Example sentences of "it is [adv] [vb pp] to " in BNC.

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1 From the parents ' point of view , it is equally related to all its offspring .
2 It is strictly limited to 15,000 , and each plate is individually numbered on the reverse .
3 However , as far as churches and some other faith communities are concerned , City Challenge and the new Urban Partnership Fund are of limited significance ; the former because it is geographically limited to small areas of Bradford and Kirklees , and the latter because it is so meagre ; its national total of £20 million equals only twice the annual Urban Programme receipts in our three districts ( £10.8 million in 1992/3 ) .
4 Reed warblers are no more likely to eject a model cuckoo 's egg when it is simply added to those already in the nest than they are when a substitution is carried out .
5 Graph ( a ) shows the Keynesian speculative demand for money ( L s ) on the assumption that it is inversely related to the rate of interest between the interest rates Oi and Oi , 1 : above Oi 1 , the speculative demand is assumed to be zero and below Oi , it is assumed to be perfectly elastic .
6 It being reported to this Meeting that the Peck Measures of the different corners of Islay do not agree in size , & that many of them are deficient of the Legal Standard Measure of this Country-In order to remedy this evil it is recommended that in place of the Heaped Peck commonly used that a streak measure answering exactly to the standard measure of Islay shou 'd be substituted in place of the Heap measure , & in order to carry this Resolution into Execution the Meeting do hereby appoint the following Committee … it is earnestly recommended to these Gentlemen to have the different Pecks of the different Parishes brought to the proper Streak measure , and to have these pecks Branded with Shawfield 's Iron , and this being once done it is recommended to the said Committee to cause publish at the Parish Churches that if any person within their Bounds shall Sell or Buy with any other peck than the Peck so ascertained & stamped , that they shall be Fined at the discretion of the Baron Baillie of Islay
7 The fungus has no heart nor ‘ Achilles ’ heal and unless it is completely destroyed to its limits , it will develop fresh strength and start again to devour the timberwork .
8 In an amplified state it is generally referred to as ‘ expanded consciousness ’ — a condition that allows us to process through our nervous system , information from the environment which during a normal state of consciousness is totally inaccessible .
9 It is generally referred to as the House of Canmore , though Canmore was originally only a nickname — Malcolm ‘ the Great Head ’ — not bestowed in any complimentary sense by those who suffered under his notorious rages and lust for war .
10 There are different opinions about the exact risk involved in oral sex , but it is generally understood to be much less risky than penetrative sex .
11 Although there is an operation for this purpose , called ventriculocordectomy , it is generally considered to be undesirable .
12 Where user participation does occur it is normally limited to peripheral activities , such as trips and social events ( Catter , 1981 ; Kent et al . ,
13 It is normally bonded to nylon fabrics when it is used for sleeping bags .
14 If the SPR does not reference any modules , it is automatically sent to the LIFESPAN manager .
15 If the SPR does not reference any modules , it is automatically sent to the LIFESPAN manager .
16 However , although these five writers belonged to a minority group in their society , and although they say that their experience derives from a source greater than human reason can comprehend , they are fired with a certainty that it is intimately related to the deepest needs and purposes of human being , and has about it the simple inevitability of fulfilment .
17 It is intimately linked to the second substage , pastoralism , which , Marx believed , following the accepted view of the time — itself much influenced by Biblical sources — always preceded agriculture .
18 If incorrectly fitted , it is soon ripped to bits with even gentle off roading .
19 The Herdwick is the hardiest of all breeds in the Lake District , and it is particularly suited to life in the fells .
20 It is particularly suited to fantasy cakes as it is easy to use and provides a soft , smooth surface .
21 If horsetail is to be introduced to the garden at all , it is best confined to a container or , if planted in the open , in an area of the soil bounded by concrete at sides and bottom , so that the rhizomes can not penetrate what in effect is a concrete box .
22 Most legal departments in industry merely do the work that would ordinarily be entrusted to a solicitor ; sometimes it is largely confined to routine conveyancing and the drawing of contracts , but a much wider field may be touched , including the formation of subsidiary companies , company finance , insurance and employers ' liability , patents , trade marks — there is , in fact , hardly any limit to the economic activities upon which a large corporation may engage .
23 A second advantage of the approach is that it is largely confined to observable empirical phenomena .
24 Still , it is largely left to material from church archives to suggest the use of records in the vernacular on a considerable scale .
25 It is easily attached to the column by two clips mounted on the back of the plexiglass strip .
26 It is a small pocket book of only 64 pages which means it is easily carried to where it is needed .
27 In other words , it is easily reduced to the most basic units which makes it simple for computers to process .
28 So the English village is neither as immemorial nor as unchanging as it is conventionally believed to be .
29 He paid tribute to his beloved secret weapon , the old plywood box : ‘ It is temporarily put to one side .
30 When considering Ernst 's equation , it is frequently found to be useful also to introduce an associated function Ε , defined by ( 11.11 ) With this , the line element ( 11.4 ) or ( 11.6 ) can be written in the alternative form ( 11.12 ) and the main equations ( 6.22d , e ) , or alternatively ( 11.7 ) , become .
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