Example sentences of "[subord] it is [adj] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It says the terms under which consumers will receive a ‘ free ’ item or gift must be clearly stated , particularly where it is conditional upon ordering or purchasing some other item . |
| 2 | A deficiency in calcium would be disastrous in growing horses , where it is essential for bone formation . |
| 3 | However , there are certainly other industries where it is normal to group activities in this way . |
| 4 | Dowsing is no more objective than more obviously and directly ‘ psychic ’ methods , particularly where it is concerned with detection of earth energies rather than physical artefacts , water , and so on . |
| 5 | Although it is lower in fibre it may provide more calcium in the body . |
| 6 | Although it is possible in principle that a bidder might offer a high enough price to compensate suppliers and customers for the relationship benefits they derive from their shareholdings , it is unlikely . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , the Bush Administration has promised new plans on protecting the owl , although it is unclear at present as to how much logging will be permitted under them . |
| 8 | Thus , although it is amenable to antibiotic therapy like a bacterium , it is , like a virus , an obligatory intracellular parasite . |
| 9 | The effect of non-jurisdictional error of law is different ; the affected decision has legal effect from the very beginning because although it is wrong in law it is not illegal . |
| 10 | It is written from the point of view of zoologists although it is biochemical in content . |
| 11 | The Japanese launch was a success , although it is open to question how much of the success can be attributed to innovative marketing and how much to the technical qualities of the product . |
| 12 | From their ranks today will come the senior teachers of AD 2000 , so it is crucial for education , as well as for their own well-being , that this group is preserved from the fates of burn-out and cynicism . |
| 13 | Many languages clearly have a common source so it is possible to group languages into families of which the following are the largest : |
| 14 | Many languages clearly have a common source so it is possible to group languages into families of which the following are the largest : |
| 15 | According to Tukey ( 1977:205 ) , the value of smoothing ‘ is the clearer view of the general , once it is unencumbered by detail ’ . |
| 16 | RE is on a much stronger wicket than it is usually given credit for , provided it is open in character . |
| 17 | Having been synthesized it has to be transported to the part of the cell in which it is required ; there it will remain for its lifetime of hours , weeks or months until it is due for renewal , when it is pulled out of place in the cell and broken down by enzymes as quickly as it was previously synthesized , its building blocks ( the amino acids ) being recycled in the synthesis of other proteins . |
| 18 | For example , a just procedure may well require considerable complexity , but if it is stable over time , resources can be invested in making the procedure more transparent through better presentation of the justification for a formula and of the import of complex formulae and their inherent uncertainties in cash terms . |
| 19 | Having said this , Smith , being a Marxist , has to provide an alternative and more sophisticated account of why military expenditure remains high even if it is dysfunctional for capitalism For Smith , military expenditure is yet one more example of the contradictions of capitalism — it is both functional and dysfunctional . |
| 20 | 146 ( 1 ) A right of re-entry or forfeiture under any proviso or stipulation in a lease for a breach of any covenant or condition in the lease shall not be enforceable , by action or otherwise , unless and until the lessor serves on the lessee a notice — ( a ) specifying the particular breach complained of ; and ( b ) if the breach is capable of remedy , requiring the lessee to remedy the breach ; and ( c ) in any case , requiring the lessee to make compensation in money for the breach ; and the lessee fails , within a reasonable time thereafter , to remedy the breach , if it is capable of remedy , and to make reasonable compensation in money , to the satisfaction of the lessor , for the breach . |
| 21 | There are a number of reasons for thinking that such information transmission may be easier to manage if it occurs within firms than if it is subject to market transactions , and this means that there is a case for thinking that R&D activities ( particularly the D ) may have to be part of a vertically related structure that extends back into important input markets , and forward into downstream consumer markets ( see Teece , 1986 , Geroski , 1992 , and Jorde and Teece , 1990 , who apply these arguments to the antitrust treatment of co-operative R&D ventures ) . |
| 22 | If it is weak on aesthetics , it is notably strong on pedagogy , almost to the extent of limiting the concept of learning ( p. 80 ) . |
| 23 | As always when drawing , I stand back from the piece at regular intervals to get an overall feel as to how the drawing is developing , and to see if it is uniform in shade and texture . |
| 24 | As always when drawing , I stand back from the piece at regular intervals to get an overall feel as to how the drawing is developing , and to see if it is uniform in shade and texture . |
| 25 | If it is dangerous to engage in political protest ( and it is ) and , as one of my informants Biu complained , if it is pointless to reclamar , to argue with God ( and it would seem to be so ) , hungry and frustrated people can transform angry and nervous hunger into ‘ breakdown ’ and ‘ mental ’ problems . |
| 26 | I think we can say that if it is pneumatic in character , the shape will be organic . |
| 27 | If it is large in relation tot he aquarium , the accumulation of food and subsequent rotting will lead to the growth of what you call fungi . |
| 28 | Mrs. Ray Michie ( Argyll and Bute ) : I support the new clause because it is essential for bus users to have their interests protected . |
| 29 | Phosphorus , usually in the form of superphosphate of lime , directly encourages root development and , because it is essential for respiration and photosynthesis , indirectly promotes an earlier véraison or ripening of the grapes . |
| 30 | Because it is inhumane to shuttle people between facilities these patients usually remain within the NHS . |