Example sentences of "it is [vb pp] [prep] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | In The Old Curiosity Shop it is high summer , and Dickens himself does not mention a fire , but it is featured by one of his illustrators , within a chimneypiece much too solid and grand for a labourer 's ‘ hut ’ ( Fig. 39 ) . |
| 2 | There is a statutory discontinuance of a trade when it is transferred from one company to another ( see s337(1) TA 1988 ) . |
| 3 | It is recognised as one of the finest Norman churches in East Yorkshire . |
| 4 | It is mowed by one man walking up and down for 54 green miles . |
| 5 | Nor can generalised criticism be justified if it is based on one isolated incident . |
| 6 | It is characterised by one or more so-called ‘ opportunistic ’ infections-often including a serious form of pneumonia-which may be accompanied by Kaposi 's sarcoma — a rare cancer ranging in severity from relatively manageable skin lesions to major organ involvement . |
| 7 | But it is bulky as it is printed on one side of the page only . |
| 8 | It soon recovers its stable position if it is pushed to one side or the other . |
| 9 | The structure of the international economy — that it is shaped by relations between national economies , each with their own dynamic , and it is characterized by one national economy in a hegemonic position . |
| 10 | This Government is bankrupt of ideas and it is motivated by one thing , the need to survive . |
| 11 | If it is written by one person there can be no objection to an occasional " I " , and if by several persons to the use of an occasional " we " . |
| 12 | For a start it is written by one person . |
| 13 | Carve one half so that it is mounded at one end and tapering at the other , to form the lid ( see illustration ) . |
| 14 | Video can enhance the study of history in the classroom , and for many teachers it is perceived as one of the key resources for learning . |
| 15 | A Week in Politics has been put out by Channel 4 for a number of years , but it was adapted to be the channel 's weekly round-up programme on Parliament ; it is broadcast for one hour on Sundays at 10 am . |
| 16 | It is left with one unused electron that sits in an isolated energy level in the middle of the energy gap . |
| 17 | If something is increased by fifty percent it is multiplied by one point five . |
| 18 | Built around two , 200-metre-long concrete pontoons , it is linked at one end and has a floating gate at the other which closes when a submarine is inside . |
| 19 | It is designed for one party to put forward a proposition which the other party denies or opposes . |
| 20 | In simpler creatures , granules of it are distributed evenly throughout the egg ; in a frog 's egg , it is concentrated at one end ; and in a bird 's egg it initially fills the greater part of the shell . |
| 21 | It is concentrated in one part of the country , and it is an obstacle to economic growth and to our coming out of the recession without increasing inflation . |
| 22 | If it is set to one , the record in question has this attribute . |
| 23 | If policy can be set to one side then it is set to one side and I think it enhances the reputation of of the system . |
| 24 | Evidence suggests that there is a sizeable amount of foreign currency held in Poland — it is thought between one and two billion US dollars is currently banked with the financial institutions , but the undeclared amount almost certainly swells that figure many times over . |
| 25 | It is coupled to one of GM 's four-speed automatic gearboxes which features a responsive kick-down , what Vauxhall likes to call a ‘ seamless ’ change-up and lock-up in third and fourth ratios . |
| 26 | A case is defined when it is reported as one alleged offender involved in one event or series of events ; also it is regarded as one case where members of the same group are involved in one event or series of events . |
| 27 | See , it has no proper point , and it is sharpened along one edge only . |
| 28 | Introduced as a competitively priced range , it is aimed at one of the most popular sectors of the market where it has been well received . |
| 29 | The must is heated in a cauldron and boiled until it is reduced to one third of its volume to make the Arrobo . |