Example sentences of "[adv] it [be] [det] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps it 's all a dream .
2 Perhaps it 's all a matter of style .
3 Perhaps it is all a question of timing , and that summer afternoon in 1921 was the moment when the linear impulse started its break through to public awareness .
4 Perhaps it was all a dream .
5 Perhaps it was all a mistake , thought Pascoe .
6 Yes , so it 's all a step in the right direction ?
7 So it was all a hotchpotch , it was all and I had to do the the best I could for those who showed fish and that was the only way I could do it .
8 ‘ They figured out it was all a scam , right ? ’ says Joanne .
9 Now it 's such a sight !
10 Well it 's such a fag .
11 And then you can do it without Fred and , really , with Fred is , is at the end of day you could pro proof pay load could go back to yourself and I , I E and ourselves , but by having him that other cut you 're gon na be saying well it 's all a bit more than your share .
12 Well it 's all the practice cos I mean he was moving all the time !
13 Not surprisingly it 's all the idea of an American .
14 Then I let him down and from then on it 's all a bit of a blur .
15 Later that night , drinking champagne at the first night party , he gave me his usual disclaimers ; how it was all an illusion , everything was an illusion , all life was an illusion , and how he , Sir Tom , was the master of illusion , but how his dear children were real because they alone could not be spawned from the imagination .
16 Well , maybe it is all a question of time .
17 Or maybe it was all the fluoride in the water .
18 Quite normal to be a little bit more than half an hour but el traffico wardens about an whoever takes your number sort of jus just after you parked then it is half an hour but sometimes it 's not for
19 Coaxing is another and sycophancy is another — you put your own interpretation on it but if it gets a good show , then it 's all a matter of semantics .
20 Then it was all a lie .
21 Then it was all the fun of the Whit Monday Fair .
22 Yet at least it was all a bit of a relief , was n't it ?
23 Equally , I am prepared to advocate that , in historical terms , the time has arrived , in the absence of other viable legal institutions , to forsake the requirement of bisexuality and thus abandon the negative definitive criterion of homosexuality , if indeed it is such a criterion .
24 The subsequent dismemberment of Inca society showed the faint enthusiasm the Spaniards had for this opportunity , yet it was such an idea which had given the term ‘ mestizo ’ a dignity beyond its racist translations of ‘ half-breed ’ or ‘ half-caste ’ .
25 The English have a greater talent than any other people for creating an agreeable family life ; that is why it is such a threat to their artistic and intellectual life .
26 ‘ Not everyone in Cleveland has heard of us , that is why it is such a mystery how a pastor in Bulgaria got our address , ’ said museum spokeswoman Shirley Heselton .
27 ‘ The reason why it was such a success was because of the sunshine , the innocence , and opportunities people had , ’ says original cast member Kylie Minogue .
28 Abu Salim was a pain , which is why it was such a relief to take the mickey out of him .
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