Example sentences of "it is [adv] [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the revival of interest in local radio and the fact that this is occurring within a general context of economic and financial difficulty in the country as a whole , it is rather surprising that so little attention has been paid to the potential role of radio in contributing to local economic development . |
| 2 | It is rather strange that so little attention has been given so far to the mechanical properties of biological materials , though perhaps in human terms it is understandable . |
| 3 | During the breeding season from mid May to August , it is strongly territorial and fiercely defensive to interlopers . |
| 4 | It is utterly charming and so unsophisticated . |
| 5 | Unfortunately it is not cheap or readily obtainable , bearing in mind that with the radiometer it might be necessary to screen a considerable proportion of a growth room . |
| 6 | Unlike intarsia , it is not necessary and often not even desirable to wrap the two weaving yarns . |
| 7 | It is not certain whether all cars of this batch ( Nos. 1–16 ) were delivered with track brakes , but most probably were . |
| 8 | It is not surprising but always pleasant , to discover useful information about activities in one 's own country form a publication elsewhere on the planet . |
| 9 | In view of the slowness with which changes of mental outlook came about in those days , it is not surprising that even after the introduction of the mechanical clock in the fourteenth century most people , including many of the more sophisticated , were far less concerned in their daily life with the passage of time than we are . |
| 10 | Since watches were for long the toys of the rich , it is not surprising that often when ordinary folk encountered one they were extremely puzzled and were even inclined to look upon it as something evil and dangerous . |
| 11 | Opera is the communal act of listening to this silent voice from inside : it is not surprising that so many people are hungry for the experience it awakens . |
| 12 | If this is so , it is not surprising that so many complaints continue to be made by patients and relatives about poor communication . |
| 13 | Given the confusion over the definition of a partial shift , it is not surprising that so many consultants and juniors oppose them . |
| 14 | It is not surprising that so many North Americans feel they were born to shop . |
| 15 | Considering all this , then , it is not surprising that so many of today 's adolescents seem to experience great difficulty in maturing : |
| 16 | This game is one where left-handedness has some advantage and considerable nuisance value so it is not surprising that as many as 18.5% of these first-class performers were left-handed . |
| 17 | With such diverse origins it is not surprising that occasionally some unsuspected gene from a complicated ancestral past asserts itself and a deviation pops up . |
| 18 | It is not true that elsewhere they obey it without beating it , since one beats time wherever choruses are sung . |
| 19 | However , it is not true that only a superficial representation determines the interpretation of a surface anaphor , or that the final interpretation is always the one that the superficial representation licenses . |
| 20 | The genes producing these peptides are quite distinct but it is not clear whether both peptides are produced in all L cells , as dual localisation is only seen in a proportion of them . |
| 21 | In-situ or level-1 melanomas were not included in calculations of relative risk , since it is not clear whether all in-situ lesions progress to invasive melanomas . |
| 22 | As theologians have noticed , it is not clear that even God could become somebody other than himself . |
| 23 | But it is not overjoyed that so many shops are concentrating on whisky and cigarettes . |
| 24 | It is not difficult but plain impossible for any poll to anticipate swings of opinion , such as certainly took place last week . |
| 25 | It is fundamentally robust and so will not require frequent adjustment , a significant feature if Scottish qualifications are to be credible and readily understood in the rest of the UK and beyond . |
| 26 | Even presented in outline like that , it is reasonably clear that under green regimes Europeans would , by any conventional standards , become a great deal poorer than they are at the moment . |
| 27 | Sometimes it is slightly strong but so what ? , so is Cheddar cheese ! |
| 28 | Since individual media are competing with one another this is , perhaps , hardly surprising ; but where much of the research is done under the auspices of joint committees representing agencies , advertisers , and media it is slightly frustrating that so little seems to have been achieved . |
| 29 | It is slightly longer and more expensive , but is nevertheless a viable alternative should the Qatif alignment be politically unfeasible . |
| 30 | ‘ It is remarkably complete as well as being extremely well presented . |