Example sentences of "it [is] [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 .
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