Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it [is] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we had included more papers in the sample the coverage might have appeared more dense , but nevertheless it is clear that it is a minority of unusual cases which get most press exposure . |
| 2 | I wish to make it clear that it is a safety net clause which follows on similar provisions made for the telecommunications , electricity and water industries . |
| 3 | on the Children 's tape , although the first sentence inside makes it clear that it 's a leaflet for children/young people . |
| 4 | will er the the younger people will be encouraged to start to accept this and it is a change in our thinking , that it , I find it difficult as well . |
| 5 | But while you 're here leave it covered like this and it 's a bit . |
| 6 | By snubbing Napoleon III , Bismarck made the provocative nature of his policy quite clear and it is a measure of how confident he felt that he scarcely bothered to conceal it . |
| 7 | But if the polls are wrong and it 's a fight to the finish , the verdict may not be known until the West Coast results are in . |
| 8 | It 's old Jackdaw 's — a thousand years old if it 's a day . ’ |
| 9 | He 's kicking 50 years old and it 's a bit manic . ’ |
| 10 | That 's a dog lost from Bulwell on Sunday morning it 's a Jack Russell with er long hair it 's white and black and it 's twelve years old and it 's a bitch , seven five two seven nine O if er you can help there . |
| 11 | Stuart was only 17 years old and it is a tribute to his strength and personality that he was still conscious when the rescue team arrived , one and a half hours after I left him to go for help . |
| 12 | Billed as the Wedgwood Group Carnival Day 1993 and It 's A Knockout , one of the main attractions will include a pottery antiques roadshow with valuations by expert Peter Williams , author of ‘ Wedgwood — A Collector 's Guide ’ . |
| 13 | They know what areas they 've got to cover in maths or English and it 's a question of their motivation . |
| 14 | ‘ We are happy to do this but it is a struggle to meet our debt . |
| 15 | Agnew and Hill combining to get is clear but it 's a corner and that cross caused real problems to Leicester . |
| 16 | It is also fair to say , and I must be up front about this because it is a matter of it is probably the most sensitive aspect of this whole debate , is about B eight warehousing and distribution . |
| 17 | Deep sea fishing off the island 's coast is as popular as it is a challenge , with plenty of record-breaking specimens of sailfish , marlin or tuna to be hooked . |
| 18 | The one on test here is a bit different as it 's a Windows product . |
| 19 | ? It 's not an animal , but it 's just possible that it 's a dog . |
| 20 | It is clear that a gift can amount to a potentially exempt transfer if it is an outright gift to an individual or it is a gift to an accumulation and maintenance trust or indeed it is a gift to a trust under which the beneficiary has an interest in possession . |
| 21 | For instance , there is no superordinate for the nouns knife , fork and spoon : that , there is no X such that It 's a knife , It 's a fork and It 's a spoon all entail It 's an X . |
| 22 | ‘ Mrs Lavender is convinced that it 's an infatuation that will pass once they leave here . ’ |
| 23 | The tone of these programmes tends to be relentlessly promotional , but the occasional clip might be useable and it 's a source worth investigating if you are short of materials . |
| 24 | The only money they put in to the chief executives and their two yearly pay re review performances that they get , for cutting other people 's wages or contracting Health Services and for somebody to have to travel that distance for a , to die , is absolutely appalling and it 's a disgrace . |
| 25 | ( No such lists can hope to be comprehensive but it is a pity that no reference is made to Geoffrey Beard 's indispensable and pioneering studies on decorative plasterwork in the Adam period . ) |
| 26 | Fourth , we shall also look more fully at some of the implications of the recognition that the interview is a social process as much as it is a research technique ; implications which are , potentially , far reaching . |
| 27 | Lévi-Strauss ' counter argument was that ‘ the universe is an object of thought at least as much as it is a means of satisfying needs ’ ( Goody , 1977 , p. 5 ) . |
| 28 | But this is an argument about departmental and institutional management , as much as it is a matter of professional ethics . |
| 29 | Poverty is a constitutive element of a particular form of economic growth as much as it is a product of economic recession . |
| 30 | Have you noticed the way Coke tastes so much nicer when it 's a glass bottle ? |