Example sentences of "[conj] it is [verb] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( b ) alternative , as in the cases of the provision of alternative facilities for the production , exhibition or publication of certain kinds of work , where it is believed that existing institutions exclude or tend to exclude these ; |
| 2 | Over at Pratt 's , the St James ' club where it is said that Tory leaders were made and unmade in the old days , you would never have guessed there was an election on . |
| 3 | This is particularly apparent in Central America , where it is estimated that seasonal migrants make up 70 per cent of the labour force employed in agriculture . |
| 4 | A step up here , a step down there until perhaps you reach the door of the room from which , although it is locked and empty , you can hear shuffling footsteps . |
| 5 | Thus although it is recognized that regulatory agencies can influence behaviour , it is also true that the framework on to which they impose constraints is not the same regardless of the underlying institutional structure . |
| 6 | Only two outsiders are permitted to eat from the kitchen — the governor , who has to sample one meal every day to be able to answer any complaints the following day , and the doctor , who tastes the food two or three times a week to ensure that it is balanced and nutritious . |
| 7 | Despite these remarks , it will be preferable to use a more compact notation , so , provided that it is understood that single nouns cover an intensional structure like that above ( and this will matter in later chapters ) we shall feel free to show them as simple occurrences of E , thus retaining as our notation for the pattern of any of the following : ( 14 ) green bottles hungry marchers chocolate cake 1.5 It is inappropriate and indeed impossible to characterize the semantic , and purely linguistic , value of qualification in extensional or referential terms . |
| 8 | It might be helpful to know that it is planned that low flying by jets will decline by about 30 per cent . |
| 9 | What happens if the income is paid to a person resident in the United Kingdom and it is paid so that it is received as taxable income in the hands of that beneficiary ? |
| 10 | This means that it is regarded as criminal for a man of 21 to commit this offence with a consenting male under 21 . |
| 11 | Insurance considerations will not be very relevant in deciding whether to exclude liability ( for loss or damage other than death or personal injury ) to a consumer to the extent that it is regarded as reasonable under s 4 and permitted under s 2(2) . |
| 12 | I K. Campbell , 1970 , p. 23 ) It is allowed that it is enlightening or tolerable to speak of hoping , perceiving , thinking , and a good deal else as having objects or contents in the given sense . |
| 13 | And many disabled people require large quantities of water , so it is expected that social legislation will provide grants to cover some of these categories . |
| 14 | Once it is decided that certain assumptions are true , it only makes sense to demonstrate this by counting on them in practice . |
| 15 | There are manifest dangers in the way a relative norm is chosen , but once it is accepted that relative validity is all we can aim at these need not worry us unduly . |
| 16 | Once it is conceded that non-human animals might have qualities of this sort the observer is challenged to interpret the alleged symbolism and the alleged symptoms of emotion and attitude . |
| 17 | In reviewing recent empirical work on women 's consciousness , Beechey ( 1983 ) notes that : women 's class consciousness , because it is largely mediated through husbands ' employment , tends to be weaker than men 's ; many women , under the influence of capitalist and male-dominated ideology , remain unconscious of their gender-related disadvantages ; women 's consciousness probably varies over their life cycle ; and it is fractured and contradictory . |
| 18 | Specially trained BT staff will also be on hand to advise those who are suffering from nuisance calls , and it is intended that self-help groups will be set up by people who have been victims themselves . |
| 19 | These are usually agreed jointly by the Countryside Commission and local authorities , and it is intended that strict development control should be applied within them . |
| 20 | Britain is leading the way in this and it is hoped that other countries will soon follow suit . |
| 21 | The directory will be widely distributed to advice centres and tenants groups and it is hoped that other agencies such as local police stations will be interested in obtaining copies . |
| 22 | More eggs are set to hatch at London Zoo this spring , and it is hoped that wild populations will be re-established in appropriate locations in the south of Britain . |
| 23 | This property has recently undergone considerable restoration and it is hoped that wooden rails will once again adorn the gallery and that it may again be used by the mistress of the house , who is a spinner . |
| 24 | The EC Biotechnology Framework Programme recognises the importance of classical taxonomy to genetic and molecular studies , and it is felt that collaborative research offers the best way forward in combining different the approaches . |
| 25 | Six wood veneers in Natural or Surfaced finishes are currently available and it is anticipated that appropriate applications will be for wall panelling and furniture . |
| 26 | A good deal of depressive illness is known to follow adverse life events and it is known that human infants show considerable variation in response to separation from their mothers . |
| 27 | Between the surrender and December 1948 the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce retail price index rose by 4000 per cent and it is estimated that black market prices increased at double this rate . |
| 28 | The Illington-Lackford type of pottery occurs on 4 per cent of cemeteries and 15 per cent of settlements in East Anglia , strongly suggesting that it was being used for domestic , as well as funerary , use , and it is estimated that undecorated pottery made from the same fabrics outnumber the decorated Illington-Lackford pots by 15:1 . |
| 29 | This has now been officially recognised and it is expected that extra student places will be provided to make up the deficiency . |
| 30 | The BAAB will encourage all its athletes selected for the Olympic Games to use the Vauxhall Invitation and it is expected that top Americans , already in Europe for the Grand Prix meets in Lausanne on July 8 , Crystal Palace ( July 10 ) and Nice ( July 12 ) , will also head for the North-East . |