Example sentences of "it is [adj] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's why it is expensive compared to eh , other cars , but , they , they seemed to go on for ever those cars , I mean they 're quite incredible are n't they ? |
| 2 | It is simple designed to have an effect on those watching . |
| 3 | The magnetism is built into the basalt when it is first formed , and it records the nature of the Earth 's magnetic field at the time of formation . |
| 4 | Some conditioning procedures ( in particular , those that use the suppression of ongoing behaviour as their measure ) engender the development of a CR that is similar in form to the UR evoked by the CS when it is first presented . |
| 5 | It should be the exception rather than the rule for client to sign the letter at the meeting when it is first presented to him . |
| 6 | The present unsatisfactory state of the law relating to VAT could mean that VAT paid by the tenant may not be recoverable , and therefore the tenant should consider amending such a provision to provide that it will only pay VAT on such sums where it is first presented with a valid VAT invoice in the tenant 's name . |
| 7 | The frequency with which such copies are taken will be determined by each individual lexicographer , but in any event the system will copy the entry when it is first called from the Working-Set . |
| 8 | What , for instance , is the relation between ‘ Frenchness ’ and francophonie ( a term which did not even exist until recently — it is first recorded in 1959 ) . |
| 9 | Northampton began life as a fortified position in the early tenth century — it is first recorded as a name in the year 917 — and soon became the shire town . |
| 10 | Netherton was probably developed later ( it is first recorded in 1327 ) . |
| 11 | The claim is biologically nonsensical , but it seems to have had political significance since it is first recorded in the context of a diplomatic initiative of the emperor Valentinian I , intended to secure Burgundian support against Macrianus , king of the Alamans . |
| 12 | It is first heard and seen when the dancing-master gives the Ugly Sisters a lesson . |
| 13 | It is first heard of about the year 1000 , and a charter of 1005 speaks of the ‘ haga ’ or enclosure which existed here . |
| 14 | It is first heard of at the coronation of Pope Nicholas II in 1059 , when it appears that because the mitre had passed into general use by bishops ( and even by princes ) the pope 's own headgear had to undergo change to become distinctive and exclusive to the pope . |
| 15 | Like all ideas , it is most easily controlled if it is first given a name . |
| 16 | From the time it is first offered to you , it makes sense to plan for the day when your job may end . |
| 17 | The study suggests that women under 50 with breast cancer are more likely to die from the disease if it is first picked up by mammograms than if they discover the lump by feeling their breasts . |
| 18 | In DOS there are two files that are automatically set up and loaded when it is first installed ; these are the AUTOEXEC.BAT and the CONFIG.SYS files . |
| 19 | It is first mentioned in the Domesday Survey as the Manor Mill , sited away from the village to take full advantage of the head of water . |
| 20 | The household linen hang-ing on the clothes-line stretched across the backyard is certainly clean and white when it is first put on the line to dry . |
| 21 | It can be read millions of times over , but only written to once — when it is first assembled at the birth of the cell in which it resides . |
| 22 | It would not be consistent with the obligation for a national court to be subject to a precondition such as a requirement that it may not look behind the text of a national implementing measure unless it is first found to be ambiguous . |
| 23 | ( 8 ) If shares in the target are proposed to be sold to the bidder by a director ( including a shadow director ) of the bidder , or of its parent company , or by a person connected with that director ( as defined in CA 1985 , s346 ) and the value of the shares is not less than £2,000 but ( subject to that ) exceeds £100,000 or 10 per cent of the bidder 's asset value , then the arrangement must not be entered into unless it is first approved by an ordinary resolution of the bidder or , as the case may be , its parent company in general meeting ( CA 1985 , s320 ) . |
| 24 | Nothing is realised unless it is first dreamt of , and believed in . |
| 25 | ‘ We work hard because it is all done by hand . |
| 26 | It is all done very cheerfully , and you can hardly believe in the characters as real people , though these personality weaknesses are very-real and recognisable . |
| 27 | ‘ I prod and pry in all the little nooks and crannies — but it is all done in a caring way . ’ |
| 28 | It is all done automatically by ordinary natural selection . |
| 29 | It is all made up . |
| 30 | What is appealing about the structure at Ichthus is the logic with which it is all applied : each Christian can be involved in a small group that can be healthy , supportive and can help the Christian to be involved in caring for the people immediately around where he lives . |