Example sentences of "it is [adv] [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is pretty comprehensive and I shall certainly try some of my old favourites from the list . |
| 2 | A lot of it is rather cool and conceptual but , because subject matter and materials are so firmly rooted in direct experience , they can not fail to communicate with confidence and clarity to all who see the show . |
| 3 | The one advantage of the Longmans course is that it is rather dull and lifeless and therefore less likely to have any impact on the pupils . |
| 4 | The Bill is certainly necessary , although it is rather late and its fundamental objectives are rather weak . |
| 5 | ‘ The Friends ’ is written in the first person narrative , it is rather clear and direct , but it too later develops , conveying the emotions of an ardent adolescent growing up into womanhood . |
| 6 | But there is some strain on the heart and it is rather large and it is n't working so well . |
| 7 | It is equally all-seeing and noisy in defence of its nest . |
| 8 | It is wonderfully tranquil and pastoral . |
| 9 | They believe that it is a good scheme as a whole , composed of clear and straightforward unambiguous statements ; that it is professionally stimulating and effective at evaluating institutional practices and motivating institutional change . |
| 10 | During the breeding season from mid May to August , it is strongly territorial and fiercely defensive to interlopers . |
| 11 | ‘ It is utterly futile and will not change a thing . ’ |
| 12 | It is utterly charming and so unsophisticated . |
| 13 | Agfa 's Rodinal falls into this category , although at 100 years old it is positively ancient and not modern , but it nevertheless has many qualities that other modern developers have only just caught up with . |
| 14 | Unlike intarsia , it is not necessary and often not even desirable to wrap the two weaving yarns . |
| 15 | Certainly , the most of the infant teachers I know take great pains to make sure that it is not traumatic and that the move from home to school is as easy as possible . |
| 16 | Certainly , the most of the infant teachers I know take great pains to make sure that it is not traumatic and that the move from home to school is as easy as possible . |
| 17 | It is not user-friendly and leaves a lot to be desired for a software support product — rather surprising considering that the DSP32C is a very impressive device . |
| 18 | But when we read a page of powerful writing , we see immediately that it is not clever and has nothing to do with fanciness or obscurity . |
| 19 | Having considered the potential benefits of offering discounts for full payment of Council Tax the Council has decided for the first year that it is not beneficial and that therefore no discounts will be offered for full payment . |
| 20 | You know it when you experience it , but it is not the same thing as standards of living or GNP ; it is not quantifiable and not necessarily ‘ environmental ’ . |
| 21 | If it is not sharp and is lower than that of the two separate samples , then the samples are not identical . |
| 22 | It is a skill which can be developed — but it is not easy and requires a great deal of hard work . |
| 23 | If and when they work on the tacit assumption or make such a blatant assertion as that , that there is no longer any poverty , because it is not true and unless and until it is true neither they nor we have got any right to be content . |
| 24 | Is not found funny by many pupils because it is not true and not particularly amusing either . |
| 25 | Its defence has been largely the concern of other powers since the fall of Singapore in 1942 ; and the British independent nuclear deterrent is no more than a phrase , since it is not independent and , as the Falklands crisis of 1982 showed , it does not deter . |
| 26 | ( 2 ) It is not exhaustive and does not purport to cover all the circumstances which can arise in takeover situations . |
| 27 | Damage to the liver , kidneys , lungs , bone marrow or nervous system is known , but it is not common and is generally reversible . |
| 28 | Acting can be both pleasure and torture — but it is not fun and people are sometimes more concerned with the image of being an actor ‘ at work ’ rather than just working . |
| 29 | This perspective puts mathematics educators in a very comfortable position , until we recognise that it is not uncontentious and , in any case , is rarely made explicit to children , which would involve them in a detailed consideration of how mathematics has developed and the relations between abstract mathematics and reality . |
| 30 | ‘ In these circumstances it is not fair and reasonable for building societies and valuers to agree together to impose on purchasers the risk of loss arising as a result of incompetence or carelessness on the part of valuers ’ , he said . |