Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would n't it be awful if a cat scratched your heart . ’ |
| 2 | If it were clear when a party has formed an intention to incur legal obligation , if a person did commonly define the obligation he desired to assume in terms which left little doubt as to its nature , it would be unnecessary , and indeed merely foolish , to require an additional test of that intention . |
| 3 | Well it 's better than a kick in the teeth is n't it ? |
| 4 | Incidentally , it 's better than a railway hut , and perfect for a party . ’ |
| 5 | It 's better than a letter to hear her voice . ’ |
| 6 | A grand view of Horse Guards Parade — oh well it 's better than a view of John and Norma Major . |
| 7 | He says that when burning oak powder it 's possible that a spark could have gone astray . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Well I suppose that 's not bad , it 's over four , it 's four and a half |
| 11 | ‘ I suppose it 's feasible that a girl with your looks and brains could drive someone to behave in the way you 've described . |
| 12 | It 's impossible and a waste of time . ’ |
| 13 | It 's nicer than a satsuma really . |
| 14 | It 's sharp as a razor , a real hunting knife , but if you keep the sheath on you can hold it a bit . |
| 15 | It 's nice as a Minister to be able to do this , to look after your own patch . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | As a sport it 's safer than a lot of other outdoor sports , including rock climbing . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 , . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I think it 's nine and a bit now |
| 22 | It 's plain as a pikestaff . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It 's wrong that a man ca n't get to see around his own country . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It does that when it 's free and a bit damp , you know , rain and all . ’ |
| 27 | It 's smaller than a sheet of A4 paper , and is only 1.25 inches thick , so it 's an ideal travelling companion . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | It 's inevitable that a fish photographer like MAX GIBBS of Oxford 's Goldfish Bowl is entranced by the gorgeous colours of Fairy Wrasse . |
| 30 | 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 . |