Example sentences of "it [is] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you feel that it 's pointing the right way , bringing the sun in through the right windows at the right time of day ? |
| 2 | IT 'S seeing the funny side that keeps Les Barker buoyant . |
| 3 | But it 's knowing the right things . |
| 4 | It 's become the leading cause of solvent abuse deaths . |
| 5 | And it 's earning the chocolate-coloured Labrador that wrote it a worldwide reputation . |
| 6 | Yeah but w w too far because it 's affecting the middle peasants . |
| 7 | Steven thinks that just be I only just got in he said , I 'm having my tea and he said there 's no way I 'm gon na do nothing like that at this time of night when I 've been fourteen hours at work So then he stormed off back home again so he said well you 'll have to move it cos it 's obstructing the dual carriageway someone might come round that corner fast and hit it . |
| 8 | Today the nursing home said it 's pleased the whole episode is over . |
| 9 | The health authority denies negilgence , but it 's understood the two sides are now close to a settlement . |
| 10 | It 's believed the single seater plane hit a post as it was approaching the runway at R-A-F Bicester in Oxfordshire . |
| 11 | It 's believed the same gang have raided at least three homes … and they may be linked with a series of other burglaries . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's generating the right kind of timbers , and then making the right kind of products from it . ’ |
| 13 | It 's hoped the new sign will save it from further damage . |
| 14 | It 's hoped the new shelter will open within 18 months . |
| 15 | It 's hoped the new design spreads the stress of the load , working the top of the thigh bone , making it stronger . |
| 16 | It 's hoped the low price of the immobiliser will make it attractive to car owners who 've been reluctant to fit expensive alarms . |
| 17 | And in the absence of a village bobby , it 's hoped the voluntary wardens will be able to help the community fight crime and act as a link with the police . |
| 18 | The last of the old flats will be emptied and demolished in the autumn and it 's planned the whole Grove facelift will be finished by November . |
| 19 | SunSoft says it 's reached the second milestone in its Project DOE ( Distributed Objects Everywhere ) programme and completed a distributed object system consisting of the DOMF ( Distributed Object Management Facility ) , SunSoft 's implementation of the Object Management Group 's CORBA specification , and a set of system objects . |
| 20 | Feeding most species of marine fish is not therefore as simple as it may seem and even if a fish feeds eagerly , it does n't necessarily mean that it 's eating the right food . |
| 21 | That riled me , just as it 's riled the other girls . |
| 22 | That is an opted out school as against the standard state school , which is subject to the overall policies of the Local Education Authority , and indeed it is funded by the Local Education Authority through a formula , and the amount of money that is put into that formula will obviously affect the amount of money the school has to spend , so it 's providing the same range of education within the National Curriculum , but it is not beholden to the Local Authority — that 's the basic difference . |
| 23 | These guys at the front are professionals and it 's stopping the professional side of wheelchair racing coming out . |
| 24 | Most systems of this type are ‘ open ’ , which means they 're topped up with water as necessary from a small tank in the loft , which also accepts any overflow ; it 's called the feed-and-expansion tank . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , ’ he told the reporter , it 's called The Cheaper Sex . ’ |
| 26 | It 's called the general formula . |
| 27 | Now this looks sort of different from the machine I showed you where they , you know the machine , but in fact it 's the direct development of it , it 's called the fully-fashioned pro and it 's , and this area 's famous for fully-fashioned knitwear . |
| 28 | But the only reason that it 's called The Dark Ark is because it travels in the shadow of Noah 's Ark . |
| 29 | But the only reason that it 's called The Dark Ark is because it travels in the shadow of Noah 's Ark . |
| 30 | It 's called the ugly duckling , but Mr Summerfield loved it because the woman looked like his mother whom he adored . |