Example sentences of "it is [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Considerable effort by senior management needs to be devoted to refining information so that it is related to local units , uses easily understood concepts and yardsticks , has illustrations and examples , is consistent and is a careful balance between mentioning failures and successes . |
| 2 | In this respect , Easton provides an excellent opportunity to establish the nature of routine policing in Northern Ireland and how it is affected by societal divisions . |
| 3 | The question is , to what extent does the notion of ( loose ) apposition , as it is defined by these criteria , play a role in such an explanation ? |
| 4 | It is formed by seventeen Commissioners the larger countries providing two and the smaller ones , one each who run twenty-three main departments called General Directorates ( DG ) . |
| 5 | He also demonstrates how hard it is to maintain this view , and how easy it is to lapse into logocentric assumptions . |
| 6 | Involvement of the central nervous system is common in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ( AIDS ) ; in many it is caused by opportunistic pathogens such as Toxoplasma gondii . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The Riviera is a modern hotel five minutes walk from the bustling Corso Italia , it is situated in attractive gardens with a large pool overhung with willows and pines . |
| 9 | What we have not yet considered is where the body clock is and how it is adjusted by external time-cues . |
| 10 | And if it is diverted from national savings , it does not help anyway . |
| 11 | It is packed with drowned dolphins . |
| 12 | To attack the predator while it is in a stable position on the ground is far riskier than to do so when it is clinging to high branches . |
| 13 | it is blown into drilled holes at pre-set pressure and density . |
| 14 | Unlike the House of Lords it is elected , but it is elected by local councillors , an overwhelming majority of them from small country ‘ communes ’ . |
| 15 | It is grown in tiny quantities in the northern Rhone at Condrieu and Chateau-Grillet , where it makes utterly delicious whites at £15 — £30 a bottle . |
| 16 | This can already be guessed at from the demonic intensity of his most famous recordings , and it is confirmed by first-hand reports . |
| 17 | Although it is intended for all ages and abilities , in practice it is limited to Levels 1 , 2 and 3 . |
| 18 | It is intended for all levels of user , however it is assumed that the reader is familiar with LIFESPAN and its operation . |
| 19 | It is intended for all levels of user , however it is assumed that the reader is familiar with LIFESPAN and its operation . |
| 20 | As a result , there is a continued shortage of residential care facilities for the full-time residence of mentally handicapped people which is perpetuating the need for mental handicap hospitals to house them , even though it is recognised by all parties that this is to be avoided at all costs . |
| 21 | It is illuminated by brilliant passages of interpretation and convincing proposals for source material for Magritte 's imagery , ranging from Egyptian and Greek sculpture , fifteenth-century frescoes and Symbolist pictures of the nineteenth century to photography and film stills , pulp fiction and popular postcards of a mildly erotic flavour , and illustrations published in the Larousse encyclopaedia . |
| 22 | It is calculated for two cases : shear deformation and uniaxial stretching and compression . |
| 23 | It is said of some speeches that they smell of the lamp . |
| 24 | Thus it is said in several cases that the plaintiff must have ‘ a right of property in the thing and a right of possession ’ and that unless both these rights concur the action will not lie . |
| 25 | It is said in some quarters she is being vindictive about these matters . |
| 26 | It is said in some circles that Morrison is alive and well and living in Des Moines , so perhaps we will one day have to sit through Doors II : the Incognito Years . |
| 27 | They say the survey is inaccurate because it is based on incorrect figures that the Prime Minister gave to parliament this year . |
| 28 | We should also note that it is based on certain assumptions , for example it is assumed that those who have some reason to form a pressure group will , in an open society , do so , and that the degree of governmental response will depend on the degree of pressure the group is able to exert , and that this is directly related to the group 's importance to the community . |
| 29 | It is based on small firms . |
| 30 | It is based on old men 's ideas , old men 's ideals and frustrations . |