Example sentences of "it be [art] [adj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But with domestic violence on the increase , she says it 's a scanadal the problem 's being tackled with private rather than public money . |
| 2 | But it 's no longer the truth , is it ? |
| 3 | it 's the substantial the plaintiff is n't it , that 's allowed |
| 4 | Still I suppose the time 's it 's the actual the calendar 's starting to tick for having this is n't it now . |
| 5 | It is no good the judge 's writing the criminal a note ; the words must be said out loud . |
| 6 | It is no good the person who gave the order later complaining ‘ But I meant you to do so-and-so ’ . |
| 7 | It is no good the Minister , whenever he is found to be wanting and to be wrong , starting to hurl abuse across the Chamber or making allegations that have absolutely no substance . |
| 8 | Therefore , where the tread is below 1.6 mm depth in the middle of the tread and around the circumference of the tyre it is no good the defendant adding up the ‘ bits ’ on either side of the worn part to try to make a good three-quarters . |
| 9 | The best preliminary plan may be for the reader to open the book upright at ( the illustration ) and then go to the other side of the room , to be imposed on from a distance : it is the nearest the book can offer to the proper first encounter with the figure . |
| 10 | In the absence of a university college it was the nearest the Gold Coast had to an institution of higher education . |
| 11 | But it was the same the world over , she supposed . |