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 | He also demonstrates how hard it is to maintain this view , and how easy it is to lapse into logocentric assumptions . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | What we have not yet considered is where the body clock is and how it is adjusted by external time-cues . |
| 8 | And if it is diverted from national savings , it does not help anyway . |
| 9 | It is packed with drowned dolphins . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | it is blown into drilled holes at pre-set pressure and density . |
| 12 | Unlike the House of Lords it is elected , but it is elected by local councillors , an overwhelming majority of them from small country ‘ communes ’ . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | This can already be guessed at from the demonic intensity of his most famous recordings , and it is confirmed by first-hand reports . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | They say the survey is inaccurate because it is based on incorrect figures that the Prime Minister gave to parliament this year . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It is based on small firms . |
| 19 | It is based on old men 's ideas , old men 's ideals and frustrations . |
| 20 | It is based on different assessments , different views . |
| 21 | It is based on natural ingredients like elderflower , lily and lemon balm . |
| 22 | They in fact shade into each other , even more obviously so where the distinction is between different forms of literate practice ; and the distinction , if it is based on supposed differences in cognitive processes , in ‘ logic ’ and the development of ‘ science ’ , is open to the criticisms that Goody himself , along with Lévi-Strauss and others , levels against the theory of a ‘ great divide ’ . |
| 23 | It is formative as it is based on qualitative judgements which are the basis for future action |
| 24 | It is negotiated , i.e. it is based on shared perceptions of performance relative to agreed criteria . |
| 25 | A refusal is only effective within its true scope and is vitiated if it is based upon false assumptions . |
| 26 | The second main method of controlling the exercise of discretion is relevancy : a decision will be declared ultra vires if it is based upon irrelevant considerations or if relevant considerations are not taken into account . |
| 27 | As the controversy grew yesterday over the alleged Princess Diana love tapes , electronics experts told the Mirror just how easy it is to eavesdrop on mobile phones . |
| 28 | The investigators have put forward a theory suggesting that the gross organisation of human action is carried out by different parts of the mind from the fine detailed planning and control of behaviour , and that it is governed by emotional factors to a much greater extent than people had realised . |
| 29 | In fact the chronicle succeeds in having its cake and eating it , all the way back to the stir caused by Nicholas Stavrogin 's arrival in ‘ our town ’ , when it is recorded among other things that he seemed to know a lot — ‘ But of course it did n't take much knowledge to astonish us ’ . |
| 30 | Since it is supported by demographic shifts towards the breakup of the mass audience into niche markets , it is a trend which may become a continuing tradition . |