Example sentences of "[conj] it [is] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ta very mooch again for the book & tape ( which I 'm listening to just now & it 's fab . ) |
| 2 | VP : a statement has empirical meaning iff its truth would make a difference to the evidence of our senses , which , since a statement is verifiable , on this approach , iff its truth would make a difference to the evidence of our senses , is equivalent to : VP 1 : a statement has empirical meaning iff it is verifiable . |
| 3 | The La Guardia flightpath problems apart , one of the main reasons why the current Flushing Meadow is a practical disaster , not least for the world 's media , marooned 120 ′ above the Centre Court , where it is impossible to tell the difference between a drive and a lob , is that because of the short time available , they did try ( albeit with their best efforts ) , to adapt the old Louis Armstrong concert stadium into a tennis arena , rather than start from scratch . |
| 4 | Today , semaphore signalling is still used at sea , where it is impossible to use wires or cable for communication . |
| 5 | Where it is impossible to restore the parties to their pre-contract positions , e.g. if the purchaser has consumed the goods . |
| 6 | This is useful for fields containing data such as passwords ( which are not echoed to the screen for security reasons ) where it is impossible to see if the field already contains characters . |
| 7 | The greatest danger comes from videos , where it is impossible to limit the age of the viewer . |
| 8 | It is fundamental to causal explanation that comparisons are made between instances where the thing to be explained is present and instances where it is absent . |
| 9 | The distribution of ridge and furrow shows the extent of former arable land within the area , and , where it is absent in the field or on the air photographs , it can sometimes be shown to have existed . |
| 10 | However , there are some commonly used components where it is worthwhile having two or three of each in stock , and this is my list of suggested buys . |
| 11 | There are situations , it seems , where it is reasonable to say that there are two or more causal circumstances for a single effect . |
| 12 | ( b ) Intermediate examination Where it is reasonable to expect someone to inspect the goods before they are used , the manufacturer may not be regarded as the cause of the damage . |
| 13 | The difference between market value and book value of land should be disclosed where it is substantial and the directors think it is of significance to the members . |
| 14 | The difference between the market value and book value of land should be disclosed where it is substantial and the directors think it is of significance to the members . |
| 15 | Although Koehler ( 1914 ) suggested that O. nodosa was conspecific with O. anomala several differences are apparent , O. anomala differing from O. nodosa by the following characters : 1 , the jaw appears narrower than O. nodosa ; 2 , the apical and oral papillae do not appear to be as long nor as widely separated from each other as in O. nodosa ; 3. the distalmost oral papilla is often large and flap like in O. anomala but long and flattened like the other papillae in O. nodosa ; 4. the shape of the oral shields differs in O. anomala where it is rounded pentagonal with a rounded to obtuse proximal angle , straight lateral sides and a straight or slightly rounded distal edge , in O. nodosa it is a more ornate pentagonal shape with an obtuse proximal angle , slightly indented lateral sides and a rounded distal edge or one with a slight median projection ; 5. the ventral arm spines of O. anomala are slightly rugose with small or no secondary points doing the shaft ; those of O. nodosa have very prominent secondary points along the shaft ; 6. the ventral arm plates of O. anomala appear to be narrow and less axehead shaped than O. nodosa . |
| 16 | It says the terms under which consumers will receive a ‘ free ’ item or gift must be clearly stated , particularly where it is conditional upon ordering or purchasing some other item . |
| 17 | Prostration comes in spells , unlike Arsenicum where it is continuous . |
| 18 | 28% live in countries where it is illegal or legal only when the woman 's life is threatened . |
| 19 | And the most Anglophobe of Pound 's books is , appropriately , the one that is most full of shoptalk — though of shoptalk of a special kind , the talk of the master to his apprentices in the shop that is a workshop , the atelier where the talk that goes on is the vehicle by which an artistic tradition is transmitted , not in conceptualizing , and tendentious readings of history , but where it is concrete , in tricks of the trade and rules of thumb and words to the wise . |
| 20 | ‘ Come outside , ’ she said , ‘ where it is cool . |
| 21 | A glaring example of this is Andersson 's claim that to has meaning in He trained the dog to perform some very clever tricks , where it is prepositional , but not in He taught the dog to perform some very clever tricks , where it is " a pure infinitive marker without meaning " ( 1985 : 267 ) . |
| 22 | In this case , the phenomenon is the appearance of attributive adjectives after their noun instead of before ; the by-product is the opportunity for speakers to use this less usual placing , where it is available , as a marker of emphasis ; the true cause of the phenomenon , in our view , is yet to be established . |
| 23 | Where it is unreasonable assume that sales in period t+1 will be the same as at time t ( the present ) , or that the increase/decrease in sales over period t to t+1 will be the same as during the period t-1 to t , a moving average may be calculated . |
| 24 | Where it is good , it has a great ability to draw people into church . |
| 25 | Firms may , as a rule , prefer to raise ‘ capital ’ by issuing long-term bonds but , as we shall see in Chapter 6 , there may be circumstances where it is preferable to raise short-term ‘ money ’ instead . |
| 26 | While a good proportion of the West Coast route could be raised from 100 to l25mph at reasonable cost , there are many locations where it is necessary to impose speed restrictions because of curvature and track geometry . |
| 27 | In any event , the Act makes it clear that it is not unlawful for a teacher to inflict corporal punishment ( as defined in the Act ) where it is necessary ‘ for reasons that include averting an immediate danger of personal injury to , or an immediate danger to the property of , any person ( including the pupil concerned ) ’ . |
| 28 | Thus , Ruangpanit concludes that in such regions , especially where it is necessary to ensure watershed protection so that downstream regions are not affected by flooding or excessive silting , crown cover should be maintained at c. 70 per cent with as little bare soil as possible . |
| 29 | The difficulty is particularly important in studies where it is necessary to find the denominator , in order to estimate the incidence of a property as a proportion of some population total . |
| 30 | In library education , however , there are few areas where it is necessary to use moving images . |