Example sentences of "it is [adv] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trying to persuade a German owner of one to part with it is rather like trying the same exercise on a Frenchman with an E-model Jodel D140 Mousquetaire . |
| 2 | ( It is rather like dropping a cork into water : at first it bobs up and down a great deal , but as the ripples carry away its energy , it eventually settles down to a stationary state . ) |
| 3 | ‘ It is rather like copying the squirrel who collects nuts all through the summer when he can and then has a good store for the lean winter months . ’ |
| 4 | It is rather like looking for a single straw in a haystack . |
| 5 | It is rather like looking at people with a telescope rather than a microscope . |
| 6 | But this is no independent check : it is rather like buying a second copy of the same newspaper in order to check on whether the first was telling the truth . |
| 7 | it is rather like highlighting the lion 's view of captivity , it implies that this is demonstrably different from the tiger 's view , and this draws attention away from the significant fact of captivity . |
| 8 | It is rather like having a door handle to be opened . |
| 9 | Otherwise it is rather like spending several days journeying to a famous tourist site , but when we get there only allowing ourselves 20 minutes to see it . |
| 10 | ‘ It is rather like tackling a marathon without training or throwing yourself into a game of squash when you are out of condition . |
| 11 | It is rather like working with people from other countries ; there may be good communication at one level , but at the same time one has the sense of the difference of cultures . |
| 12 | It is however worth exploring why in practice this is often not done . |
| 13 | It is however worth remembering that black and white TV sets are now very cheap , and if , for instance , you are setting up previewing facilities for teachers a small black and white monitor or TV set is all you need . |
| 14 | It is equally worth noting if the class is so tightly controlled as to inhibit seriously pupil response . |
| 15 | It is generally worth having as much as 150mm of insulation in most homes , although the comparatively shallow depth of most ceiling joists means that you may have to lay the insulation across the tops of the joists to achieve the required thickness . |
| 16 | It is thus worth summarising the historical background covered by the narrative in Acts . |
| 17 | It is nevertheless worth emphasizing that the estimates of population , storage capacity , agricultural yields and food consumption are all based on incomplete evidence ; so , interesting though this line of thought may be , no conclusions can be reached yet . |
| 18 | But it is nevertheless worth looking at one market in some detail — that for grains . |
| 19 | It is nevertheless worth examining some more recent theories to see if they can suggest ways in which the implications of Brooke-Rose 's approach might be applied to novelistic texts . |
| 20 | It is partly by following the intimations of the negatives that we feel the pressure of his own expectations and of the expectations that Mrs Moreen seems to have with regard to him . |
| 21 | After the A453 and its attendant petrol station it is again worth paddling to lock 11 which is set between a container terminal and a sportsground lined with poplar trees which shed their downy white seed onto the canal in profusion at this time of year . |
| 22 | This may sound far-fetched but it is surely worth considering as a co-operative European venture . |
| 23 | However , it is surely worth noting that in September 1980 the South African Journal of Science carried in article by Vines ( vol 76 , p 404 ) in which he considered the prospect of extended drought conditions in South Africa in the mid-1980s . |
| 24 | It is probably worth taking advice from a specialist competitions house when organising your first big competition . |
| 25 | It is effectively in planning terms a change of use from whatever to industry or business that I find is providing for . |
| 26 | We have already discussed this in relation to the acute anxiety spiral but it is well worth repeating that avoidance , prior to encountering the full experience of the feared situation , occurs because of what the person believes is going to happen . |
| 27 | It is well worth experimenting with a cheap soft fabric , such as mull . |
| 28 | We have only one body in this life so it is well worth looking after . |
| 29 | ‘ It is well worth looking at . |
| 30 | Writers constantly have to deal with this prejudice , and it is well worth remembering this before discussing writing with casual acquaintances . |