Example sentences of "[conj] it [is] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government have a fine record on increasing benefits in line with prices every year , but I have a particular point to raise with my right hon. Friend , although it is principally a matter for the Treasury . |
| 2 | For instance , Falmouth may be called a tourist resort , although it is also a shopping centre for local residents , and it has dockyards , a fishing industry and some light industry . |
| 3 | Community policing is a preventive rather than a crime control made of policing and in the United Kingdom it has become associated in the popular image particularly with those inner-city areas where crime rates have risen sharply and where police relations with ethnic minorities have deteriorated , although it is also a response to the police 's loss of contact with other sections of the community , especially young people ( Schaffer 1980 ) . |
| 4 | The ATP Tour , Year Two : 1991 , is a book for the enthusiast although it is also a book that you would have no hesitation in showing off to your friends , even those with only a passing interest in the game . |
| 5 | Although it is partly a response to the claims of transnationalism and hence of recent birth , Neo-Realism belongs firmly to the Realist tradition , as its name suggests . |
| 6 | Although it is over a year since the end of the Gulf War , the Iraqi Ministry of Culture and Information is still trying to recover various ancient treasures dating back to the prehistoric and Islamic periods which disappeared from museums in the north and the south of the country . |
| 7 | Although it is now a mouldering and dangerous ruin , it was the first-ever office for issuing freight vouchers for the Stockton and Darlington railway . |
| 8 | Although it is ostensibly a book about football , Hampden Babylon is littered with images drawn from the cinema , pop music and the tabloid press . |
| 9 | Although it is perhaps a cause of some concern that of the 8,000 trading member firms , some 4,000 have not yet received a compliance visit . |
| 10 | In the early spring , stalks of rhubarb are about the only fresh , home-grown fruit available — although it is technically a vegetable . |
| 11 | Of course there are exceptions , such as the Scarlet Guard of Stirland , the Death 's Head Regiment of Ostermark ( black and red ) , and the Carroburg Greatswords ( dark red , although it is actually a Reikland regiment ) . |
| 12 | Right , although it is still a car , it 's , it has different attributes . |
| 13 | A spokesman for the Scottish Office said that although it 's really a matter for the Health Board , Mr Peterken , under his contract has the right of appeal to the Scottish Secretary . |
| 14 | If he does it without any help I shall be totally amazed and I think that it 's simply a facility to assume that there 're gon na be reductions in bureaucracy simply by centralising because the record from the past shows that the reverse is the case . |
| 15 | I think what what you 're really saying though , is that it 's probably a mistake to actually look at it in terms of a number of days . |
| 16 | ‘ The thing to remember , ’ she said , ‘ is that it 's just a machine . |
| 17 | but I think the other thing is that it 's just a question of the people in our business supposed to be being professional communicators |
| 18 | Er it could be that it 's just a contact Hello . |
| 19 | Beyond that it 's just a matter of trying to perceive whatever vision you have . |
| 20 | Being so central and combined with the fact that it 's also a club Exclusive hotel where you can always be sure of a lively , fun atmosphere and a friendly welcome , it 's hardly surprising that the Catherine is our most popular base in town and comes top of our list for summer ‘ 90 . |
| 21 | And do you think er the others feel that like you do about doing the plays that it 's maybe a bit more of a strain you know the competitions and |
| 22 | There is only , well there are sixteen hours that er that Norman 's put down for the total technical work supervision on the job , I would have thought that perhaps that might be quite tight , er you know bearing in mind that it 's maybe a job that requires a |
| 23 | Do you accept that fact that it 's only a quarter of people ? |
| 24 | I think that it 's only a fear of women but it 's also a belief in the innate or or learn superiority of men over women |
| 25 | Oh well he 's , he 's told the lads that it 's only a matter of time . |
| 26 | The the particular point that that I wish to pick up on though was from M Mr Curtis and his reference to erm the draft P P G thirteen , and whilst I 'd say that the point of the H B F that it 's only a draft publication at this stage , there 's in my view been too mu much over reliance on the reference in there to self containment , you see if we look at that particular paragraph , two point one two , it actually says avoid the development of small new settlements which are not to , sorry , I 'll start that again , avoid the development of small new settlements which are not be likely to be well served by public transport , or which will not be largely self contained . |
| 27 | Can I just say on this sir that we we see policy I five as our interp sorry I twelve , it 's our interpretation that it 's really a recognition that office development is appropriate in or adjacent to er town centres and that we wo n't be seeking to er identify offices in or adjacent to town centres and take that element off the I five provision . |
| 28 | even if you played it like that it 's still a crush . |
| 29 | In contrast , cattle develop a good immunity to Oe. radiatum , partly due to age and partly to previous exposure so that it is primarily a problem in weaned calves . |
| 30 | In this rather similar example , however , we think it is much clearer that the comma is a mistake and far less likely that it is simply a style variant : This has the implication that , novel-writing in Wales … |