Example sentences of "[noun sg] it is [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eryngium alpinum I have saved almost to the last , not because it is common , which it is , but rather that to my mind it is the loveliest representative of the Umbelliferae family ( which includes , strange though it may seem , the carrot ) . |
| 2 | If we are above government guidelines it is the labour party 's fault and if indeed we are penalised in the future it is the labour party 's fault , none other and to the extent that you run the risk now by having this excess eleven percent budget over the er standing expenditure assessment er will once again unfortunately find you guilty in that regard . |
| 3 | Similarly , remind yourself that even if the worst comes to the worst and you need to go in the middle of the interview it is no big deal although it feels like a disaster to you . |
| 4 | When you take notes during the interview it is a good idea to do so a short while after the relevant moment has passed so that the candidate is not aware of what prompted you to write . |
| 5 | For additional effect it is a good idea to have a large pair of sunglasses and a summer type holiday hat . |
| 6 | He says in effect it is a new machine — the parts are the latest available , and the original machine they were going to buy is now obsolete . |
| 7 | Teaching does indeed take time , but in the long term it is a great time saver . |
| 8 | But to Cécile it is the indelible moment of first love , impossible and undeclared . |
| 9 | If the embryos have taken so much trouble to have so well-defined patterns of cleavage it is a reasonable expectation that the cleavage pattern may be involved in specifying cell fate . |
| 10 | But for those who have no alternative it is the only choice . |
| 11 | The main reason for fishing the middle line of the river today is that with a head wind it is the safest distance for me to be able to loosefeed easily . |
| 12 | On the economic side it is a fair bet that there will be a public spending squeeze ( sooner rather than later ) , with defence and social security reviews ( though neither will be given such titles ) . |
| 13 | In essence it is an internal management tool to identify potential liabilities , to highlight whether environmental performance can be improved and to indicate where financial savings can be made . |
| 14 | In terms of its energy exporting capacity it is the European equivalent of Saudi Arabia , exporting , in 1983 84% of its hydrocarbon production — over 40 MTOE . |
| 15 | At Londonderry there has been a similar type of growth around a trans-shipment point but because it is further from the mainland it is a smaller centre , of about 90 000 people . |
| 16 | To its enthusiasts hunting and especially fox hunting is more than a sport it is a national institution enjoyed equally by all countrymen and I emphasis all countrymen . |
| 17 | Indeed as pure silica it is the insulating element in the technology of silicon microchips . |
| 18 | At the moment it is the ultimate loser who pays the costs even if he or she happens to have won at first instance and in the Court of Appeal . |
| 19 | What with continual air raids ( seven times a day ) and the presence of 109 's about the place it is a logical conclusion that our chances of survival are not very high . |
| 20 | What is more , because people 's short-term and long-term memories operate rather differently , they may well remember something quite different three days later : and the chances are that in the real marketplace it is the longer memory that matters . |
| 21 | Like most advertising jargon it is a slight misnomer , since it almost always means , at most , that your advertising is the main advertising at that time , in that medium , for that product category . |
| 22 | This was the first time there has been a flower show at Hampton Court Palace , and in my opinion it is a wonderful innovation which I hope will become an annual event . |
| 23 | On a summer evening it is a superb setting for a drink and I believe that food is also served in that area . |
| 24 | To buy a brand new PA system costs a lot of money for a single person , and as a group it is a huge risk as we are still at school ( lower 6th ) and do not wish to spend that sort of money when we can not guarantee we will still be together in a week , let alone a year 's time . |
| 25 | Er but at the festival it is an appropriate moment . |
| 26 | As Stamfordham wrote : ‘ We must recognise that Democracy is no longer a meaningless sort of shibboleth ; with the enormous increase of voters by the women 's franchise it is the actual voice , for better or worse , the political voice of the State . ’ |
| 27 | At this point it is a good idea to say out loud to yourself , ‘ Now I am going to land ’ , and from then on not to change your mind . |
| 28 | From the Casa Manzoni it is a short step only to the street that carries the writer 's name . |
| 29 | In appearance it is a contained area of sizeable attractive pebbles or cobbles through which water constantly bubbles . |
| 30 | Known as sensori neural deafness , it may have been called nerve deafness , perceptive deafness , inner ear deafness , presbyacusis — but by any name it is a frustrating type of hearing loss , at present not helped by surgery but undoubtedly helped by using sight together with listening tactics . |