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

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1 Well that 's when you want to put it on is n't it ?
2 What makes it so is not so much the iniquitous voting system which put in power a government that commands the support of only 42 percent of the electorate ( significantly less , taking into account abstentions and spoiled votes ) ) .
3 I would try and get people to work as a team together and then when it obviously is n't going to work properly , only then would I make the decision .
4 I warmed to it first of all because , like the Eggle New York elsewhere in this issue , it obviously is n't trying to be anything else ; it can stand on its own merits without any need for the usual identikit comparisons .
5 ‘ Annie up the road told me to come here ; she said that you sometimes take in paying guests — and there was n't anywhere else , and it was dark , and raining — but it obviously is n't a very good idea , so if you could tell me where else to try — I 'll go and try , ’ she concluded lamely .
6 It is not a question whether it is a separate country — it obviously is not .
7 ‘ People have tried to make it sound complicated and sophisticated but pulling it together is really just hard work involving a lot of discussion , ’ said Robert Ure , associate director with Sedgwick in Scotland .
8 I it they 're the drop they 're take it in is n't the exact requirement .
9 Which if you break it down is only about a pound and three quarters a week
10 To break it down is extremely difficult .
11 And that 's it basically is n't it ?
12 only the novel is younger than writing and the book : it alone is organically receptive to new forms of mute reception , that is , to reading …
13 Going it alone is often a matter of pride and does no one a service .
14 ‘ I would love to have seen 400,000 kids coming along to see Kylie on this tour , but it just is not possible , ’ said Waterman .
15 I do n't want to ‘ politicize ’ the homeless in a way that makes them look like the front-line infantry fighting a barbaric government , which is a line some people have taken , simply because when you 're out there , it just is n't like that .
16 It just is n't like that anywhere else .
17 It just is n't right is it Doris , I mean to say …
18 It just is n't worth it .
19 While Carry On Columbus has alternative types ( Rik Mayall , Alexei Sayle ) paying their respects , old troupers ( wrinkly Jim Dale as Columbus ) and modern inheritors of the tradition ( a pretty limp Julian Clary ) , it just is n't funny or saucy enough .
20 ‘ Well , it just is n't , ’ she wound up , crying .
21 Emily sighed heavily , ‘ It just is n't fair ! ’
22 IT SCORES , BUT IT JUST IS N'T CRICKET
23 IT SCORES , BUT IT JUST IS N'T CRICKET
24 It just is n't true that the number of people infected heterosexually in this country is minimal , ’ he said .
25 I do n't know what he was looking for , some guilt , some shame , some scandal , I do n't know — but it just is n't there , I suppose .
26 Well , when , when it comes to talking about er transport in a rural area and , and talking about transport in the Western Isles , er were not talking about buses or trains , were talking about ferries and , and planes and you just wonder when you hear some of the statistics erm from these companies just what sort of service they are at providing to local people , where your talking about ferries at arriving in , in port at half past eleven to half past twelve at night , that 's not a service for local people , I mean you hear about British Airways increasing their domestic fares to er , by seven per cent as of the beginning of April er you just have to ask is this a service been put up provided for er local people , and it just is n't .
27 I speak it , and appear to understand it , and give and take orders in it , but on some level it just is n't sinking in .
28 It just is n't here .
29 However , at present I have had to conclude that it just is n't possible to respond to the transport ones , so I would be very pleased if you felt able to note on your response that CPRW supports CPRE 's views on this issue .
30 It just is n't a problem .
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