Example sentences of "[subord] it [be] [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must surely be easier now than it was half a century ago , thanks to the greater contact the public have with sportsmen generally . |
| 2 | ‘ So it 's all a bonus when I think of where my head was two years ago . |
| 3 | ‘ So it was all a waste of time , ’ she ended brightly . |
| 4 | If it is such a failure , why have we committed £183 million ? |
| 5 | You say all the other girls are going , and if it 's such a bargain as you say , then I do n't see why not . |
| 6 | And if it 's all a mistake , there 'll be no harm done and no shooting . |
| 7 | I had or had had cancer — a most serious disease — yet I had been talking as if it was all a joke . |
| 8 | She had just spent a weekend at home in Belfast dutifully admiring the latest Hennessy grandchild and enduring countless little digs about good Catholic girls and settling down to raise a family instead of racketing about the world enjoying herself — as if it was such a sin to enjoy life , for God 's sake , she thought angrily , and anyway six years as Sister in the accident and emergency department of the Audley Memorial in Suffolk hardly constituted racketing ! |
| 9 | I love it because it means I get to lots of other countries and see different people and different cultures , and I hate it because it is such a hassle and keeps me away from my family and friends . |
| 10 | he could n't manage to think and I 've never learnt how to manage to , that erm , the engine , so we got rid of the boat and then our son he 's got a big boat , he 's got a real speedboat , a real big one and Julian he 's got a smaller speedboat , so both of the boys go there , when we go camping we always have a good time because it 's all a family affair like , you know , always get together and erm go on , on a boat , fishing , having fresh mackerels come back and clean them up and fry them straight fresh from the sea , never tasted as fresh , fresh as , fresher fish than , than |
| 11 | Well just well if , because it 's all a lot of it 's to do with this alca alchemical |
| 12 | If you 've been put off a simple d-i-y job which involves mixing concrete or mortar because it 's such a hassle , then the Odjob is for you ! |
| 13 | We thought it was so smashing — it sticks in my mind because it was such a treat . |
| 14 | It was an odd thing to say ( it would n't matter if the film was brilliant — it would still probably provoke mirth among non-believers ) , but then it was also an odd thing to see in a film which was presumably trying to revamp the alien invasion genre for a new age , because it was such a throwback to the cinematic aliens of the last few years . |
| 15 | because it was such a disaster every time . |
| 16 | But I knew that that was where God wanted me to be because it was such a miracle . |
| 17 | Professor Wilkinson said it was not ‘ disregarded ’ — as the Independent claimed on Friday — but ‘ given a low rating because it was such a piece of opportunist propaganda ’ . |
| 18 | No , but not because , as some people argue , Poland 's mishap does n't matter anyway because it was all a mistake . |
| 19 | ‘ Children sweeten labours , ’ he wrote ; and I suppose that is true , when it is all a labour of love . |
| 20 | His heart was pounding , even though it was all a sham . |
| 21 | ‘ Thank you , darling , ’ she said and punched me vigorously on the arm to tell me to get lost , though it was half a joke , it 's always half a joke with Dodger . |
| 22 | ‘ As it was such a waste of time , you presumably wo n't want to come , ’ Mum had said , trying to keep her face straight . |
| 23 | In earlier years , is it true that you attended a Senior Management Seminar as a representative of the International Sports Company , ( Dunlop , Slazenger , Carlton , Litesome ) , and stated that you had the two finest wooden rackets in the world and that you had no intention of following the fibreglass and graphite racket trend as it was all a flash in the pan ? |
| 24 | We must always be aware of the ability of people to change the environment , either deliberately or by accident , and of the likelihood that the appearance of the landscape today may not be the same as it was half a millennium ago , when different land uses may have been appropriate . |