Example sentences of "it is [adj] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it is unseemly that the law should protect the publication of malicious falsehoods , absolute privilege is justified on the practical ground that without it , persons with a public duty to speak out might be threatened with vexatious actions for slander and libel . |
| 2 | In the case of the high head , the stressed syllable which begins the head is high in pitch ; usually it is higher than the beginning pitch of the tone on the tonic syllable . |
| 3 | The rate of tax ( the ‘ poundage ’ ) differs ; it is higher where the property values are lower and where the needs for local expenditure are greater . |
| 4 | It is late and the sea is a little rougher so Tor decides to head for a sheltered inlet that he knows . |
| 5 | As it is , it is late and the Hanging Committee have very kindly allowed me a few weeks ’ grace . |
| 6 | But it is paramount that the soloist be so directly acquainted with the score that he or she is able to offer us a personal interpretation of it ; in a sense , a critical commentary on it . |
| 7 | This excludes the Gettier cases because in them it is coincidental that the belief is true . |
| 8 | It is deplorable that the Americans took a lot of land cheap from Cubans and Spaniards . |
| 9 | ‘ It is deplorable that the views of consultants and clinicians here have been simply ignored . ’ |
| 10 | It is deplorable that the old Aldens supermarket site remains underused and the Whitehouse football ground plans stagnate . |
| 11 | It is lamentable that the Government have not set up a Select Committee on Scottish Affairs , which could help us to deal with Scottish matters . |
| 12 | As for the reliability of the source , both the fact that it is recent and the broad view which it takes are encouraging . |
| 13 | The aircraft were not insured , so the bill to repair them will be staggering and I 'm sure it is frustrating that the Museum 's project can not take top priority at the moment . |
| 14 | It is specific if the subordinate has authority to make certain limited and identified decisions within that area of operations . |
| 15 | He has been European golf 's generalissimo and it is appropriate that the decade opened to the sound of a Ballesteros devastation . |
| 16 | So it is appropriate that the first champion to be whelped in this country was Ch. |
| 17 | It is appropriate that the image of beauty should not be fixed . |
| 18 | It 's a mechanistic philosophy , with the priority on mass human convenience , and it is appropriate that the places where most of our pigs live out their wretched lives are known as factory farms . |
| 19 | Hence it is appropriate that the recitals should be used as an aid to interpretation not only by the European Court itself , but by any court dealing with the interpretation of a Community legal text , for example a British court or tribunal of any level . |
| 20 | It is appropriate that the worship of the eternal-maternal should be the subject of one of the opening images of the exhibition . |
| 21 | It is appropriate that the areas of policy now being pushed forward on an intergovernmental basis should be done in that way because that is how we carry with us consent in our national Parliaments and public opinion . |
| 22 | It is appropriate that the first great English opera of modern times should be so deeply English in tone , and should derive from the art which the English have always excelled at — poetry . |
| 23 | Nevertheless it does believe it is appropriate that the strategic thrust of the policy should be based on the premise that development proposals likely to be consid considered acceptable in the open countryside will in a sense represent the exception rather than the rule . |
| 24 | The nave dates from 1110 ; it is lower than the Gothic choir and still has its original fenestration ( 337 ) . |
| 25 | In the low head the stressed syllable which begins the head is low in pitch ; usually it is lower than the beginning pitch of the tone on the tonic syllable . |
| 26 | The difference between market value and book value of land should be disclosed where it is substantial and the directors think it is of significance to the members . |
| 27 | The difference between the market value and book value of land should be disclosed where it is substantial and the directors think it is of significance to the members . |
| 28 | But the stories have a universal appeal simply as stories , and it is good that the underlying programme seldom obtrudes as badly as in the gift-shop passage above , where the helpful aside about tourism affecting rural culture worldwide strikes a primary-school note . |
| 29 | " It is good that the natives should be happy for surely that is ultimately what we , the Company , are in India to procure … " |
| 30 | It is good that the demanding job of running hostels for the mentally ill and the mentally handicapped , together with other provision of residential care , should now be recognized as an important aspect of social work , for much needs to be done in this field and many able people need to be recruited for the work . |