Example sentences of "is [adv] [adj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although power is widely spread it does not necessarily mean that it is evenly spread between all groups . |
| 2 | As the UK is predominantly urban it follows that our dominant ideology must be urban . |
| 3 | The market for this type of thing is rapidly dwindling , and while the title track is politely inoffensive it has the spark of a box of matches dropped in a swimming pool . |
| 4 | The market for this type of thing is rapidly dwindling , and while the title track is politely inoffensive it has the spark of a box of matches dropped in a swimming pool . |
| 5 | The grass is so dry it seems impossible that it can ever come to life again : yet the huge acacia trees along the riverbed are putting out blossom , delicate sprigs of green in anticipation of the rains to come . |
| 6 | Peter Grimes is so famous it runs the risk of being taken for some sort of operatic norm . |
| 7 | In some cases the territory is so good it does n't matter that a female has to share it with other females . |
| 8 | At the moment protein A is so scarce it costs between £5 and £10 a milligram . |
| 9 | And the flame propagation is so rapid it 's consumed that it just blows . |
| 10 | John McGahern , on the other hand , writes , speaks and thinks in a style that is so sparse it defies anyone to deny the truth at its core . |
| 11 | The flowchart , to explain how the chemicals are made , is so complicated it resembles a bowl of spaghetti . |
| 12 | The picture , above , in the National Portrait Gallery , London , is so popular it has even surprised the man who painted it , postman 's son Richard Stone , 40 . |
| 13 | In a water that is largely featureless it does n't need to be anything too pronounced to be attractive to fish . |
| 14 | ‘ When a judge is unduly lenient it shakes the public 's faith in the legal system . ’ |
| 15 | Er in fact most of the radiation we get in fact is not from nuclear power , it 's from erm man made sourc it 's from , from natural sources eighty seven percent of the population as an average comes from our natural environment a lot comes from radon gas erm a small amount of radioactivity in our food erm we were discussing at er er lunch in , in fact the benefits of , of eating er low sodium salt salt is meant to be bad for you so the health er er er freaks say and it 's the sodium , therefore you should buy low sodium salt which is calcium chloride rather than sodium chloride what they forget to tell you of course is that potassium er sorry it 's , it 's potassium chloride rather than er than s than sodium chloride , what they forget , forget to tell you of course is that potassium is slightly radioactive it contains erm a small amount of , of a naturally occurring radioactive potassium so you get a small dose of radiation er to compensate for the fact you are n't eating any sodium . |
| 16 | Moreover , unless Hugh is wildly inaccurate it seems to have gone beyond the simple quarrel between abbot and flock described by the Ramsey source . |
| 17 | I 'm just , I 'm just hear to say this , our directions actually for this area , is now nice it to have this keeping separately , in and fully supporting that , you know , it , it , it does and I 'm very pleased with it , so |
| 18 | Carole 's using the avocado moisturizer which is very creamy it contains avocado oil , which is very good for the skin and it 's a natural product . |
| 19 | This indicates that although it is very scared it has not entirely lost its aggression . |
| 20 | Although Handy 's model is essentially abstract it does assume significance when schools are placed in the context of local management of schools and the National curriculum . |