Example sentences of "it [is] a [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You draw a line and you know at once whether it 's a good or a bad line . |
| 2 | Do you have any thoughts as to whether it 's a good or a bad thing that food is produced artificially , as it were ? |
| 3 | It 's a two and a half second sequence — I 've timed it . |
| 4 | If it 's a million , if it 's a million and a half dollars it 's er three quarters of a million pounds |
| 5 | I do n't know if it 's a sweet or a Dan say Arthur . |
| 6 | It is a deadly and a serious one . |
| 7 | First , there are factors related to the size of the country and its internal organisation : whether it is a federal or a unitary state for example . |
| 8 | Errors made in the learning of a language , whether it is a first or a second one , are often indicative of the range and type of strategies used . |
| 9 | At the moment it is a nine and a half year loan and then the pictures leave . |
| 10 | We need to know whether it is a 10-strong or a seven-strong management committee , with a majority of management representatives . |
| 11 | However , it is a commonplace that a decision-maker who is given an apparently unfettered discretion must still exercise his power within the limits imposed by the law . |
| 12 | That the dish is tasty and that another helping will upset the stomach are relevant facts because they do modify inclination ; that it is a rainy or a sunny day and that the wallpaper is yellow or white are irrelevant because they do not move the child in either direction . |