Example sentences of "[adj] it [is] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a case like this it is often a matter of assessing quickly ‘ Am I sure that I can reach the field , or if I get more sink will I fail to get there ? ’ |
| 2 | I feel as if my , it 's funny it 's not a pain but it 's like my , I 'm just going like that |
| 3 | Different cultures have different attitudes to such obligations ; for some it is merely an extension of an already extended family . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's just the kind of reasoning he would apply . |
| 5 | I 'm afraid it 's mainly a matter of waiting until their own natural defences beat off the viruses that cause it . |
| 6 | It is a place of calm and classical beauty : I am afraid it is exactly the sort of place for which one must long most desperately when out of Greece . |
| 7 | Finding a publisher is hard for all writers and we know from the letters and diaries of writers as important as Gerard Manley Hopkins , Joseph Conrad and Hermann Melville how painful it is when the writing will not come . |
| 8 | Well I believe in Twyman 's law — that when a statistic looks interesting it is usually a mistake . |
| 9 | First , we know ( ( 33 ) 1 ) that it is not the end of the conversation because utterance ( iii ) is not a possible closing utterance : for one thing , it requires a response from B , and for another it is not a token of one of the regular closing forms that persons use in conversation ( Okay , see you later or the like ) . |
| 10 | But while this makes the book accessible it is also an admission of weakness : instead of in-depth analysis it offers a series of snapshots — of the tourist industry ; of military bases and the women that serve them ; of diplomatic wives and so on . |
| 11 | yeah I mean to be honest it 's just a case of one of you , it does go that way , I knew I was right the first time , of one of you just remembering |
| 12 | How sad it is when a believer in his forties or fifties is merely an absentee landlord , living idly off the intellectual rent from the thinking of his student days ! |
| 13 | According to the more ambitious it is now the duty of the directors to operate the business in the interests of the employees in addition to those of the members . |
| 14 | As was pointed out in the judgment , ‘ In some contractual relationships , for example life assurance and pensions schemes — some aspects of the law regulating conditions of employment , and … various state-run schemes such as national insurance ’ , 35 it is ultimately a matter for the parties concerned whether the individual should be treated as a man or a woman . |
| 15 | " Think yourself lucky it is n't a gaol , " returned the marquis tartly . |
| 16 | Despite Harvey Pitcher 's reservations as to Martha 's ability to afford such a gift , I 'm sure it is just the kind of thing she would have engineered as a token of thanks . |
| 17 | The masts may seem unsightly to those unused to them , but I am sure it is simply a matter of getting accustomed . |
| 18 | ‘ Ask him — I 'm sure it 's not a secret . ’ |
| 19 | And he pretty sure it 's not the disc . |
| 20 | If you go down to the woods today , make sure it 's not the Forest Of Dean . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sure it 's just a matter of attitude of mind . |
| 22 | Although it has n't happened yet I 'm sure it 's only a matter of time before he makes a pass at me . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm sure it 's only the shock , ’ said Melissa , aware that it sounded unconvincing . |
| 24 | After all it is n't every day a Book creature is caught . |
| 25 | Yes it will be launched , a bit late next Wednesday the ninth February at the section , not a big splash at all it 's just a photo call for the press to come in and take such pictures and what have you . |
| 26 | After all it 's not every day you get caught up in a paradigm shift . |
| 27 | After all it 's only a game , football is n't it ? |
| 28 | If it 's talked about at all it 's usually the subject of sarcastic humour . ’ |
| 29 | A RECORD number of 16-year-olds will stay on at schools and colleges next month — but for many it is simply a way of avoiding the dole queue . |
| 30 | And , although I 'm not so bitchy as to suggest women want him only for what they can get , nine times out of ten it 's probably the truth . ’ |