Example sentences of "it is [verb] [adv] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM Corp says its Personal Computer Co shipped 30% to 35% more personal computers in the first quarter than it did during the year-ago period , and vice-chairman Jack Kuehler expects it to be ‘ reasonably profitable ’ in 1993 — but the personal computer business is now so volatile that making forecasts more than a quarter ahead is a mug 's game : following Conner Peripherals Inc 's warning on Friday that it is seeing oversupply and soft demand for disk drives ( CI No 2,142 ) , observers are saying that grey market prices for 80486s are now weak ; Finis Conner said on Friday that Conner would have to slash production and payrolls in the months ahead to remain competitive — ‘ The market is in total disarray , ’ he said ; ‘ the pricing that has occurred in the last four to five days has been something I 've never seen believes the booming personal computer industry is showing signs of slowing after being fuelled for over two years by the price war . |
| 2 | We have no standard conventions for representing the paralinguistic features of the utterance which are summarised as ‘ voice quality ’ , yet the effect of an utterance being said kindly and sympathetically is clearly very different from the effect if it is said brutally and harshly . |
| 3 | When given orally , it is absorbed rapidly and has excellent tissue penetration . |
| 4 | Sufficient time to do the statistical work so that it is completed accurately and can be properly checked |
| 5 | Push the connector firmly into the boss shoulder making sure it is aligned properly and remove surplus cement |
| 6 | Instead it is turned forwards and hooks over the opponent 's leading guard hand . |
| 7 | On one side of the vehicle ( unspecified ) , suspended on a silver chain , was a ‘ Time Piece by which the watches of the Army are regulated ; in form it resembles a huge hunting watch and weighs four pounds ; it is jewelled throughout and is of the finest workmanship : it was made by Mugmer , horloger de l'Empereur et Roi . ’ |
| 8 | Faithful , reliable dog provided it is treated properly and trained with firm kindness . |
| 9 | Alternatively , it is treated pleasantly and gently if the magician wishes to secure a person 's cooperation . |
| 10 | A company will be considered resident in one of these territories if it is incorporated there and has its head office and place of management there . |
| 11 | This in turn depends on the relevance it has , how important it is to them not to get pregnant , and how easy emotionally and practically it is to go somewhere and ask for it . |
| 12 | At this stage knitters often blame the machine , thinking that it is knitting erratically and incorrectly , when in fact its their fault . |
| 13 | The concept of honour , artificial as it can often seem , can be an abiding emotional force in fiction , but only when it is demonstrated fully and specifically through believable characters as well as believable action . |
| 14 | Is my hon. Friend aware that without fresh primary legislation it is possible to require owners of green belt land to ensure that it is maintained properly and not just left undeveloped ? |
| 15 | According to my cousin Violet , it is happening more and more in America . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Fole and Rattletrap go to the Crypticole Market — it is held infrequently and its location must of necessity change often , owing to its nature . |
| 17 | It is held there and is permitted ( or forced ) to move only very slightly to and fro — though in very complicated ways — by the influences , sometimes combined , sometimes separate , of that variety of proximate gravities exerted by the sun , the moon and the nearer planets . |
| 18 | In Cantal the stocking density is rising , but more slowly presently than it did between 1955 and 1970 ; in Powys it is increasing more and more rapidly . |
| 19 | B. Life in Britain is changing and it is changing more and more quickly . |
| 20 | Undoubtedly Kingston 's favourite verb , it is used again and again to describe the alacrity with which his heroes rush into adventure : by contrast , their enemies often scamper as well , but away from danger rather than towards it , thus implying the superiority of the British race which is taken for granted in the yarns of the last century . |
| 21 | It is used less and less as people have cracked down because of its toxicity — it used to be sloshed around . |
| 22 | Balance is better achieved by a mixture — often sold as ‘ blood , bone and fish ’ — although in recent years the fish content has been considerably reduced as it is used more and more in animal and pet foodstuffs . |
| 23 | Now therefore the first thing which ye do after I have departed , wash my body with rose-water many times and well , as blessed be the name of God it is washed within and made pure of all uncleanness to receive his holy body to-morrow , which will be my last day . |
| 24 | The examiner is not interested in all that the candidate knows , nor can he give marks for the evidence of this knowledge unless it is directed exactly and specifically to the narrow topic of the question . |
| 25 | It is to learn when fish spawn and avoid disturbing them ; it is not to dig vegetation from the bank ; and it is to work quietly and unobtrusively . |
| 26 | It is growing steadily and they are planning a coffee outreach morning in March . |
| 27 | But with increasing public awareness of what good eating means , it is becoming easier and easier to eat out without compromising your health . |
| 28 | This government is not believing in integrated strategy , it never has done and it never will do and with the current the Government expansion plans it is becoming less and less likely . |
| 29 | But it is becoming harder and harder to convince them . |
| 30 | Such businesses are not going to survive in the face of the pressure being applied by insurance companies to have their customers only deal with approved repairers , particularly when it is becoming harder and more expensive to become an approved repairer and then maintain one 's company as such . |