Example sentences of "[adj] it [be] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Another , a business woman , often under considerable pressure , managed to come to an arrangement with her voluble but good-humoured mother , that she could terminate any of their telephone conversations speedily if necessary , without giving offence , simply by saying , ‘ Well , I 'm afraid it 's all action stations here now , so I 'll have to say goodbye ’ ; and it worked remarkably well . |
2 | You were n't doing anything individual it was more communion thing you were making the likes of if it was brown bread you 're all standing rolling up and chaffing brown bread and putting them in tins . |
3 | Hence , the smaller the amount of equity the more likely it is that debt holders may have to bear some part of any losses . |
4 | It was so good it was attracting outsider drug buyers from North Wales , Cheshire and Cumbria , say police . |
5 | Analysts said that as long as credit business remained negative it was unlikely consumer spending would revive significantly . |
6 | As has been the case since 1973 it is heavy fuel oil which will bear the brunt of the fall in oil demand . |
7 | When she had finished she said to Piers , to hide her confusion , ‘ I — I always think how odd it is that turtle soup does n't taste of turtle . ’ |
8 | Perhaps more important , given that it is Labour party policy , what impact would that have on the price of electricity for consumers ? |