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

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1 So it is easy option to borrow and spend that money on services .
2 Thus it is one thing to adopt a radically subjectivist posture towards law reform and another thing entirely to purport merely to be describing the law as it is and then to conclude that it is wholly or even primarily subjectivist .
3 Whether or not it is good fortune to fall in love with the person you marry , our culture dictates that this is the basis of proper marriage .
4 Now it is twisting arms to get dividends raised .
5 As Mayberry ( 1978 : 33 ) points out : Today it is common practice to begin papers by setting the record straight , so to speak , sometimes with what strikes the reader as being an unusually strong position regarding inter-sign language comprehension given the current state of knowledge . ’
6 There are 3 arches ; shoot the righthand arch and go tight left between the rocks and shingle , then it is 400 yds rack to Twin Islands .
7 And indeed it is high time to think about lunch .
8 Yet it is this policy making , often particularly that which occurs at the highest level , that receives very much more attention .
9 This school of writing allows the pluralistic nature of polities and the control of the state by the representatives of the working class to be explained , while at the same time outlining why it is that capitalism persists .
10 1991 , 27 1148 ) , I at once came to appreciate why it is that chemistry has so largely lost its appeal to the young : it is because its teaching has lost all discipline , degrading the science from a pursuit of excellence to ‘ fiddling the results ’ .
11 This is why it is crucial ministers confront this conflict , get a grip on it , and ensure that users are not short-changed by the policy .
12 Certainly it is welcome news to report that oral examination entry levels rose by 33 per cent with FLIC overtaking its sister examination , Spoken English for Industry and Commerce ( SEFIC ) , for the first time in six years .
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