Example sentences of "it is [adv] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While there is no regulation that specifically excludes due diligence work on a listed company , in practice it is rarely undertaken due to the rules on equality of information to be given not only to all shareholders but also to offerors or bona fide potential offerors . |
| 2 | When dates for particular artefact-types are given it is rarely made clear whether that date is one of manufacture of the artefacts , its period of use or the context in which it was found . |
| 3 | However , nowhere in the world ( and Gewürztraminer is widely grown ) does it reach such dizzy heights as in Alsace , where it is generally vinified dry , the rosy-skinned grape producing dark- hued white wines packed with alcohol . |
| 4 | Traditionally , there are restrictions on using " I " : some teachers forbid it , as an example of inelegant intrusion by the author ( though nowadays it is generally thought permissible to use " I " occasionally , to emphasise a point which you wish to show is personal rather than general ) . |
| 5 | It is generally considered good to manipulate the controls of a machine but bad to manipulate election results . |
| 6 | Although it is possible to make connections to iron pipe , it is normally considered advisable to replace it with copper or plastic when a new copper hot water cylinder and plastic water cistern are installed . |
| 7 | Therefore it is best labelled democratic feminist socialism . |
| 8 | The joint is in this condition when it is finally judged ready for the table . |
| 9 | It is also made aware , by this ability to feel at a distance , of the movements of other fish swimming alongside it , an important ability for those species that form shoals . |
| 10 | It is also considered indecent for couples to be seen to be intimate in public because sex should be a private affair , only between man and wife . |
| 11 | It is also considered unlucky to pay the whole of a doctor 's bill , a superstition which may prove important as the years go by , considering what some people say is happening to the NHS . |
| 12 | An extremely varied and immensely pleasing exhibition , it is undoubtedly rendered substantial by still-life oils by David Donaldson . |
| 13 | As in any ongoing business things can change ; it is often thought reasonable that at least the more general warranties should be qualified as to materiality . |
| 14 | Compaction by mechanical processes involves movement by slippage between grains and the breakage , or fracture , of individual grains ; as such it is sometimes termed brittle compaction . |
| 15 | It is sometimes thought paradoxical that , when part of the rationale for emancipating the serfs was the elimination of disorder in the countryside , the legislation of 1861 increased it . |
| 16 | It is still considered necessary to have centres for the active treatment of the mentally disordered and for the long-term care of chronic cases . |
| 17 | The Marxist position on the alternative to bureaucracy under socialism , in so far as it is ever made explicit , is still largely based on the lessons derived from the Paris Commune and from Trotsky 's critique of Stalinism . |
| 18 | In the State of Kerala on the Malabar coast , it is popularly considered good fortune to have a Cobra living in the garden . |