Example sentences of "[conj] it [is] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The route lies predominantly within agricultural land of good quality apart from a section to the south of the Edinburgh/Carstairs main railway line where it is flanked by residential developments . |
| 2 | Normally , one only meets a non-cumulative several liability where it is annexed to joint liability . |
| 3 | The eggs , even before they hatch , require great care , reducing the time a parent bird can spend finding food for itself and keeping it sitting on the ground or in the branches of a tree where it is exposed to much more danger than it would be in the air . |
| 4 | where it is seen to this day |
| 5 | Gamma ray satellites so far have shown the distribution of interstellar gas ( where it is struck by cosmic rays ) , pulsars , and two dozen powerful but as-yet-unidentified sources . |
| 6 | A cell adhesion molecule known as neural cadherin ( N-cadherin ) is expressed predominantly in the nervous system , where it is implicated in neuronal migration during development . |
| 7 | The best part of the town is on the south bank of the Adour , where it is divided into two by Bayonne 's other river , the Nive , which enters from the south , from the mountains . |
| 8 | French may be studied at Edinburgh not only at all levels of MA(General) and MA ( General Honours ) but as a single honours subject ( with a secondary subject taken in the first two years ) ; or as the major or minor subject in a wide variety of joint degrees , where it is combined with another modern European language , or with one of a number of Arts Faculty subjects , or even with subjects ( Business Studies and Law ) from other faculties . |
| 9 | Where it is suggested to professional advisers , the suggestion will commonly be met with the caution and dubiety they naturally bring to a proposal lying outside their experience or practice . |
| 10 | This phenomenon also arises in the field of insurance where it is known as adverse selection . |
| 11 | Examples of its use in various ways are to be found in Tristan and Parsifal ( many unaccompanied recitative-like passages ) , Tchaikovsky 's ‘ Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy ’ from the Nutcracker Suite ( very few notes , but marvellously effective ) , Elgar 's Symphony No. 2 ( endless examples of bass clarinet doublings ) , Stravinsky 's Petrushka ( in the 1st scene where it is used with two ordinary clarinets during the extraordinarily realistic hurdy-gurdy episode , and in the Moor 's scene later on with grotesquely sinister effect ) . |
| 12 | Admittedly , where it is used for mass vaccination its reported efficacy has varied widely , as detailed by Citron . |
| 13 | A prolonged interval is seen in diabetic autonomic neuropathy where it is associated with sudden death , and in chronic alcoholics. 50% of patients with alcohol-related liver disease will have evidence of vagal neuropathy on standard cardiovascular reflex tests . |
| 14 | The redemption of the debenture is either refinanced by another debenture issue or it is repaid from any surplus cash . |
| 15 | One reason is that the distinction we have made between productive and consumption property is not always maintained , or it is applied in differing ways . |
| 16 | The old armour is either worn away gradually , as in crocodiles , or it is shed at special times in a complete ‘ coat ’ , as in lizards and snakes . |
| 17 | There is a lightness of touch in the Gothic tracery in the windows ( although it is made of cast iron ! ) and the barge boarding in the central gable is almost like lace compared with the later and heavier Victorian sort . |
| 18 | Although it is intended for all ages and abilities , in practice it is limited to Levels 1 , 2 and 3 . |
| 19 | Although it is perceived by local authorities to be an environmental problem , dog-fouling is not necessarily harmful to the environment but of course is resented by humans for physical , visual , olfactory , health and aesthetic reasons . |
| 20 | Colour clashes which would make Timmy Mallet vomit on sight are the order of the night , and the music is an equally mixed bag , although it is peppered with enough goodies to eat between meals without ruining your appetite . |
| 21 | In 1909 D. W. Griffith directed A Corner in Wheat for the Biograph Company and the New York Dramatic Mirror announced to its readers that ‘ this picture is not a picture drama , although it is presented with dramatic force . |
| 22 | As expected , the probe partially protects two fragments of 63bp and 78bp corresponding to the vascular isoform ( PBRUC1 ) which , although it is detected in all smooth muscle tissues , is only weakly expressed in visceral tissues . |
| 23 | Although it is written in 12/8 , this is essentially the same as triplets in 4/4 . |
| 24 | His present research , to be completed in 1986 , is an examination of the philosophical bases for various theories of first language acquisition ; it develops the thesis that non- verbal language is crucial for this area of enquiry , although it is ignored by most researchers in the field . |
| 25 | This byroad was formerly the main highway ; it is now little used although it is kept in good repair to serve the few local farmsteads . |
| 26 | This arrangement secures a quiet legal life for the film industry in general , although it is resented by some film-makers who are obliged to tailor their product to BBFC standards in order to secure distribution outlets . |
| 27 | Broadly speaking , although it is discussed in more detail below , a business is transferred as a going concern if the purchaser carries on that business in succession to the vendor as distinct from the purchaser selectively choosing specific assets of the vendor for use in the purchaser 's own business . |
| 28 | Although it is sold under that name it will have been replaced with a pigment or dye colourant . |
| 29 | Multi-disciplinary team again — although it 's led by one particular agency , there are inputs from a whole range of agencies . |
| 30 | A couple whose cottage garden is so spectacular that it 's visited by two thousand people a year are about to move house . |