Example sentences of "it is [adv] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rather that the whole point of a national curriculum will be lost if it can not be assumed that children at 11 will be ready for whatever is the generally agreed content of the first year at secondary school . |
| 2 | It is rather that the idea and ideal is always likely to function as a corrective to complacency rather than as a prop to It . |
| 3 | Having said that , it is entirely possible that one is being hopelessly naïve and that it is simply that the AIDS test has replaced the screen test as the sine qua non for any ambitious ingénue . |
| 4 | It is simply that the type is more or less stable , established by convention , whereas the token is not since it is conditioned by context . |
| 5 | It is simply that the most plausible stories now available about that evolution , including its very recent date and also certain considerations about the physical characteristics of the species , suggests that human beings are to some degree a mess , and that the rapid and immense development of symbolic and cultural capacities has left man as a being for which no form of life is likely to prove entirely satisfactory , either individually or socially . |
| 6 | It is simply that the Irish government want to achieve it by peaceful means , and the IRA otherwise . ’ |
| 7 | It is simply that the necessary distinctions are not to be found at the level of categorical separation but rather at the level where they are in fact produced , which is that of both general and specific cultural and social orders . |
| 8 | Thus the implication is that if the State Department issues a mild statement in response to an issue which is provoking inflammatory articles and speeches in the press and Congress ( for example , over the Agrarian Reform Law ) , then it is simply that the government is hiding its ’ real' intentions in order to deceive . |
| 9 | Now I doubt if any modern scientist really believes that mind " and " matter " are distinguishable in this simple dualistic way ; it is simply that the experimental research worker , in his laboratory , is bound , by the context of his work , to act as if he believed it . |
| 10 | ‘ That is no accident , it is simply because the market does not test the currency , ’ said one observer . |
| 11 | Can it possibly be that , while there is the situation in such a case , it is otherwise if the lessee has failed to get rid of the subterm until after a notice is served ? |
| 12 | Perhaps it is right that the official institutions of a community should express moral judgements on behalf of its law-abiding members — but why should it have to take form of punishment ? |
| 13 | During the middle years of their married life , and before Prince Charles becomes King , it is right that the paths and interests of the Prince and Princess of Wales should diverge somewhat . |
| 14 | If there are any sources available to the Government that disprove that figure , it is right that the Minister should put those sources to the House . |
| 15 | Surely it is right that the House should be able to question the shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer about his apparent differences of opinion with his hon. Friend the Member for Derby , South ( Mrs. Beckett ) . |
| 16 | It is thus that the ‘ head ’ as bearer of an impressive array of receptor organs ( sight , sound , odour ) has evolved . |
| 17 | As the eyes are so sensitive , it is best if the patient cleans them himself , using damp cotton wool balls . |
| 18 | It is best if the sieve is flat-bottomed , but you can use a round-bottomed kitchen sieve if this is what you can get most easily . |
| 19 | ( My own opinion is that , owing to the pressure of time , it is best if the senior member alone gives the judgment without consulting the other members . |
| 20 | The cold feed to the cylinder and the vent pipe must be at least 22mm in diameter ; it is best if the hot water distribution pipes are 22mm as well — at least as far as the connection to the branch pipe for the bath . |
| 21 | It is best if the actual words written by the originator can be used , but if they are too extensive the paper copy should be filed under its SPR identifier , and a summary indicating that the full report exists in paper form should be entered into LIFESPAN . |
| 22 | When entering the details of the SPR into LIFESPAN , it is best if the actual words written by the originator can be used , but if they are too extensive the paper copy should be filed under its SPR identifier , and a summary indicating that the full report exists in paper form should be entered into LIFESPAN . |
| 23 | Accordingly , it is best if the hive-up is deferred until , say , the end of the month in which the acquisition occurred at the earliest ( using a month-end will make the accounting treatment easier ) . |
| 24 | It is largely because the bran is stripped from white flour that our Western diet has become low in natural fibre content . |
| 25 | If there is little unfettered deconstructive activity operating within Renaissance studies currently , it is largely because the questions critics wish to ask of texts are premised on ideas opposed to accepting that a text can not speak about anything but itself . |
| 26 | It is partly that the teachers were asking for a depth of cataloguing , a level of retrieval , that is very expensive . |
| 27 | If , in the Victorian novel , a disproportionate number of working-class interiors are attractive , it is partly because the theorists of infection were all agreed that cleanliness was the first step towards prevention . |
| 28 | But it is partly because the social security system is centrally run , overworked and understaffed that the customers all too often receive such a poor service . |
| 29 | It is here that the Germans have done so much pioneer work , and indeed the whole tendency of their art historical studies has been to regard works of art almost entirely from a chronological point of view , as coefficients of a time sequence , without reference to their aesthetic significance . |
| 30 | Just as important as establishing what to include is deciding what to exclude , and it is here that the purists may find cause to tar and feather us . |