Example sentences of "it is [adv] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rather difficult accurately to describe the idiosyncratic monument by Maximilian Colt at St Peter 's , Edensor , in Derbyshire to the First Earl of Devonshire ( d.1625 ) and his brother , Henry Cavendish ( d.1616 ) — perhaps the closest parallel would be a marble armoire with dressing-table in front , the whole flanked by two fearsome martial figures . |
| 2 | It is however easy simply to become swamped under a myriad of examples about discretion . |
| 3 | If ‘ all criminal laws admit of cases of just excuse ’ then it is simply impossible exhaustively to describe the existing content of criminal law beyond a certain level of generality . |
| 4 | It follows also that it is not credit-broking merely to advertise credit facilities or even carry application forms . |
| 5 | It is not necessary here to weigh the relative merits of successive waves of public sentiment , and it is too early to guess the judgments of history , but differences between American and British obscenity law can be assessed on their technical merits , and the consequences are significant . |
| 6 | It is not necessary here to discuss the Crucifixion ; it is sufficient to note that , whatever Jesus 's association with the Zealots , he was certainly crucified by the Romans as a political revolutionary . |
| 7 | It is not necessary always to think of the interview as only of the highly standardized sample type . |
| 8 | He said that he would not introduce his power to repeal the 1908 Act until the directive was in force , but it is not necessary entirely to repeal the legislation when the directive comes into force , because they are compatible . |
| 9 | It is not good enough to leave your water standing for 24 hours . |
| 10 | It is not good enough to say that badgers are lovely creatures ; so are foxes and salmon . |
| 11 | It is not good enough to say that an authoritative measure is justified because it serves the public interest . |
| 12 | To them it is not good enough to say that the idea of a god has ‘ great psychological appeal ’ . |
| 13 | So please take on board that it is not good enough to answer that a notice was put up to tell people that they could claim , when many people are blind or disabled or do not have the wherewithal to understand . |
| 14 | It is not good enough to use language which blurs the sharp reality , as for example : ‘ the ultimate control of the Company is seen in law as residing with the owners or shareholder ’ as if to suggest that there is some other and valid way of seeing it , a way which may put the ultimate control , at least in part , elsewhere . |
| 15 | However , it is not good enough to assume that physical restrictions to access to college buildings can be removed , in one fell swoop , by the construction of a ramp or the fitting of a handrail . |
| 16 | Jack is not bothered what the tree looks like because it is not good enough to eat . |
| 17 | It is not surprising either to find that English visitors were hostile ; the notable point is that their real venom was unleashed not in the period before 1560 , when England and Scotland were nourishing their long-standing enmity , but afterwards , when they were officially allies , and particularly once the unthinkable and shameful had happened , and Scotland had given England a king , in the person of James VI in 1603 . |
| 18 | therefore it is not surprising occasionally to find a member of the Royal Family who is keen to develop this interest in a more practical manner . |
| 19 | It is not appropriate here to analyse , nor even to state , the many reasons for this difficulty , but after scrutinising the research findings I have to say that LEAs have on the whole not seen the implications of the 1981 Act for social services departments or district health authorities . |
| 20 | In big corporations it is not possible just to fire someone . |
| 21 | There is an important methodological point worth discussing here , for Freud points out that it is not possible simply to take what people themselves say are the reasons for the taboos they practise , for if the reasons are unconscious , they will not be able to do this . |
| 22 | It is not possible simply to dispense with such tests , because there are occasions , especially when dealing with highly context-bound readings which do not appear in ambiguous sentences , when they are the only practicable way of diagnosing ambiguity . |
| 23 | This being the case , it is not possible simply to exclude or , indeed , restrict , liability for the supply of goods which infringe third party intellectual property rights . |
| 24 | For example , easements over land are generally precisely identified in the document that set them up and it is not possible simply to remove one without the agreement of the person with the benefit . |
| 25 | Defective tiled roofs can produce problems identical to those posed by ageing slate roofs , but because clay plain tiles are necessarily hung on battens ( not every tile is nailed except on very steeply pitched roofs ) and it is not possible simply to apply tiles direct to a boarded surface as in the case of a slate covering , the problem of rotting roofing battens and sarking does not arise in connection with tiling . |
| 26 | It is not possible even to outline here the workings of the language . |
| 27 | Many issues with which governments have to grapple are so complex that no matter how well-informed the decision-maker , it is not possible confidently to predict all the likely consequences or knock-on effects of any particular decision . |
| 28 | I regret that it is not possible separately to identify the money devoted to the range of conditions associated with the menopause from the £225 million spent on medical research last year . |
| 29 | It is not possible here to say more about the different types of trust which are commonly created at the present time , nor of the powers and duties of the trustees , nor of the methods of administration . |
| 30 | It is not possible here to go into great detail about this complex theory . |