Example sentences of "and it is [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the more worrying disciplinary problems of childhood and adolescence involve moral rules , and it is when children break these rules that parents become most perturbed . |
| 2 | In the real world , it is unlikely that a product has clear advantages over its competition on all points , and it is clearly part of the selling function for the salesperson to emphasise those superior features and benefits which his product possesses . |
| 3 | There has been no wholly satisfactory explanation of the aetiology , or primary causes , of homosexuality and it is probably multicausal . |
| 4 | There is also a children 's play area , and it is just east of Market Bosworth on B.585 . |
| 5 | It is n't night and it is n't day . |
| 6 | ‘ I can smell it from you , and It is n't sherry . ’ |
| 7 | And it is not sex . |
| 8 | And it is not Lord Lane who counts ? |
| 9 | And it is not groups but individuals whom the company will hold accountable . |
| 10 | I am not sure how it achieves this as all CDs start from the inside and it is not part of the table of contents ; in any case it one puts a small size CD in an adaptor ring the machine still knows you have done it — something I must look into . |
| 11 | This conception of the signifier bears only a vestige of its Saussurean ancestry , for there is nothing formalist about it and it is not part of a structural attempt to outline the basic grammar of any system . |
| 12 | That is quite an assignment for any historian in under 500 pages , and it is not Sir Ian 's fault if the reader often feels short-changed by being obliged to travel through so large a landscape guided always by the same question : what was the role of ‘ popular violence ’ in all this ? |
| 13 | In other words , the boundaries of the formal labour market are being more tightly drawn , a process associated now as in the past with high rates of male unemployment , and it is largely women , with responsibilities for caring , who are being pushed out . |
| 14 | This is the distinctive method of instruction at Oxford , and it is extremely prodigal of time . |
| 15 | There 's a certain status attached to labels like Creation and 4AD that cause anally retentive males — and it is always males — to collect their product . |
| 16 | I have raised the question three times , and it is about time that something was done about it . |
| 17 | I have the greatest sympathy for hon. and learned Member for Leicester , West ( Mr. Janner ) , but there is a principle involved and it is about time that my right hon. and learned Friend stopped speaking as a lawyer and started acting as a politician . |
| 18 | I if you do n't like the sound of it Mrs then I 'm sorry for you but this is what democracy is all about and it is about time you listened to what people have to say . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ We are now living in a post-apartheid era and it is about time member of the Labour group came to realise that . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ They are getting as good prices as the fishermen in this country but our fishermen , although perhaps disappointed at price levels , know how to behave and it is about time the Frenchmen took a leaf out of their book . ’ |
| 21 | AMALVY/AFP Fisherman 's fury : A French trawlerman hurls a fish towards riot police during the clashes in Paris yesterday ‘ Our fishermen know how to behave and it is about time the Frenchmen took a leaf out of their book ’ |
| 22 | Already , and it is hardly May , I have wandered down to the County Ground at Taunton to see old chums , and some not so old , and to see if I any longer belong . |
| 23 | After the frantic design years of the early 1980s board design has now settled down to a fairly stable format and it is only construction techniques that are still changing slightly . |
| 24 | We are a mystery to ourselves , and it is only God who sees into this mystery , knowing us completely . |
| 25 | ‘ She summoned you here , and it is only right that you should know the reason , albeit she is too unwell to see you herself . |
| 26 | The body is by nature very resilient and it is only years later that the symptoms of misuse emerge . |
| 27 | Like most things in life , it is neither a sure thing nor an exact " science " , but modern commerce has thrived on marketing theory and it is now part and parcel of everyday commercial judgements . |
| 28 | I introduced them briefly in Chapter 6 and it is now time to consider them more closely . |
| 29 | In November , details were given regarding the season to date and it is now time to update to the midwinter break . |
| 30 | Bank of Ireland has made significant cost savings with the introduction of Bank Assistants and it is now time to redistribute some of those savings amongst those who most deserve it . |