Example sentences of "is [adv] [vb pp] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the programme is finally adopted it has to be referred back to the European Parliament for a second time . |
| 2 | Sometimes truth may be suppressed for a long time but while it is imprisoned it gathers to itself more and more power so that on the day that it is finally released it explodes , blowing everything asunder . |
| 3 | Er in paragraph a hundred and eight of that paper and I 'd I 'd like to read er read a quotation out , However because an exception is not acknowledged it does not mean that provision could not be made for this . |
| 4 | When it is not expelled it seems to backfill so the tubes get coated in thick white mucus . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't think about the age of the role , if a play is well written it tells an actor what to do , ’ said Mr Rickman , who is 45 . |
| 6 | Well Ian is quite irked it happened because people Zain and Desmond got the job on the day and it was n't quite clearly said , my fault , not quite clearly said exactly , count the money religiously and |
| 7 | The case for loans has been most strongly argued by a group at the London School of Economics whose main criticism of an entirely grant-based approach is that it favours better-off families , and as it is currently operated it leaves many students in poverty . |
| 8 | A child who is continually told it has low status is likely to grow into a low-status adult . |