Example sentences of "it is [adv] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Mannheim 's programme is concerned with the relationships of signs to their users it is however based on the idea that the cognitive , because of its presuppositions , is rooted in the evocative . |
| 2 | It has a long history of urban culture as a market centre for a pastoral and agricultural hinterland , as a garrison town and a centre of services and administration , and it is equally placed as the gateway to the Mittelland . |
| 3 | The closure error is usually treated by assuming that it is equally distributed over the polygon nodes whilst ensuring that neighbouring polygons are also corrected for any changes in point location . |
| 4 | Here it is simply trailed on the ground to the trainer . |
| 5 | When , in the nineteenth century , Chesney Wold finally dies , it is not destroyed by demotic jealousy ; it is simply displaced by the increasing power of the middle class . |
| 6 | Graph ( a ) shows the Keynesian speculative demand for money ( L s ) on the assumption that it is inversely related to the rate of interest between the interest rates Oi and Oi , 1 : above Oi 1 , the speculative demand is assumed to be zero and below Oi , it is assumed to be perfectly elastic . |
| 7 | It is enthusiastically fuelled by the advertisers and made respectable by successive governments of all countries who make consumerism into a summum bonum . |
| 8 | It is jointly owned by the Bank of England and a group of clearing banks . |
| 9 | It is rarely retained by the organisation beyond its useful life . |
| 10 | For Saussure the meaning of words does not depend in any way on their relationship with things ; it is wholly determined by the arbitrary and conventional structure of language . |
| 11 | If there is ever a shadow of self pity , as I think there may be in the final verse of ‘ The Missing ’ , it is completely overshadowed by the cruel indifference and bleakness of Gunn 's other description . |
| 12 | ‘ It is otherwise known as the Feast of St Peter and St Paul . ’ |
| 13 | A brilliant example of variations on a hornpipe theme is to be found in Cranko 's Pineapple Poll , which has very strong , even coarse elements when danced by the sailors before it is slightly refined by the gallant Captain Belaye . |
| 14 | It is slightly pulled towards the Sun so changes direction a little . |
| 15 | It is conveniently situated in the high street of Stetchworth , just outside Newmarket , in Suffolk . |
| 16 | The first rule governs some processes that might not involve an overall change of spin , but it is conveniently considered with the spin rule . |
| 17 | It is hereby declared for the avoidance of doubt that any Member to whom Shares are offered in accordance with this Article shall be at liberty to accept some only of the Shares so offered . |
| 18 | It is hereby declared for the avoidance of doubt that any Member to whom Shares are offered in accordance with this Article shall be at liberty to accept some only of the Shares so offered . |
| 19 | It is generally accepted in the 1990s that no academic library can be self-sufficient , and that academics must move around for materials ( see Chapter 11 on ‘ weeding ’ ) . |
| 20 | Partly because of this kind of situation , it is generally accepted in the United States that conventional credit scoring systems do not reliably discriminate between good and bad payers either among people on very low incomes or among people in the 18 to 25 age group . |
| 21 | One difference between a vintage wine and any other is that it is generally made from the grapes of only one year , rather than a blend from several . |
| 22 | Promotion , however , tends to be slow , since it is generally governed by the principle of ‘ Buggins 's turn ’ ; one reaches the top or near-top only at about the age of 55 , when one is not far off retirement . |
| 23 | It is generally appreciated within the hotel industry that this second proviso provides the innkeeper with a broad power to regulate the clientele at the inn . |
| 24 | It is generally agreed by the plethora of studies made of the phenomenon that : ( a ) they have been rapidly growing ; ( b ) they are most common in Europe ( see Table 7.4 ) ; ( c ) they are strongly related to the upper income bracket ( Bielckus et al , 1972 ) ; ( d ) they are concentrated in the more scenically attractive areas , and within these a contagious process can lead to further concentration ( Thissen , 1978 ) ; ( e ) they tend to form a further ripple of urbanization beyond the immediate commuter belt of big cities ( Boyer , 1980 ) ; and ( f ) they are also relatively and increasingly absolutely important in upland and mountainous areas ( Cribier , 1973 ) . |
| 25 | But it is generally thought in the trade that the agreement has been abrogated by the Ivory Coast . |
| 26 | " Many property groups have recently been in difficulties , and it is generally known in the City that the Ingard group has not been doing well . |
| 27 | Obviously in many cases the car is a ‘ family car ’ and as long as it is generally used for the benefit of the disabled person it can be treated as any normal family car . |
| 28 | It is softly pleated at the front , has a neat waistband and fastens with a back zip . |
| 29 | With most designs of planting baskets , a hessian or foam liner is required to retain the compost when it is eventually placed in the pond . |
| 30 | To avoid scope for argument , the purchaser should ensure it is expressly stated in the sale agreement that rescission is available as a remedy for the period between exchange and completion ( see clause 13.8 of the standard sale agreement — Appendix III ) . |