Example sentences of "it 's [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Well it 's better than a kick in the teeth is n't it ? |
2 | Incidentally , it 's better than a railway hut , and perfect for a party . ’ |
3 | It 's better than a letter to hear her voice . ’ |
4 | A grand view of Horse Guards Parade — oh well it 's better than a view of John and Norma Major . |
5 | He says that when burning oak powder it 's possible that a spark could have gone astray . |
6 | I think it 's possible that a lot of the women here are saying no because of the stigma that 's attached to the word feminist feminism . |
7 | It 's ironic that a prostitute can get a hotel room by bribing someone but if you 're a respectable woman you are likely to be arrested if you even try to get through the front door . |
8 | Well I suppose that 's not bad , it 's over four , it 's four and a half |
9 | ‘ I suppose it 's feasible that a girl with your looks and brains could drive someone to behave in the way you 've described . |
10 | It 's impossible and a waste of time . ’ |
11 | It 's nicer than a satsuma really . |
12 | It 's sharp as a razor , a real hunting knife , but if you keep the sheath on you can hold it a bit . |
13 | It 's nice as a Minister to be able to do this , to look after your own patch . ’ |
14 | Independent advice er comes from major brokers , the banks and building societies have come out of independent advice pretty well , because they 've decided that it 's expensive and a hassle , cos we 're regulated all the time and of course it makes , we 've , we 've got to analyze the products on the market , so we 've got to pay people to do that . |
15 | As a sport it 's safer than a lot of other outdoor sports , including rock climbing . |
16 | But I do n't feel as if , I mean it 's it 's not the most pleasant thing in the world but it 's certainly fucking sa it 's safer than a lot of their more easier to put on and take off than and fucking safer and more effective than a lot of their contraception devices . |
17 | ‘ I think it 's critical that a solution is reached which enables companies , that are not of sufficient size to go onto the full list , to have some marketability , ’ said KPMG partner , . |
18 | It 's an emotive issue and raises questions like whether it 's appropriate that a company such as Daimler-Benz which played a major role in the Third Reich , should be allowed as they want to , to build their headquarters near Hitler 's bunker . |
19 | I think it 's nine and a bit now |
20 | It 's plain as a pikestaff . |
21 | It says it 's wrong that a judge should have to pass the same sentence on an abused wife who kills a brutal husband as it does on a robber armed with a shotgun who kills in cold blood . |
22 | It 's wrong that a man ca n't get to see around his own country . |
23 | On the topic of resources , it 's interesting that a player like Harry Roberts , who made Scotland ‘ B ’ and played with distinction for a number of top clubs , plays for Transvaal but would be fighting against top opposition for a third or fourth place in the hooker rankings in South Africa . |
24 | It does that when it 's free and a bit damp , you know , rain and all . ’ |
25 | It 's smaller than a sheet of A4 paper , and is only 1.25 inches thick , so it 's an ideal travelling companion . |
26 | Erm in my view , it has to link in somewhere into the primary i into the road network and it 's not appropriate to link it into er the local road system and er therefore I think it 's inevitable that a linkage will need to be made to the primary road network . |
27 | And it 's significant that a strand of films showing how a group of individuals from different social backgrounds could be brought together by war and learn to forget their divisions , generally regarded as the supreme achievement of wartime ‘ realism ’ , was anticipated in Powell-Pressburger's One of our Aircraft is Missing ( 1941 ) , in which a bomber crew bales out over Holland and works its way home with help from the Dutch resistance . |
28 | IT 'S disgraceful that a woman turned her baby daughter into a nicotine addict by smoking 50 cigarettes a day while she was pregnant . |
29 | It 's likely that an inquest on Susan Hill will be opened by the Gloucester coroner . |
30 | Well , it is really strange , because I 've done quite a lot of stage work , but it 's funny because a lot of people — even other film actors — do n't know about it . |