Example sentences of "[noun] it [is] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Darlington result has always been one keenly watched by national political pundits it is traditionally a barometer of the way in which the nation generally is set to swing . |
| 2 | Speaking broadly , we may say that in the Roman church it is regarded as presumption , in the Protestant churches it is a privilege or a duty , but in the New Testament it is simply a fact . |
| 3 | Well well just the different words it 's really a matter of pronunciation . |
| 4 | Hampden Babylon is a book about the sordid and seedy underbelly of Scottish football , but in many respects it is also a book about Scotland itself . |
| 5 | but the second way in which section fourteen arises is this slightly more oblique way , erm , it 's , it 's not really the question of competition law it 's more a question of administrative law or constitutional law , erm whether it arises on the question er , your Lordship will have to decide , but , if , if it does then we believe that our case is extremely strong , because what one is saying here is , is section fourteen a block to an article eighty five action , erm does it make it either virtually impossible or something lesser excessively difficult , er and we say er that that 's one aspect and two can we show it 's discriminatory , well we say first of all it is discriminatory because even on analysis of the bad faith argument they are putting in a claimant with an article eighty five case to an extraordinary length in order to make good his case , he first of all has to super declaration presumably that he is entitled to damages , but he ca n't get damages all he 's entitled to is the declaration if then do n't satisfy that claim by paying up and their not going to be ordered by the court to pay up because that 's a claim for damages and you ca n't have that then you have to sue them again on the basis of breach of bad faith , er no other provision in English law would go to that effect and that of course even , even that assumes whether rightly or wrongly and we say possibly wrongly that er , er the failure to comply with the judgment of the declaration would be bad faith within the meaning of the act , but even assuming it 's right it puts a plaintiff suing for breach of article eighty five in the worst position possible |
| 6 | For Scotland it 's now a case of rebuilding for the Five Nations Championship . |
| 7 | Along mid-oceanic ridges and subduction zones it is often a problem distinguishing between ‘ normal ’ and anomalous volcanism . |
| 8 | At the time of writing this outro it 's about a week after Easter , and everyone ( except Phil ) is swearing off Easter eggs for life — or at least till next April . |
| 9 | ‘ At the moment it is only a feeling of mine ; a hunter 's suspicion . |
| 10 | Really with very few exceptions it 's simply a bit of harmless fun . |
| 11 | Clearly , the telephone interview is attractively cheap , but in my opinion it is also a technique which could well irritate the respondents approached . |
| 12 | Therefore as well as it being a problem of development within the flood plain it is also a problem of development beyond the flood plain and as well as development and I er think this in no way intending to spread the blame , but is a , is a er an observation which er I think is quite clear and that is that farming practices erm can have both beneficial and adverse effects on water regimes |
| 13 | If it ends in an O it 's probably not always but probably going to be L and if it ends in an A as he says there it 's a good point it 's probably a word . |
| 14 | In the case of words which combine a fairly definite descriptive meaning with a valuational meaning it is rather a puzzle to say what correct linguistic usage bids one do , if one recognizes that something answers to the descriptive meaning , but does not have the attitude towards it which the word expresses in virtue of its ‘ value charge ’ , as one might put it . |
| 15 | And he said , it 's not on , he said what he , he said er getting the money he said we 've got a lot of money in American bank and he said and getting that back it 's just a pain in the arse ! |
| 16 | Boredom is often used as an excuse but according to sex specialist Dr Otto Kernberg it 's just a cover up for more complex reasons . |
| 17 | Actually , he 's so like my father it 's almost a bonus of having him near as well . ’ |
| 18 | In many ways it is also a partnership . |
| 19 | In many ways it is also a partnership . |
| 20 | For many of those people it is probably a godsend when someone hands them a piece of paper that might unlock the door to access to a benefit that they would otherwise not receive . |
| 21 | In the United States there has already been some production of material specifically for interactive use , but for most people it is still a question of waiting and seeing what uses , methods and materials emerge . |
| 22 | Miki was worried that this important development might be passed off as a fad , a ‘ scene ’ people will get tired of : ‘ To some people it 's already a gimmick , but it 's very important , a lot of people have a lot to say . |
| 23 | As Sa'di said : ‘ If a diamond falls in the dirt it is still a diamond , yet even if dust ascends all the way to heaven it remains without value . ’ ’ |
| 24 | but I mean you send the package out and you get a phone call er it 's Mr Davies , and then you get card out and then you send him the questionnaire it 's merely a record duplicated on the form but |
| 25 | In some countries it is still used as a dairy cow , but in Britain it is definitely a beef breed with the advantage of being able to convert grass into meat with great efficiency . |
| 26 | For example , advertisements which consistently use businessman as the synonym for people in business seek to remind women that in many areas of commercial life it is still a man 's world . |
| 27 | In one sense it is simply a matter of keeping the value far ahead of the cost . |
| 28 | So it may not be a problem with room bookings it 's probably a problem with Jo . |
| 29 | Yes come on Charlie be brave , a noun , yes , a something is n't it , a , if you write a or the in front of a word it 's usually a noun , okay , so just keep listening for the a and the . |
| 30 | And differentiated it and it gave me K T well forget about the K it 's only a number it 's only |