Example sentences of "is [verb] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once that is recognized it becomes quite obvious that the concept of man as a mythical universal being , born free and equal , which is today so popular among intellectuals and slogan-spouting politicians in all parts of the world is not shared by humanity at large . |
| 2 | ‘ Induction offers the chef total control down to the last degree , and because only the pan is heated it means chefs no longer have to work in a hot , uncomfortable kitchen environment . ’ |
| 3 | This is most easily dealt with by ensuring that when Newco is formed it elects to have the same accounting year-end date as Target . |
| 4 | When the second set of bubbles is formed it 's done . |
| 5 | And of course our guy turns up does n't he , and he 's seen vino , and all he 's got to do now is load it does n't he ? |
| 6 | When the climb is completed it seems likely to enter the elite F8c+ club — about E10 . |
| 7 | With 15 to 20 per cent of tin or more , the alloy becomes brittle and almost unworkable , although it can still be cast to shape , and as more tin is added it becomes whiter in colour . |
| 8 | If the CEMREL Research Project ( 1972 ) is any indication of what is expected it seems American teachers are looking for a child 's skill at ‘ showing ’ , and , in particular , ‘ showing ’ emotion . |
| 9 | I think it is erm Greater York that has been seen as an area with special problems because of its er historic character , erm which we spent many hours debating at the York greenbelt local plan inquiry , and I think most participants there accepted that the er what was being protected was not just the historic core , but also the setting of York and its surrounding ring of villages , and the way which it is proposed to protect that setting and character is by a greenbelt , now it follows that if you are imposing extremely severe restrictions on new development in an area around a settlement , then you have to meet the legitimate development needs for that settlement in another location , the further away that new settlement or other policy response is located it seems to me the less likely it is to meet the er needs of that settlement , and that will give rise to erm , you know , additional pressures on the settlement you are proposing to protect and maybe those pressures could not be resisted , and I think that 's why there is this requirement that erm the development which might otherwise be built on the edge of York , but which is not proposed to be so built because of the greenbelt needs to be located close , as close to York as is consistent with the original environmental objectives greenbelt objectives for the greenbelt . |
| 10 | Once you know what is happening it becomes much less frightening . |
| 11 | The problem with dinghy sailing is that once the sailing bug is caught it grabs hold . |
| 12 | Once a surface is disinfected it tends to remain so until used . |
| 13 | If this is the approach which is adopted it means that when a certain point is reached the word of the head is final . |
| 14 | If the light is absorbed it reads ‘ 0 ’ ( see diagram above ) . |
| 15 | If this feature is exploited it makes a very nice leaf spray , and the 3D effect is enhanced if the yew is combined with a darker-toned wood such as sapele . |
| 16 | Some anthropologists would counter these examples by arguing that there actually are class-like phenomena in such states ( Terray , 1975 ) , by pointing out the difference in access to the means of production between elders and juniors and men and women , but even if this argument is accepted it gives little support to the general theory in that such ‘ class ’ differences also occur in clearly stateless societies . |
| 17 | Direct blocks in kung fu hardly exist ; if a block is made it does not stop dead upon impact . |
| 18 | Once a decision to adopt a stratified sampling scheme is made it becomes necessary to decide how the n units in the sample should be allocated to strata . |
| 19 | But before any package is made it has to be designed and tested to make sure it meets all the legal , technical and commercial needs . |
| 20 | Almost without exception , if any comment is made it includes a reference to the immense improvement in the health and manners of the children and to their gains in weight … |
| 21 | When the little animal is disturbed it burrows furiously down into the ground until it has completely disappeared except for its horny rump . |
| 22 | Under the Education Reform Act 1988 , if an authority believes that a budget is mismanaged it has the ultimate power to withdraw it . |
| 23 | If the secularist assumption is operating it becomes almost impossible . |
| 24 | The black and white feeds in a narrow range of tree species and when none is fruiting it eats leaves . |
| 25 | Where nothing is written it takes time to create a document which is genuinely useful to many of us , both as a verification of our struggle and a signpost to future strategies for our art work . |
| 26 | Once form is foregrounded it becomes impossible to speak of any other content except form itself . |
| 27 | In terms of how the visual system is organized it raises the exciting possibility that different properties of objects are computed by anatomically distinct circuits . |
| 28 | Where this is done it matters not that the pedestrians have n't put a foot on the crossing or that they have actually crossed and the offence can still be committed ( Gullen v Ford [ 1975 ] 2 All ER 24 and Connor v Paterson ( 1977 ) 121 Sol Jo 392 ) . |
| 29 | Once the advertisement is approved it falls to the production department to transform the art director 's layout into a " mechanical " , but the art director remains very much in control , perhaps choosing the house style and certainly monitoring all stages of production and correcting colour reproduction if necessary . |
| 30 | So I walked to the last bench what seated three pupils , I said , there it is look it 's stuck about three inch . |