Example sentences of "[that] it [is] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | So you 're sort of right in a way that it 's two sine squared X but this wrong . |
| 2 | You must n't think every time you 're tired or ca n't sleep that it 's this thing starting up again . |
| 3 | Er first of all er P P G three and the question asked by the D O E as well that it 's sufficient justification to go further than the guidance det out in paragraph thirty three er of P P G I think it is paragraph thirty three of P P G |
| 4 | With Kiesling he argues that it is that femininity signifies inferiority to Thomas , and not femininity as such , which makes a woman unsuitable . |
| 5 | Is the Minsiter aware that most people in north-west England , including the Railway Industry Association , believe that it is economic madness to open the channel tunnel without first providing a proper linkage between the north-west and the channel tunnel ? |
| 6 | Surely the Secretary of State agrees that it is economic madness to switch electricity generation from coal to gas , close scores of collieries and throw thousands of miners on to the dole ? |
| 7 | Does he further agree that it is sheer hypocrisy to oppose privatisation in principle and to promise more nationalisation , yet to claim that there will still be privatisation proceeds to spend , as did a Labour Front-Bench Treasury spokesperson this morning ? |
| 8 | Finally , however , it has to be conceded that it is one thing to articulate a right of tax-diversion or participation in policy-making , and quite another to secure legal recognition for such a right . |
| 9 | He knew himself that it is one thing to get out of prison , another really to escape it . |
| 10 | I merely hope that I will not be a Charles talking about the fire cover again for today and er perhaps in future times for the simple reason that it is one thing to make a budget , it is one thing to do a . |
| 11 | I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary on taking action against death riders — I agree with those who have already said that that is a much better way to describe these offenders who are not joyriders — and others who think that it is good fun to take somebody 's car and drive it dangerously , thereby damaging property and sometimes killing people , thus causing appalling misery to those whose lives may be wrecked in the process . |
| 12 | One may remark that it is common experience to find that conscientious people who have a job to do that is too much for them ( like writing a book ) turn in their uncertainty to doing a succession of easier jobs instead ( like answering their mail , drawing up syllabuses , or rationalising office organisation ) . |
| 13 | There is a strong tradition that it is bad luck to disturb a standing stone or stone circle and fear of retribution has undoubtedly helped preserve many that might otherwise have been removed for building stone , gateposts and the like . |
| 14 | The modern trend in medicine — like the ancient biblical view — is to see human beings as whole people , recognizing that it is bad practice to treat separate parts of a person without looking at the total man or woman . |
| 15 | The advantages in determining serum 7α-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one concentration are that it is an even simpler method , that only a serum sample is needed , that no radioactivity needs to be used , and that it is less time consuming . |