Example sentences of "it is [adv] the " in BNC.

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1 It is rather the inner emptiness or ignorance which the spate of words attempts to conceal .
2 It is rather the kind of causal concomitant of the blow that has wholly to do with internal processes of tissue regeneration .
3 What renders science distinctive , then , is not so much the instruments that are played , for crude variants of these can be found wherever we look ; nor even the particular tune , for everyone plays brief snatches of this from time to time ; it is rather the sustained and collaborative elaboration of this particular melody in preference to all the others one might play .
4 It is rather the creation of new public spheres in which citizens , including media workers , can play a full role in their community , and in the community of communities . ’
5 Xavier Mellery , the painter of the nuns , was described in the catalogue as " creating a light which is the negation of that which envelops our immediate visual experience of things ; it is rather the Interior light of your mind … "
6 It is rather the visible sign of underlying defensiveness and uncertainty .
7 It is rather the reverse ; it means an increased recognition of the importance of seeing oneself as part of the new Europe which is emerging .
8 It is rather the development of a portfolio of projects at Bristol which merit investment on sound practical grounds .
9 It is however the arrival of Michael Heseltine at the DTI that will flutter the dovecotes most of all .
10 The discussion is more neutral only in so far as it is assumed that the curriculum ( such a global phenomenon ) is no-one 's responsibility in particular , and clearly this is so in an individual sense — but it is however the responsibility of the profession to take a leading role in this area and at the moment it is not fulfilling this role .
11 It is however the interaction of ‘ texts ’ that is the subject of Barthes 's book .
12 Small in comparison to major fairs such as Basel , it is however the leading Asian fair and this year included ninety-one galleries of which fifty-nine were from outside Japan ( nine less foreign galleries than in 1992 ) .
13 It is however the subtler aspects of weight , control and role which " colour " the process , to the extent where one case is so different from another that their common origins are all but lost .
14 It is however the final formal appearance of the team who have been representing North Yorkshire County Council , and I would n't want this opportunity to slip without thanking them all , Mr , Mrs , and all of the others in their team who have spoken on behalf of the Council .
15 It is however the language politicians have grown accustomed to , as have businessmen and industrialists , for cross-country communications .
16 The nice thing about this system is that the above double resonance can be guaranteed : the refractive-index change induced by the strong pump beam actually moves the comb of longitudinal modes with respect to the pump frequency ( it is strictly the product of.length and refractive index that determines the mode frequencies ) .
17 It is simply the case that the party should be there while it intends to govern Northern Ireland and it should be exerting itself to offer the voters a real alternative to sectarian politics .
18 Genuine , living devotion , Philothea , presupposes the love of God , and thus it is simply the true love of God .
19 It is simply the factual equivalent of some of the fictional tales on sale to children today .
20 It is simply the most dramatic manifestation of soil degradation , or ‘ desertification ’ , caused by poor agricultural techniques .
21 If this reaction seems overstated , it is simply the effect of holidays spent and expectations dulled at some of Europe 's best resorts .
22 Although I have said ‘ remove the fish to an isolation tank ’ , there is no reason to believe the disease is contagious to other inmates , it is simply the safest way to effect a tentative course of treatments without stressing your other fish .
23 It should be stressed that they should carry on normally during the observation period ; it is simply the time when the specified behaviours are recorded .
24 In a world so defined , peacefulness does not require suppression of individuality and renunciation of autonomy ; it is simply the only sensible way for people to behave , and it has , for Semai , become a crucial part of a definition of self and a positive goal in its own right .
25 It is simply the salient feature of their lives and so , quite predictably , occupies a lot of their time , absorbs a lot of their interest and provides a lot of their ambitions .
26 The answer is that it is simply the degree of an experience 's pleasantness or painfulness taken at a moment , or its average pleasantness or painfulness over a period .
27 It is simply the case that the heroin use of the male partner places her in a situation in which the drug is not only readily available , but its use is also seen as socially acceptable .
28 It is simply the ability which a person or group has to make others do what he , she or they want them to do .
29 Perhaps it is simply the case that this is very difficult to get at by methods which are feasible .
30 Many hypotheses have been advanced to explain the metastable amorphous state of the polymer in vivo , most recently that it is simply the result of the slow nucleation kinetics that are operative for small particles .
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