Example sentences of "it is [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until recently , there have been no established codec standards and one system can only speak to another if it is using the same compression-decompression algorithms . |
| 2 | But when the state collects taxes in order to provide some of its citizens with services which they were capable of obtaining for themselves it is perpetrating a grave act of injustice on the taxpayers . |
| 3 | Under it is constructed a sixteenth century mausoleum and behind ( 242 ) is the seventeenth century bell tower . |
| 4 | To say that God did it is to give the ultimate cause and to give meaning to it . |
| 5 | The sad truth of the matter is that Group 4 has such low levels of performance to live up to that already , despite its much publicised failures , the Home Secretary is able to claim that it is outperforming the public services it is replacing . |
| 6 | It is proving a real growth area for our business . ’ |
| 7 | At this stage , Browns Lane has not given up hope of getting rear seats into the convertible , but it is proving a hard task , and it is probably that only the coupe will be a two-plus-two . |
| 8 | It is proving an amazing success . |
| 9 | It is to hold a humanist position , to be one who , like Gandhi , finds Jesus ' message striking . |
| 10 | The Body being thus equipp 'd and laid in the Coffin ( which Coffin is sometimes very magnificent ) , it is visited a second time to see that it is bury 'd in Flannel , and that nothing about it sowed with Thread . |
| 11 | It is painted a livid blood-red . |
| 12 | At the same time it is bringing a new generation of management into the MB Group boardroom to mastermind the next phase of the company 's expansion . |
| 13 | I think it is moving a little bit |
| 14 | Mountain View , California-based Starlight Networks Inc has announced it is to support the new Ungermann-Bass Inc DragonSwitch on its StarWorks video networking software : the software runs on an 80486 EISA computer , giving it video application server capabilities , and supports up to 20 users . |
| 15 | However , what we 've noticed is how much more expensive it is to decorate an older house . |
| 16 | Apart from containing pictures of part of the scene where it is said the violent disorder had taken place and an incident leading up to the arrival of the police which was held to be part of the res gestae , the tape would have been useful to establish alibis some defendants wished to rely upon in respect of their presence in the club at a relevant time and the timing between significant incidents . |
| 17 | ‘ If it is said the constitutional position is not affected then that is the position . |
| 18 | Originally , the cross celebrated the vernal equinox and the rites of spring associated with the goddess Eostre , from whose name it is said the Venerable Bede derived the name for Easter . |
| 19 | A membrane which allows solvent particles but not solute particles to pass through it is called a semi-permeable membrane . |
| 20 | It is called A First Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics ( 1980 ) . |
| 21 | A typical form is shown in Figure 6.6 ( d ) , and you can see that there are several concentric rims , in which case it is called a multiringed basin . |
| 22 | It is called a reverse premium . |
| 23 | Officially , it is called a vertical axis hydraulic turbine , and is the brainchild of Barry Davis of Nova Scotia . |
| 24 | The Pastor smiled a little wryly , ‘ It is called a unitary family , now , and unitary families are under attack in certain quarters , but the family is at the heart of our religion and our civilisation . |
| 25 | It is called an only child , my dear … ’ |
| 26 | Because there are three parts to this definition it is called the tripartite definition or the tripartite account ; it defines propositional knowledge , knowledge that p ; it does not define knowledge by acquaintance as in ‘ a knows James ’ nor knowledge-how , e.g. knowledge how to ride a bicycle , unless these can be shown to reduce to knowledge-that . |
| 27 | The cone is drawn with and marks out all the possible light paths through P 1 ; it is called the light cone at P 1 . |
| 28 | It is called the Red House because it is built of deep red brick , an unusual medium for a man of means , who was normally expected to build in something nobler . |
| 29 | Sometimes it is called the laminar sub-layer , but that is less accurate as it contains large velocity fluctuations ; and are free to rise more rapidly from the wall than . |
| 30 | In America it is called the thick-billed murre , and it is closely related to the common guillemot which breeds in large numbers on the cliffs of Shetland . |