Example sentences of "[verb] it [is] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Some say it 's heroic and romantic ; others say it 's pure science fiction .
2 A blessing for traffic planners and motorists , a disaster for campaigners who say it 's ruined country life .
3 They were just two points in front after a surprise defeat for Daz Sumner when suddenly the team found it 's real fighting spirit .
4 He says it 's upsetting seeing children on the side of the road begging for sweets or any item , it 's hard not to be affected
5 Bruce Tigwell says … the skill of it he says is being able to read the ground and go over bumps as quickly as you can … there are more skills in this than any other form of motoring … he says it 's fun motor sport and very friendly but the competition is still high … you can not buy the vehicles off the shelf you have to make them … top speed is 115 miles an hour but they rarely get the chance to go that fast
6 there are advantages erm and quite honestly if erm er the way I put it is that salary company car and BUPA and all that sort of thing
7 ‘ I do not understand you , ’ he rasped , ‘ but coming from you I imagine it is some acid comment .
8 The company behind the scam , Mandela , are refusing to fill in any more details , however , so we can only assume it 's another cash-in wind up .
9 Er but I do n't believe it 's worthwhile doing manual on the cases , they will get picked up in the next data support run which runs two weeks afterwards , that 'll be erm beginning of May .
10 Da da da da da that 's love and I ca n't believe it 's true da da you better stop before you go and break my heart .
11 I feel it is high time B/T were called to account over their disgraceful policy of charging premium rate for calls to mountain weather forecasts like Climbline and Mountaincall .
12 is the straightforward transaction reflecting cash flowing out of the authority ( assuming it is external loan repayment ) to repay loans .
13 I do n't think it 's good exam technique .
14 The same things that were promised for the gas , electricity and water , but in rel reality the only section to gain are the fat cats at the top who have recently been given it 's obscene pay increases .
15 I mean it 's typical government policy , bang , there it is now you lot sort it out !
16 I never realized it 's first time price .
17 Ye , well it 's not in the shop , I think it 's big country house they 've turned into a hotel or something .
18 Yes , yes , er , we go into item seven , er , marked H , I think it 's residential nursing home .
19 But , I think it 's insane making criminals out of a huge percentage of our population , particularly when it is something that involves morality . ’
20 I think it 's single sex boys ' schools that are the problem .
21 Think it 's those teacher training days .
22 Bu I think it 's Fat Controller bubble bath .
23 ‘ Some people tend to think it 's some faraway problem that will never come to anything , but it destroyed human decency before and it can again if we do n't stand up to it .
24 Yeah , really the question I want to put is to the er B T Post Office er representatives , that y you made a perfectly reasonable objection to the way in which B T funded it 's early retirement scheme from the pension fund .
25 fucking laugh , so I said to her no I said it is this week Julie I said and it 's towards the end of the week but I 'll ring you by the weekend and let you know , well of course come the Thursday morning I have n't seen Val , and I was ever so upset because it really the end of the line money wise , I could n't do any more
26 It is all good quality and every piece carries a special seal to prove it is genuine Madeiran embroidery .
27 To decorate a dish of smoked salmon , so beautiful in itself , with lettuce leaves , or to strew it with tufts of cress , is not to make that salmon which has cost 38s. a pound look as if it cost £3 , but to belittle it so that you begin to feel it is some bargain basement left-over which needs to be disguised .
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