Example sentences of "it is [adv] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The centre would be expected to offer an appropriate studies advisory service as well as guidance and counselling , and it is strongly recommended that specialist travel staff are involved in the student recruitment process . |
| 2 | While there is no regulation that specifically excludes due diligence work on a listed company , in practice it is rarely undertaken due to the rules on equality of information to be given not only to all shareholders but also to offerors or bona fide potential offerors . |
| 3 | When dates for particular artefact-types are given it is rarely made clear whether that date is one of manufacture of the artefacts , its period of use or the context in which it was found . |
| 4 | In the Soviet Union it is officially acknowledged that government needs more and more highly qualified personnel and an increasingly professionalized state administration . |
| 5 | When it is officially opened next month by King Juan Carlos , it will launch ‘ Any Miró ’ , the season of activities commemorating the centenary of the artist 's birth and culminating in a major survey of his art being organised by the Joan Miró Foundation , Barcelona and the Museum of Modern Art , New York . |
| 6 | 10.7.5 For the avoidance of doubt , it is hereby stated that use of technical information pursuant to Clause 10.7 b , c and d includes in particular , but without limitation , the development adaptation merger modification or enhancement of software and the use of such developed , adapted , merged , modified or enhanced software . |
| 7 | It is generally assumed first , that this ‘ ceremonial recognition of his son as king in his own lifetime was something new ’ ( although Aethelred of Mercia , for example , is said to have appointed Coenred as his heir ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 57 ) , second , that it was the first royal anointing in England ( though reservations have been expressed as to whether Ecgfrith was anointed or , if he was , whether he was the first ) , and , third , that Offa was basing his action on the recent papal consecration in 781 of the Frankish princes , Pippin and Louis , sons of Charlemagne ( though Byzantine precedents are also possible ) . |
| 8 | It is generally accepted that energy reductions of 10 per cent may be possible through simple steps which are often termed ‘ good housekeeping ’ . |
| 9 | It is generally accepted that privatisation will have the most favourable effect on competition when monopolies are broken up or when new competition is introduced . |
| 10 | Although portal pressure is determined by the interrelationship of blood flow and vascular resistance , it is generally accepted that portal hypertension is initiated by an increased resistance to portal blood flow . |
| 11 | It is generally accepted that gastrin controls the growth of the enterochromaffin like cells of the oxyntic mucosa . |
| 12 | It is generally accepted that superoxide anion is most frequently the initial reactive oxygen species that results in production of a cascade of other reactive oxygen species such as hydroxyl radical , H 2 O 2 , and hypochlorous acid . |
| 13 | It is generally acknowledged that gritstone is the acid test of a climber 's ability ; if you can handle its subtleties and idiosyncrasies , the inadequate creases and sparse protection , then the grip and pull or sharphold security of other rock types will be easy meat in comparison . |
| 14 | It is generally regarded that liquidity is a very important factor in the management of unit trusts , given the ability of unit holders to require payment for the resale of their sales on any day , and the above conditions relating to investment policy largely reflect the need to plan for adequate liquidity . |
| 15 | However , nowhere in the world ( and Gewürztraminer is widely grown ) does it reach such dizzy heights as in Alsace , where it is generally vinified dry , the rosy-skinned grape producing dark- hued white wines packed with alcohol . |
| 16 | Now it is generally observed that most civil servants whatever country they come from make sure that they er give each other pay rises and I know it happens in this country the Civil Service pay pays quite well and it 's certainly a key erm feature in er pay structure in developing countries that if your , if you work for the government you are very very well paid , like government wages can be , you know , four , five , six , ten , twenty times |
| 17 | If you remember I used the example of agriculture , right , where it is generally observed that agricultural products have a price inelastic demand , okay . |
| 18 | It is generally agreed that opposition success in the election will depend on a unified challenge to Congress , especially in the densely-populated Hindi-speaking states of the north . |
| 19 | Gutted raw fish are smoked slowly over wood chips and it is generally agreed that oak gives the best flavour , although other woods are preferred in some part of the world . |
| 20 | It is generally agreed that maize was domesticated in Mexico and that its ancestor was a grass called teosinte , which grows in the hills to the south-west of Mexico City . |
| 21 | Since it is generally agreed that intelligence has a genetic component , can it not be argued that social inequality has a biological basis ? |
| 22 | It is generally agreed that consent implies some knowledge on the part of the victim as to the type of act which the defendant is contemplating . |
| 23 | Traditionally , there are restrictions on using " I " : some teachers forbid it , as an example of inelegant intrusion by the author ( though nowadays it is generally thought permissible to use " I " occasionally , to emphasise a point which you wish to show is personal rather than general ) . |
| 24 | It is generally considered good to manipulate the controls of a machine but bad to manipulate election results . |
| 25 | The subjective estimate could be based on pure hunch and guesswork at the end of period t - 1 , but in order to introduce a degree of empirical testability into the model it is normally assumed that is arrived at by some policy rule which includes on the right-hand side only those variables whose magnitudes are known at the end of the period t - 1 . |
| 26 | Although it is possible to make connections to iron pipe , it is normally considered advisable to replace it with copper or plastic when a new copper hot water cylinder and plastic water cistern are installed . |
| 27 | Therefore it is best labelled democratic feminist socialism . |
| 28 | The joint is in this condition when it is finally judged ready for the table . |
| 29 | It is little known that poll tax collectors not only have the authority to arrest those they suspect of defaulting on poll tax and strip them naked for the purposes of search ( without any obligation to mend or replace clothing which is destroyed in the process ) , but they can also apply torture in cases where they have reason to believe poll tax is being withheld — at any rate until such time as the defaulters reveal where their money is hidden . |
| 30 | It is widely believed that penicillin , a substance obtained from moulds of the family called Penicillium , was discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming at St. Mary 's Hospital in London . |