Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] [noun] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | if the return to Conservatism is to be something more than the transient apparition of a spectre from the past , and its voice in national affairs not merely to be a sepulchral warning against the dangers of rash courses , the Conservative leaders must bestir themselves to some purpose … [ the Conservative Party ] must be ready to meet the programme of the Labour Party not simply with a non-possumus but with an alternative which will in some measure satisfy certain of the needs which Labour is concerned to satisfy , and at the same time avoid the perils with which it insists Labour policy is beset . |
| 2 | A child who is continually told it has low status is likely to grow into a low-status adult . |
| 3 | It adds that inflation is likely to be higher and domestic demand slower than it predicted in its last report six months ago . |
| 4 | And he told reporters before the meeting : ‘ I support the IRA 's right to engage in armed struggle — where it wages armed engagements is a matter for itself . ’ |
| 5 | Now the organisation which owns it says more room is needed to accomodate all the visitors . |
| 6 | It sees that marriage is between two unique persons , whose personhood is acknowledged to come from God . |
| 7 | I have been elaborating the point , made much earlier on , that one of the really basic features of human thinking as it affects social action is the polarization of " we " versus " they " . |
| 8 | ‘ It showed British football is behind the Germans ' in technique . |
| 9 | Amid talk of rebuilding and reorganising resources it appears suitable material is in short supply . |
| 10 | There is a great healing tradition within the evangelical Charismatic Movement , and those who adhere to it believe this healing is about seeking out the devil and ridding the possessed of this influence . |
| 11 | Innocence may be the first casualty of war , as the posters for the film boldly quoted , but it seems good taste is the first casualty in computer-game marketing . |
| 12 | However , it seems that leave is refused for between a quarter and a third of all AJRs , and this might suggest that the leave requirement is performing some other function such as keeping the number of pending AJRs down so that the delay between the granting of leave and the hearing is not too great . |
| 13 | Instead , it seems that money is to be spent in an almost futile attempt to attract to the bay , at a time of recession , companies and start-up projects that , by rights , should be located elsewhere . |
| 14 | In the light of this it seems that severance is beneficial in that it stops one party acquiring the whole property in the event of the other 's death , but the actual shares of the parties would have to await determination by the Court ( or agreement ) . |
| 15 | It seems that androgyny is psychologically and socially valuable for women ( Jones et al . |
| 16 | In this case , it seems that Creole is being used , perhaps with its " jocular " symbolic value , to comment on the baby and its " cute " activities . |
| 17 | It seems that education is not even essential to happiness . |
| 18 | From the bidding so far it seems that East is sitting over North with a strong and long diamond holding . |
| 19 | It is important not to be inflexible when looking at housing options , although sometimes it seems that dogma is of overriding importance to staff and , indeed , more important than finding solutions which suit individuals . |
| 20 | It seems that symmetry is a useful means of combating a dominant force , such as gravity . |
| 21 | At the moment it seems that Labour is poised to pick up a good swathe of its targets — but not , yet , quite enough of them to put Mr Kinnock safely into Downing Street . |
| 22 | We encountered one agency offering ( free ) training to its contractors via a system of credit points acquired through service , but it seems this practice is unusual . |
| 23 | Indeed , he points out that traditionally the IEEE has not been swayed by big name support if it feels another technology is more meritorious . |
| 24 | Since the public interest is the foundation of the legitimacy of companies , it follows that society is entitled to ensure that corporate power is exercised in a way that is consistent with that interest . |
| 25 | It follows that society is entitled to insist , for example , that companies are equipped with governance structures adequate to enforce a commitment to profits on the part of management and to promote the efficient operation of the business . |
| 26 | It follows that marking is entirely done on the basis of the police report and is therefore dominated by it . |
| 27 | It follows that information is a resource by means of which the uncertainty about outcomes of decisions may be reduced . |
| 28 | Erm so erm maybe because of the continuity between some forms of abusive sexual practice and erm what we expect of kids , what we train kids to do anyway um it means that abuse is easier to get away with . |
| 29 | Its just the very fact that erm there 's no equivalent to marriage for lesbian 's and gay men , it means that society is looking down on it . |
| 30 | One of the projects by which it sets most store is the Plants Conservation Programme , run jointly with the IUCN . |