Example sentences of "it is a [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fit is more important today , he believes , and the sizes in his new collection range from 10–16 , although he is anxious to point out that it is a generously cut 16 , and ‘ not just a bigger version of the size 10 . |
| 2 | The adjudging of the beastblood is something else I do not fully understand , ’ said Dierdriu , ‘ but it is a little to do with the eyes , and a little to do with the movements … |
| 3 | It is a little known but true fact that a two legged creature can usually beat a four legged creature over a short distance , simply because of the time it takes the quadruped to get its legs sorted out . |
| 4 | It is a lavishly illustrated and beautifully laid-out book with contributions from many leading journalists and also from key figures such as David Campese , Rob Andrew , Gavin Hastings , Grant Fox and a host of others . |
| 5 | It was a severe test for him , for it is a widely held view that his talents as a party manager are not matched by his capabilities as a potential Prime Minister . |
| 6 | It is a widely held prejudice that the closest boxing gets to Art is that the guy who holds the towels at ringside might just be called that . |
| 7 | While no one would deny the existence of horrendous acts of violence and criminality in earlier times , it is a widely held belief that western , advanced societies are becoming more and more criminal . |
| 8 | But Krauss suggests that we know very well what sculpture is : it is a historically bounded category , with its own set of rules , which are not open to very much change : its internal logic is that of the monument , a commemorative representation , which sits in a particular place and ‘ speaks in a symbolic tongue about the meaning or use of that place ’ . |
| 9 | So it is that for Douglas MacBain it is a clearly defined aim to consider setting targets for numbers of churches to be planted in the coming decade and to work to facilitate this . |
| 10 | Although Introduction to Special Relativity appears as a new title , in reality it is a heavily revised , expanded and updated version of Wolfgang Rindler 's Special Relativity ( now out of print ) . |
| 11 | It is a largely forgotten war in which , as Soviet enthusiasm has waned , and Mengistu has been deposed , the Eritreans have increasingly gained the upper hand . |
| 12 | It is a newly discovered ( or perhaps re-discovered ) complex , natural language , linked to a cognitive representation which carries all the information of a society with limited sound . |
| 13 | Poetry Professor Peter Levi , Oxford University , says it is a well written poem , but not a famous one and he can not identify the author . |
| 14 | Another drawback is that while in most respects it is a well finished program it is not as eager to show off its own advantages as say Lotus Freelance for Windows which has a very slick presentation which serves as an introduction to the program . |
| 15 | It is a well preserved arch using the Composite Order . |
| 16 | On every score , it is a well established and well operated pension scheme and it is no wonder that there is immense concern among employees of the Scottish Bus Group about the implications for the scheme after privatisation . |
| 17 | It is a well established law that it is sufficient if he exercises the ordinary skill of an ordinary man exercising that particular art . |
| 18 | In the little-known country of Academia , it is a well established fact that 1 in 10 undergraduates leave university during or at the end of their first year . |
| 19 | It is a well known fact that sheep in their ruthless determination for world domination are disguising themselves in an effort to infiltrate positions of power . |
| 20 | to , because , one of the main points about the embarrassing er aspect , mainly boys sniggering and giggling , whatever , maybe some girls do , but it 's mainly er , males , I think a point to be made there is , it is a well known fact that boys took longer to mature emotionally than girls and I think if it was a guy a younger guy , maybe in his late twenties , early thirties teaching it , and if he had the sort of guts to turn round and the bravery to say look son , what is it you 're laughing at , what 's so funny ? |
| 21 | However , it is a well known fact that all Spanish men are born with a football in their mouth and so I am sure his dormant skills will blossom forth as soon as he walks out on to the park . |
| 22 | Of course , it is a well known tag that … the law can not turn a house into a home … |
| 23 | It is a well known fact that everyone who drinks Guinness is fond of music . |
| 24 | It is a well known fact that designers plant a line of bollards when they do not know what to do . |
| 25 | Does not he recognise that it is a broadly based representative body in which it was open to the Conservative party to participate and that for him to call now for a debate , once its work is completed , is extraordinary ? |
| 26 | It is a carefully conceived piece of theatre , evoking the Age of Chivalry , both that , legendary , of Charlemagne 's court , and that , imaginary , to which Don Quixote aspires . |
| 27 | The defining characteristics of a state … are : ( 1 ) It is a territorially defined association . |
| 28 | Perhaps because it is situated not far from the Belgian border where stone is more readily available , it is a richly decorated late Gothic cathedral , definably Dutch in treatment but Belgian or French in design . |
| 29 | He remarked : ‘ It is a generally received opinion that Turner adopted a peculiar manner , that he exaggerated it more and more , and that his last works are the result of a deranged intellect . ’ |
| 30 | It is a generally known fact that here our bow is at a very high tension . |