Example sentences of "it is [adv] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rather to point up the intense cultural sensitivity to the face as a motif in western representation . |
| 2 | This is not to deny that plan-making is a very valuable function of our local authorities ; it is rather to point out that the existing powers to implement their plans are restricted by the price that the market puts on some land , and by the fact that the planners ' resource is in the hands of private owners rather than at the disposal of the community . |
| 3 | It is rather to see how Marx handles these problems , and what views he holds about them . |
| 4 | But it is rather charm less I think , and there is at least one far more enticing place nearby if you plan to stop in this valley . |
| 5 | However , the file must be closed in order to ensure that all the data written to it is physically written away to the file . |
| 6 | In thinking of these local enclaves , my Irish island is a misleading parallel because it is physically cut off . |
| 7 | This does not mean that its findings will be biased because of this ; it is simply setting out the parameters and the objectives of the research and the kinds of ideas that will inform it . |
| 8 | If I regurgitate this , it is simply to put down a vote of censure from this column on ministers , particularly Douglas Hogg of the Foreign Office , who did nothing to prepare for the eventuality of oil slicks . |
| 9 | The traditional type is delivered mixed and ready to lay by a special truck , and it is simply poured directly where required , or it can be poured into wheelbarrows . |
| 10 | It is utterly baffling why Labour wants to pursue a policy that is likely to raise less revenue and do less good for everybody . |
| 11 | If it is positively charged electrically , it will seek electrons . |
| 12 | It takes its real departure from a problem , even if it is badly set up . |
| 13 | In short , patchiness , in space and time , is as much a feature of the oceans as it is of land ; indeed , ‘ patchiness ’ is a great principle in ecology — though it is rarely singled out as such . |
| 14 | This is the principle , though it is rarely done as nakedly as this . |
| 15 | A further characteristic which is perhaps so obvious that it is rarely remarked on , is that farming is a skilled occupation . |
| 16 | The idea that women are more conservative than men is manifestly inadequate to account for all the observed facts , at least in the cultures sociolinguists have studied most intensively , and it is rarely advanced nowadays as an explanation of sex differences . |
| 17 | Accordingly , it is not blackmail where the accused extorts oral sex from the victim because that is not " money or other property " . |
| 18 | Similarly , it is not blackmail where the accused extorts a position of honour or release from lawful custody . |
| 19 | It is not blackmail where the accused believes he has reasonable grounds for making the demand and believes the use of menaces is a proper means of reinforcing the demand . |
| 20 | In the UK , licences will be issued by the Department of National Heritage and EC experts are working on the common export document but it is not finalised yet . |
| 21 | My purpose was merely to show that , though it is a perfectionist procedure , it is not ruled out by Rawls ' arguments against perfectionism ; and to suggest that the assumption that he relies upon against perfectionism leads to strongly counter-intuitive results . |
| 22 | The opening fourteen chapters of Scale 1 provide a context of definitions for Hilton 's particular address to a recluse asking advice on the contemplative life which , in the first chapter , he acknowledges to be a demanding process : Although in defining active and contemplative life Hilton makes it clear that contemplative life belongs especially he , characteristically , makes it clear that it is not ruled out for actives . |
| 23 | But I would say that the way to look at this site is to ask whether it is part of the built area , in other words whether it is built on , or whether it is not part of the built area , in other words it is not built on . |
| 24 | Such a policy should commend itself to the Government and my constituents , and I will be perplexed if it is not accepted today . |
| 25 | ‘ It is not tolerated now , ’ he said quietly . |
| 26 | Not only does it not produce much wheat , as we well know , but , in fact , it is not creating as much energy output as energy input going in to the system . |
| 27 | If it is not stopped quickly , pent-up hatred will force open these gates of hell , flooding much of the Balkans . |
| 28 | Whatever the role of teachers , it is not to push back the frontiers of knowledge , nor to determine a new direction in which a discipline can move . |
| 29 | Even where it is not stated explicitly , it is often implied that the tenets of rationalism or humanism are indubitable and self-evident . |
| 30 | Although it is not stated explicitly in the constitution , in 1965 the Supreme Court decided that there was a constitutional right to personal privacy , and in Roe v. Wade ( 1973 ) it ruled that this included a woman 's decision regarding abortion . |