Example sentences of "it is [verb] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is said that commercially-grown winter lettuce is sprayed More times than a Rolls Royce , which seems an excellent reason for growing your own organic winter salads . |
| 2 | A horse standing perfectly in the show ring , with its ears nicely pricked , may indicate that it is cross by pressing its lips tightly together , as if it is refusing some nasty-tasting medicine . |
| 3 | Well I think we 'll have to re-look at the whole question of village envelopes in certain cases , where it is decided that low cost housing is desirable , and see if in some way , they can encourage the farmer to make land available so that he can make some money which he badly needs at the moment , as agriculture 's going through one of the biggest depressions it 's been through for years . |
| 4 | But today it is providing many useful applications in the financial sector |
| 5 | And — in collaboration with AEA Petroleum Services — it is converting some selected microcomputer software to run on multiple workstations . ’ |
| 6 | Welcome though it is to see such friendly typecasting , we should hope that the opening up of broadcasting to more gay representation will allow for greater diversity . |
| 7 | It is ingesting many different types of foods , living and dead , plant and animal . |
| 8 | It is to suggest that sexual difficulty , or problems in the field of sexual relationship , should be looked out for more often by social workers and others concerned with them , and looked at more from the child 's own point of view . |
| 9 | So Chairman I offer in lieu of three point one , the formal recommendation an alternative recommendation which is as follows , it is recommended that further consultation take place with Norfolk County Council and Breckland District Council at |
| 10 | Chairman the , the amended recommendation I offer as follows , it is recommended that further consultation take place with Norfolk County Council and Brandon District Council at |
| 11 | No matter how unpleasant it is to damage another human being , fighting is sometimes still a vital part of self-preservation . |
| 12 | Darlington Wedding Cars operators have vanished from the firm 's Yarm Road premises and it is feared many engaged couples could find themselves stranded on their ceremony day . |
| 13 | It is striking that federal spending on research and development into energy was halved in the 1980s ; R&D into renewable energy alone fell from $700m in 1981 to $115m in 1989 . |
| 14 | While these books had probably disintegrated by Leapor 's time , it is striking that poor scholars might be taught Latin . |
| 15 | He explains how necessary it is to have these mental filters to exclude or devalue events which may be too disturbing . |
| 16 | I now realize what a great honour it is to have this Presidential Chain bestowed on me and I trust that I will be able to uphold and fulfil my obligations as President , particularly when I reflect upon the contributions made by my predecessors . |
| 17 | If it is to have any practical value a recording system must be concerned with measuring observable behaviour . |
| 18 | ‘ The Disabled ’ is a non-disabled construction , a representational framework no more real than a hologram but which has to contain two properties if it is to have any cathartic meaning for society . |
| 19 | It is to avoid that boxy look that skirts are rounded at the lower edge , especially if the skirt is formed of panels . |
| 20 | It is to surrender all purposeful hope of changing , through literature or any other means , the world in which one is bound to live . |