Example sentences of "it is [adj] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead it is home-grown and by USL 's lights , superior to the technology OSF decided to run with . |
| 2 | The ratio is low , even though it is higher than in other areas of information technology ; for instance , in minicomputers , British firms are heavily outnumbered by foreign companies . |
| 3 | It is unambiguous and to the point . |
| 4 | It is salutary that in their report on the dangers of long waiting times for outpatient appointments at a urology clinic K German and colleagues say that five of the seven cases of prostatic cancer were detected on rectal examination and one by a raised serum prostate specific antigen concentration . |
| 5 | ( e ) Transfer to the High Court A county court may transfer proceedings to the High Court if it is appropriate and in the child 's interests for the case to be determined there ( APO , art 12 ) . |
| 6 | Yet these matters , it has been suggested , lie deep — indeed , unutterably deep — in every American psyche ; and it is good that from time to time the unutterable be uttered — it is , one might say , one of the things that we look to poets for . |
| 7 | For although Force Orders inevitably direct that such material will be submitted for assessment , it is typical that in a task-orientated institution which gives low priority or credence to the academic tome , the systems to ensure submission of the essays , or the ability to make much use of any useful ideas they contain , often remains sketchy . |
| 8 | However , it is probable that under the common law a minimum payment clause stipulating for future rental payments would be void ( see Chapter 13 ) . |
| 9 | There is no doubt that this bone yields the most reliable sexing information of all , and it is probable that between 90 per cent and 95 per cent accuracy in determination can be achieved ( Krogman , 1946 ; Washburn , 1948 ; Genoves , 1959 ) . |
| 10 | It is probable that about a further 10,000 jobs are generated by whisky exports , giving an estimate of approximately 93,215 jobs generated by all Scottish manufactured exports . |
| 11 | It is probable that during the short drive from the palace to Villeneuve l'Etang both decided that certain aspects of court protocol would have to be looked into and that changes would have to be made . |
| 12 | The records of the parliament say very little about the nobility , yet it is probable that without their support the commons would have achieved few if any of their more substantial demands . |
| 13 | It is probable that like the mammals the roots of the great variety of living birds are to be found in the Cretaceous , but fossils , which could document this , are only now slowly coming to light . |
| 14 | It is probable that in retrospect he gave that factor more weight than it carried at the time . |
| 15 | It is probable that in most hypertriglyceridaemic insulin-dependent patients , the main defect is at the lipoprotein lipase level and hence there is a clearance defect . |
| 16 | It is probable that in very early times if his powers weakened a king would be ritually killed . |
| 17 | In education teachers devise many kinds of experience for their pupils in terms of exposure yet it is problematical as to how many of these result in genuine experience , as defined above , and how many are ineffective , i.e. they leave construct systems unchallenged and unchanged . |
| 18 | Clearly , it is essential that throughout the nomination period Room 4.17 is manned continuously during normal office hours . |
| 19 | So it is worth making changes , but it is essential that in the process you do not make your everyday life a misery . |
| 20 | It is essential that in exercising the very important jurisdiction to grant judicial review , the court should not intervene just because the reasons given , if strictly construed , may disclose an error of law . |
| 21 | Though widely reported , it is uncertain whether on 10 September Moltke , in fact , informed the Kaiser , ‘ Majesty , we have lost the war ’ ; if so , it showed a flash of strategic prescience that he displayed at no other moment in his military career . |
| 22 | If either party has the option to require the instrument to be redeemed or cancelled and , under the terms of the instrument , it is uncertain as to whether such an option will be exercised , the term should be taken to end on the earliest date at which the instrument would be redeemed or cancelled on exercise of such an option . |
| 23 | It is even possible that you may have to leave your project before it is complete because of illness or assignment to other responsibilities or for some other reason . |
| 24 | Never remove or change gas cartridges in or near your tent or near any source of flame , and never refill a fuel tank when it is hot or near a flame source . |
| 25 | While Stormont has not been specifically targeted by the IRA in the past , it is acknowledged that it is vulnerable because of the relatively open nature of its layout . |
| 26 | It is worrying that after all this time Labour appears to think that being in opposition means solely that one must oppose everything . |
| 27 | At best their analysis is tautological ; at worst it is meaningless because from their analysis any and all state forms ( apart from socialist ones ) must , by definition . |
| 28 | In order that the shelf-life shall be sufficiently long it is necessary that at the time of manufacture , the product shall comply with a specification which sets narrower limits , particularly for those parameters in respect of which the product is least stable . |
| 29 | In order for settled property to be excluded from inheritance tax it is necessary that the settlor was not domiciled in the United Kingdom at the time the settlement was made and , in addition , it is necessary that at the time of the relevant charge , eg on the death of a life tenant or when a ten year charge occurs if the trust is a discretionary trust or where assets are appointed out of a discretionary trust , the particular trust assets are not located in the United Kingdom . |
| 30 | It is inconceivable that at this juncture when Mark is heralding the return of the Spirit in Jesus he should introduce The writings of it with anything so banal and second-hand as an echo . |