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

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1 But since in trusts it is accepted that intention should be regarded , I replied that it was absurd , when the first substitution had not taken effect , that the granddaughter should be denied a claim for a share , since her grandfather wanted her to have the whole if the second brother had also received his brother 's share .
2 Whilst TechDoc is certainly one of the older and more established of these compartments it is undergoing rapid change as the vendors break away from the dedicated hardware platforms of their recent past .
3 After the age of 5 years it is suggested that language increasingly becomes a tool for higher intellectual functions and therefore is difficult to assess independently of other cognitive processes .
4 Although Sun has other existing engineering projects which utilise Russian expertise — also lead by Dr. Babaian — these are focused purely on research , and Sun claims that in employing Russian scientists to develop commercial products it is breaking new ground for a Western firm .
5 By encouraging people to vote against the complex at elections it is expected that legislature will then be able to pass laws and regulations and make institutional changes which will expunge this cancerous growth from American society .
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