Example sentences of "[conj] it is [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | — far lower than in Germany , where it is 26 per cent. , the United States where it is 33 per cent. , and Japan where it is more than 60 per cent . |
| 2 | Compared with most other shingle features in the British Isles the beach is a simple though large ridge , reaching its maximum size at the Portland end , where it is 60 m ( 200 yd ) wide and just over 12 m ( 40 ft ) high . |
| 3 | , so the complex number that is the square root , is either two in that pair , minus five , plus three , nine , or it is five minus three , nine , so it 's either that one , or it 's that one , and we can write that down very , very simply because that one and that one are just the opposite sides , but either plus or minus . |
| 4 | TYPE , TOM The Media Type specified is greater than the maximum allowed or it is zero . |
| 5 | MDT The Media Type specified is greater than the maximum allowed or it is zero . |
| 6 | Except it is four in the afternoon . |
| 7 | Although it is one of the most widely-known volcanic rocks , obsidian lava flows are rare . |
| 8 | The National Viewers ' and Listeners ' Association is by no means the only ‘ moral entrepreneurial ’ group of this sort , although it is one of the most long-standing , and it has , through Mary Whitehouse , generally achieved a higher profile than many of the others . |
| 9 | Wasdale Head boasts the highest mountain , the deepest lake and the smallest ( although it is one of several claimants ) church in England . |
| 10 | Although it is 40 years since I was called-up , the memories of that part of my life are still vivid and I still have my flying logbook to refresh my memory . |
| 11 | Although it is 40 years since the incident , I urge my right hon. Friend to give urgent consideration to the case because the suffering of Derek Bentley 's family continues day in and day out . |
| 12 | If New Yorkers notice it at all , few have any idea that it is 1,500 years old , and many would be deeply shocked if they knew , reckoning that anything over 20 years old must be dirty and out of date . |
| 13 | We have all had our share of fruitless journeys to find our dream home , set amid magnificent rolling countryside , only to find that it is 200 yards from the noisy A12 , hemmed in by an ugly industrial building , with a pungent smell of pigs wafting across the garden . |
| 14 | Aston Villa manager Ron Atkinson last night heightened the tension surrounding today 's Premier League match of the day by recalling that it is six years to the day since Manchester United sacked him . |
| 15 | A hotel advertises that it is 100 yards from the beach and all rooms have a sea view . |
| 16 | Every now and then I have to kick myself to realise that it is 10 Jan. & everything must be very bleak in Lancaster . |
| 17 | All those who grow Aster x frikartii ’ ‘ Mönch ’ agree that it is one of the finest herbaceous perennials ever raised . |
| 18 | ‘ If I were to go to only one meeting a year for each of them , it would still be more than one a week , ’ he confesses , admitting that it is one of his greatest weaknesses . |
| 19 | Despite the fact that it is one of the rarer species , it is i highly successful behaviour . |
| 20 | But the notion that it is one of the rights of man to spend a fortnight , or a month , at Margate , or on the riviera , or in Santander , or Florida ; and that it is wrong and immoral and damaging to health to prevent it — this is modern . |
| 21 | I was delighted with the fact that the southwest of Scotland has been highlighted as I think that it is one of the most underrated parts of Scotland where golf is concerned . |
| 22 | Finally , however , it has to be conceded that it is one thing to articulate a right of tax-diversion or participation in policy-making , and quite another to secure legal recognition for such a right . |
| 23 | ‘ The Streamline English course has proved that it is one of the best , if not the best , methods on the market today to encourage students with a wide spectrum abilities to build up a fluency and accuracy in spoken and written English . |
| 24 | The report does not insist that it is one man who has committed all the offences , but the implication is that is the case . |
| 25 | Pinnacle-1 has only half as much first-level instruction cache as SuperSparc and the lack of an on-chip data cache means that it is one cycle slower on every load or store . ’ |
| 26 | Its distance is about 15000 light-years , so that it is one of the closest of the globulars . |
| 27 | Clearly no product is flawless but I can honestly find nothing but praise for the 103/4 ; indeed I would say that it is one of the best , most naturally balanced loudspeakers that I have used , regardless of price . |
| 28 | He knew himself that it is one thing to get out of prison , another really to escape it . |
| 29 | No-one has claimed that this is the only cause of strike activity — merely that it is one of many factors that have a bearing on strike activity . |
| 30 | " It is from the Lung Ching period , and I 'm fairly confident that it is one of only two perfect examples of its kind left anywhere in the world . " |