Example sentences of "is [conj] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is although it does n't sound like her . |
| 2 | This is the great hall which is which is although it looks finished is actually by no means finished , I was just explaining to Mike we still need a go there , we still need a table there , we need all the windows to be done and we need three thousand pounds for that window . |
| 3 | But the main argument against the view that ‘ there are enough churches already ’ is that it depends what you mean by ‘ enough ’ . |
| 4 | The truth of the matter is that it depends on the person and not the music we listen to . |
| 5 | The danger in utilizing a theory of ‘ mind ’ to solve the problem of grounding the sociology of knowledge is that it depends on concepts that relate to individual and inaccessible behaviour — ‘ thought ’ , ‘ consciousness ’ , etc . |
| 6 | The second , and more important , is that it depends on the test conditions . |
| 7 | ‘ The thing about directing is that it depends on how you read a play . |
| 8 | There is , however , a problem with this theoretical account , which is that it depends , as mentioned , on the validity of the efficient market hypothesis , that is , it assumes that the underlying value of the company 's business is accurately reflected in the market price of its shares . |
| 9 | The answer to that question is that it depends how you plan to use the recording . |
| 10 | The advantage the pure watercolour has over all other media is that it depends greatly on the light passing through the colour being reflected back from the white paper . |
| 11 | The answer is that it depends whether or not you think that the history of the earth is divisible into units by means of natural events ( or revolutions ) detectable by man . |
| 12 | And the answer of course is that it depends how much you make God like yourself , and that 's a test that Milton does n't come altogether well out of . |
| 13 | A second problem with compensation theory is that it ignores the period during which any changes are taking place — the transitional period . |
| 14 | One of the criticisms of reporting convertible debt as a liability is that it ignores the equity rights which are inherent in an issue of convertible debt . |
| 15 | The response of Dr P to communications , it will be remembered , is that it ignores the aesthetic , that it is so obsessed with ‘ ideological statements and political texts ’ that it can no longer make a distinction between good and bad . |
| 16 | The weakness of this approach in terms of the British civil service is that it ignores the force of ministerial responsibility . |
| 17 | But the main weakness of this type of explanation is that it ignores the relationship between the various parts of the state apparatus and their socio-economic environment under both pre- and post-independence regimes . |
| 18 | One of the reasons for the beneficial effect of dietary fibre is that it reduces the absorption of cholesterol — but there are other ways , too , in which it would appear to perform useful functions in keeping the heart healthy . |
| 19 | My main difficulty is that it reduces the principle enunciated by this House in the Hoffmann-La Roche case to the status of an arbitrary rule — what Dillon L.J . |
| 20 | On a portable , the justification for this is that it reduces the weight , but the BJ-200 is n't a portable . |
| 21 | But one consequence of such stylistic infection is that it reduces the difference between the text being written about and the essay , and dissolves the boundary ( and difference of purpose ) between the two . |
| 22 | The , the result of this , this constraint on us is that it reduces our opportunity to secure the best returns available . |
| 23 | Part of the considerable achievement of Michael Mann 's imaginative but faithful treatment is that it manages to make acceptable for the 1990s some of the outmoded attitudes of its characters , and yet refuses to go for that eco-trendiness that will make Dances With Wolves look dated by the turn of the century . |
| 24 | One drawback is that it responds only to quick changes in humidity , but the inventors point out this should not be a problem with a fuel gauge . |
| 25 | The advantage of this structure is that it responds swiftly to meet most developments whether from competition , government or consumer bodies . |
| 26 | The mark of a good organisation is that it responds positively when things get tough . |
| 27 | The disadvantage of this is that it creates all the lingering resentment and hostility of ‘ win/lose ’ situation . |
| 28 | The disadvantage of product departmentation is that it creates a new form of management and therefore increases the overhead costs and managerial complexity of the organisation . |
| 29 | One of the evolutionary advantages of segmentation ( the division of the body into a series of similar parts ) is that it becomes possible to maintain an old function and acquire a new one simultaneously , by modifying the organs of one segment while leaving those of another unchanged . |
| 30 | One consequence of augmenting the focus registers as in SPAR is that it becomes more common for candidates to be separated only by a weak focusing preference . |