Example sentences of "it is [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To everybody else it is sheer common sense . |
| 2 | On stage at least — far away from allegations of steroid abuse — it is good harmless fun . |
| 3 | The first example is the view that it is good primary practice to have children working in groups . |
| 4 | The second example , a frequent concomitant of the first , is the notion that it is good primary practice to have the different groups pursuing different areas of the curriculum at any one time , because only thus can the goals of ‘ seamlessness ’ and ‘ flexibility ’ in curriculum and learning be achieved . |
| 5 | The third example is the view that it is good primary practice to adopt a predominantly ‘ enquiry ’ or ‘ exploratory ’ mode of teacher-pupil interaction and to couple this with plenty of encouragement and support for children 's responses . |
| 6 | ‘ It is good pop music , ’ asserts Alex . |
| 7 | When your skin becomes damaged by sunburn it loses heat and moisture more easily and when it is extensive then sunstroke follows when someone is dehydrated and lacking salt . |
| 8 | It is close physical contact with another individual , involving touching , stroking and caressing , and mutual stimulation using both hands and mouth . |
| 9 | The meat does not become tough as it would in conventional steaming , as it is not being immersed in water and it is gentle pressureless steam . |
| 10 | For this reason it is worthwhile paying attention to current developments within the National Front . |
| 11 | It is strange losing direction and purpose overnight . |
| 12 | The point , or rather the angled corner , of the Polychromos Pastel and its chisel-like leading edge gives it is immediate graphic potential . |
| 13 | I mean , it is marvellous wearing Monsieur 's beautiful clothes and having my hair done and everything , but modelling is very boring after a while , Aunt Louise , because it is so very easy . ’ |
| 14 | Is my right hon. Friend at all surprised that the local health authority wants nothing to do with that document because it is pure Labour party propaganda and a cynical manipulation of the elderly and the frail ? |
| 15 | What is forceful in Spinoza 's approach is his belief that it is mere empty verbiage to recommend conduct to people unless this engages with their real motivations . |
| 16 | It is common commercial practice for the auditors of a private company to be called on to value the shares . |
| 17 | For example , it is common veterinary practice to section the nerves to the hoof of a limping horse . |
| 18 | In the end , though , it is erratic instrumental balancing that throws the performance out of kilter . |
| 19 | Rioting is not mindless behaviour , ; it is meaningful human action . |
| 20 | It is pro local control and decision making through participatory research and local action . ’ |
| 21 | Of course , AIDS is a terrible scourge on society , but the way to cure it is massive financial input into research and better sex education in schools . |
| 22 | ‘ My own experience of working dogs suggests it is sound preventative treatment , ’ she said . |
| 23 | Accordingly , particularly in claims which on full liability have very limited value , it is sound economic sense to try and achieve settlement at least two weeks before the Proof and preferably more than that . |
| 24 | Sore throat every time they breathe cold air when overheated , especially if it is cold damp air . |
| 25 | It is not high moral ground , it is hard-headed political ground . |
| 26 | Hymenopterists , taxonomists , ethologists and physiologists are well served by this work , isopterists , ecologists and applied biologists less so , but it is well-indexed essential reference for the current state of knowledge in insect sociality . |
| 27 | It is bad actuarial practice to insure against something that can only happen with the consent of the insured person — you can not , for example , ‘ insure ’ yourself against committing suicide . |
| 28 | Our ferry port which opened in nineteen seventy six is now the second largest ferry port on the south coast and it is city-owned yielding profit they are reinvested back into our city . |