Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] it is " in BNC.

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1 Rachel 's face will fade into the kind of indeterminate image it is now , in the dark .
2 In the case of extensive uplift it is possible that Carboniferous source sediments could be raised to sufficiently high structural levels for oxidation of the section to occur .
3 Even though this is the current preferred method of monetary control it is not without its difficulties .
4 After 25 years of economic growth it is anxious to show improvements in social well-being .
5 In addition , apparently unrelated and contradictory theories appear to coexist in economics , and given the nature of economic data it is difficult if not impossible to distinguish between such theories using classical statistical methods .
6 To understand the expression of political attitudes it is necessary to place them in their argumentative context .
7 While effective power may be a necessary condition of political legitimacy it is not a sufficient condition .
8 Even in those early days , before Nature had taken over to make the canal the gem of rural beauty it is today , it must have been a charming trip .
9 In conclusion , as a matter of private law it is not clear to what extent Chinese walls prevent attribution of knowledge and provide protection to a firm against liability to a customer for breach of fiduciary duty .
10 In the management of acute pancreatitis it is important to distinguish between interstitial oedematous pancreatitis and necrotising pancreatitis .
11 Once you fall into the rhythm of off-piste powder it is intoxicating .
12 This is because in any sample of right handers it is usually found that a considerable proportion of subjects do not show the expected right ear superiority for verbal material .
13 Once more , such a situation is not necessarily incestuous but since love and sexual partnership are so often a matter of emotional dependence it is often hard to differentiate it from a quasi-marital partnership .
14 From what we know of primitive races it is highly probable that the incentive for producing these paintings was magical , the object being to fix in paint on the wall or ceiling of a cave an event — usually the slaying of an animal — which it was hoped would be effected in the future elsewhere .
15 However , as a study into a hitherto relatively unexplored area of commercial activity it is highly recommended to those involved in the sale of goods vehicles , in international — and domestic ( as restrictions on cabotage are removed ! ) — transport and in commerce with the CMEA countries .
16 For example , advertisements which consistently use businessman as the synonym for people in business seek to remind women that in many areas of commercial life it is still a man 's world .
17 In the case of Latin America it is more complex .
18 But if the airspace is excluded from the demise , the tenant 's adviser should ensure that the tenant obtains a right to enter the airspace for the purpose of performing his covenants. ( g ) Fences In the case of wooden fences it is likely to be inferred that in the absence of freeboard the owner of land will use his land to the fullest extent ; and the fence will be deemed to belong to the person on whose side the rails and posts are placed , the palings being placed on his neighbour 's side ( Halsbury 's Laws of England , 4th edn , vol 4 , para 849 ) .
19 In order to give a full account of the scope of public law it is necessary to add to the institutional criterion ( are we dealing with a governmental body ? ) a functional criterion — was the body performing a governmental function ?
20 If by established principles of English law it is clear that Derbyshire County Council has the right to sue for libel then this court must say so and let the action proceed .
21 It has suggested that in the study of social policy it is important to give attention to implementation problems that arise directly from the characteristics of policy , but to recognize also that there is a complicated interrelationship between these and a range of inter- and intra-organizational factors .
22 Even to the student of British politics it is not well understood .
23 At this lowest level of British industry it is almost as though struggles are not expected to occur , let alone be won .
24 If one looks at the lists of endangered specials it is apparent that many are large animals .
25 Concealed within Rumens 's story is one other — a fairly familiar account of how jealousy can enfeeble the strongest of us , and how when that jealousy is of the past and of cultural differences it is probably unbeatable .
26 While this may be regarded as a sign of real independence it is probably more accurate to describe it as ‘ pseudoindependence ’ ( Kets de Vries , 1978 ) .
27 In order to recognize the different characteristics of individual fabrics it is helpful to know a little about the raw materials used ( i.e. , fibre content ) and the weave and various finishes which may be applied to it , as it is the combination of these factors that affect its appearance , how it handles and its performance .
28 If there is one unchallenged law of personal computing it is that , given half a chance , they will make something that used to be simple into a completely bewildering nightmare !
29 If I should wander into the uncharted minefield of personal opinion it is only with the benefit of hindsight .
30 Once a system of law accepts possession as a sufficient foundation for a claim for recovery of personal property it is faced with the question of how far the defendant should be allowed to raise the issue that a third party has a better right to the property than the plaintiff — the jus tertii .
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