Example sentences of "it is [adv] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rather implausibly said that Christian Doppler himself demonstrated his effect by hiring a brass band to play on an open railway truck as it rushed past his amazed audience . |
| 2 | No doubt this was the real point of the missive , but it is rather vaguely expressed and makes one wonder whether the author really had much idea what had happened . |
| 3 | It is however highly selected by mechanisms of attention . |
| 4 | It is however deeply embedded in English law and can only be removed or moderated by Parliament . |
| 5 | Introverts , as is well known , tend to internalise their emotions , their rage and their self-contempt , and this internalisation , it is equally well known , produces cancer . |
| 6 | A South American cricket is not only patterned like a wasp but adds a mime to give the impression that it is equally powerfully armed . |
| 7 | The sufferer has to learn to live in reality , blaming self rather than others for his or her own problems and recognising that unconditional love could only be received when it is equally freely given . |
| 8 | Though one thinks of The Bartered Bride ( among other things ) as a cataract of marvellous vocal melody , it is rarely well performed in Britain , mainly because of our lack of really deep-chested lyric tenors of the type that can making singing Czechs such enthralling neighbours . |
| 9 | Much of the veneer of sediments resting on the oceanic crust of the downgoing plate will not be subducted since it is not firmly attached to the underlying crust and because it is not sufficiently dense to sink of its own accord into the asthenosphere . |
| 10 | Or you can install a wooden framework , and cover it with plasterboard , chipboard or hardboard ( although the latter may buckle if it is not well supported ) . |
| 11 | Even to the student of British politics it is not well understood . |
| 12 | But the difficulty is great , and the greatest danger is that if it is not well performed the music can seem banal . |
| 13 | But it is not just played for easy excitement : this is alarming because it is so near the edge of what is possible , and yet it has just enough in reserve for tremendous final prestissimo . |
| 14 | I hope that the courts of this country will always be vigilant to prevent a misuse of the convention and will not make an order requiring evidence to be given … unless it is clearly established that , even if required for civil proceedings , it is not also sought for criminal [ proceedings ] . |
| 15 | Although it has loops , procedures and conditional operators , in terms of modern software theory it is not strongly structured . |
| 16 | Sometimes insects are disinclined to collect pollen , preferring nectar , or will pack it away in places from which it is not easily dislodged . |
| 17 | Much so-called ‘ atonal ’ music is only music with a tonal foundation so obscured or disrupted that it is not easily perceived . |
| 18 | HIV is very fragile , and it is not easily transmitted . |
| 19 | And so it is not easily worn away or eroded . |
| 20 | It is not rude , it is not self-seeking , it is not easily angered , it keeps no record of wrongs . |
| 21 | it is not easily angered over mud on the floor , |
| 22 | It has its own special atmosphere , and , moreover , it is not easily spread over large areas without stagnation . |
| 23 | It also claims that the M11 extension is not covered by the directive since it is not officially designated a motorway , although the government admits that it is likely to be given motorway status at the time of opening . |
| 24 | It is not officially known whether this is attributable to the greenhouse effect or natural climate variability . |
| 25 | ‘ But it is not automatically invalidated ? ’ interrupted Benedict anxiously . |
| 26 | Will he ensure that it is not unfairly excluded as a result of the foreign dumping of inferior chain ? |
| 27 | Not only does the site not have planning permission for office development but it is not even zoned for this use and would thus require a material contravention order or a Section 4 motion by the City fathers to allow any big office development here . |
| 28 | Indeed , it is not even known whether some substances which contaminate water are harmful or not . |
| 29 | … In the present case it is not even averred that the defendants knew of the pregnancy of the plaintiff 's mother when they received her as a passenger ; it is merely averred that in fact she was then quick with child , viz. with the plaintiff , to whom she subsequently gave birth . |
| 30 | In the reader example , the fact that the person is female may be of such insignificance that it is not even included as an attribute . |