is probable that a number of these groups may either cease , or radically alter , their rug-making traditions in the foreseeable future . |
| 17 | Provision is made for timing differences between the treatment of certain items for taxation and accounting purposes to the extent that it is probable that a liability or asset will crystallise . |
| 18 | Provision is made for timing differences between the treatment of certain items for taxation and accounting purposes , to the extent that it is probable that a liability or asset will crystallise . |
| 19 | Provision is made for timing differences between the treatment of certain items for taxation and accounting purposes , to the extent that it is probable that a liability or asset will crystallise . |
| 20 | It would be an exaggeration to say that every trade union member is now aware of the Commissioner , but it is probable that a disgruntled member 's first contact point would be able to pass on the relevant information . |
| 21 | It is not clear who these other aliens were — some were probably Italians-but it is probable that a substantial proportion of them were engaged in trade with Gascony or other French lands . |
| 22 | This does not mean that nothing was bought and sold in the independent sector , still less that the agricultural producers in it were self-sufficient , though it is probable that a rather high proportion of peasant agriculture was consumed on the peasant holding , or within the narrow limits of a local system of exchange , if only because the food demands of the small cities in so many areas could be supplied from within a radius of little more than one or two dozen miles . |
| 23 | It is probable that an individual ‘ s daily rhythms would not develop fully in the absence of a rhythmic environment . |
| 24 | Deferred tax should be accounted for to the extent that it is probable that an asset or liability will arise . |
| 25 | Deferred tax should be provided to the extent that it is probable that an asset or liability will arise . |
| 26 | It is essential once a feed has been dropped that it should not be reinstated in a moment of weakness . |
| 27 | It is essential that a transmitter can be inactivated as soon as it has conveyed its message ; if it were not so , the system would be clogged or would receive needless repetitions of the same message . |
| 28 | Having seen the loan situation from both sides of the fence it is essential that a few rules are followed to keep the arrangement sweet . |
| 29 | It is essential that a thorough selection trawl of new books is made , because important titles must be put into stock before they have a chance to go out of print , and because the first year or two after publication is the time that books are usually in most demand . |
| 30 | It must however , be carefully controlled because it is essential that a cover of perennial rather than annual grasses is maintained as the latter are more susceptible to drought . |