Example sentences of "it is [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is good public relations . |
| 2 | Given the extreme economic crisis , the end of which is not yet in sight , it is left-wing socialist parties in particular which may become very strong in the future , on condition , of course , that Russia continues to respect democratic freedoms and the rights of the individual . |
| 3 | One which has much to commend it is Great Medieval Castles of Britain by James Forde-Johnston ( London 1979 ) , for it contains , in addition to many photographs and line drawings , a good bibliography , and provides historical perspectives — political , military and architectural . |
| 4 | Let us say for the sake of argument that it is five different partners on the same night . |
| 5 | It is such contrary themes which can provide the content for the internalized dialogue , which could be said to constitute deliberative thinking ( Billig , 1987 ) . |
| 6 | It is such universal perceptions as those of Darcy and Lady Julie that mark out Keneally as a major novelist . |
| 7 | It is such non-local visits that raise the most serious problems of accessibility and are of the greatest importance to rural transport policy-makers ( Clark and Unwin 1981 ) . |
| 8 | It is such measurable levels of activity over a given time period however which provide a means of support and comparison . |
| 9 | The heart of it is classic good tunes . |
| 10 | Erm , we do know quite a lot about erm , why it is that when you diet you start to think about food all the time , and why it is that certain things happen , and I think that there 's more and more information and knowledge being gathered and yes , the na , the desire to change has to come from the individual but perhaps , having clinics available where people can go when they 're ready to change or where they can get help . |
| 11 | Rather it is that Labour needs to defend — and , on these figures , regain — its traditional class base at the same time as completing the process of modernisation and colonising the new political territory of the 1990s . |
| 12 | Participating in a benchmarking exercise may tell you that your performance in a particular area needs to improve , but unless you also find out how it is that other companies are beating your performance , you may not feel much the wiser . |
| 13 | Unless you also find out how it is that other companies are beating your performance , you may not feel much the wiser |
| 14 | In order to understand why it is that homoclinic orbits are such important features of the Lorenz equations , we will examine the change of behaviour of the system as r passes through a value at which a homoclinic orbit like that shown in Fig. 6.1a occurs . |
| 15 | The greater the distance , social , geographical and occupational , between those who are supposed to work together , the more likely it is that unhelpful stereotypes will flourish and that there will be fundamental misconceptions about others ' roles and functions . |
| 16 | These explanations can not be the whole answer , however , because it still remains to be explained why it is that human females are much more prone to ailurophobia than human males . |
| 17 | Thus it is that human efforts to provide basic understanding and protection of ‘ goodness ’ , lead immediately to the necessity to create a ‘ god ’ . |
| 18 | Well in a way it 's not surprising that none of this got done , if you reflect how common it is that poetic plans do n't get fulfilled . |
| 19 | Reverting for a moment to the last chapter , we saw that we could answer the question of how it is that subsequent generations could acquire the superego organization produced by the primal trauma of human civilization , but only is so far as our answer was limited to archaic hunting societies like those in central Australia . |
| 20 | But , if the last year has taught anything , it is that hostile bids for contractors are fraught with danger . |
| 21 | Binocular vision is of great importance , for it is two visual fixes on objects in a three-dimensional world which give us a perception of distance . |
| 22 | And I says well it is two different meanings the one I 'm using is just if you can spare it , if you can it . |
| 23 | My hon. Friend the Member for Islington , South and Finsbury ( Mr. Smith ) says that the Bill has been railroaded through the House , but I remind him that it is three long years since it was introduced . |
| 24 | It is three different sizes yes , small , medium and large |
| 25 | It is sudden sharp bursts of sun which are most damaging . |
| 26 | It is these primary industries which will decide our economic success . |
| 27 | It is these metaphorical journeys that one sees on the walls of their tombs : the dead sailing the river in search of a promise . |
| 28 | It is these rare occurrences that have led to stories of tom-cat cannibalism — and to stories that paint the male feline as a savage monster bent on slaughtering and consuming his own children . |
| 29 | It is these negative characteristics which , it has been argued , lie behind the problems of urban decline . |
| 30 | It is these negative imaginings which make the fear an even greater reality . |