Example sentences of "it [is] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , for the moment , our problem is not with the Navy observers who are directing the naval guns , it 's with the increasing number of guns firing over our positions from the direction of the River Orne . |
| 2 | than that dear it 's down the other end , the other side of Old Harlow , but he used to have a surgery there which he , you know , made it better after the erm , to ease up Dr surgery cos that was so packed and the shops were absolutely and you used to have to queue and queue for , to get your shopping , you could n't , I used to cycle into Harlow and leave my cycle somewhere and then go along do my shopping , but it used to be two or three hours ' job it was , you did n't get done till dinner time and then I used to call it a , a lady used to say call there that used to have the fried fish and chip shop on the corner of erm Harlow and I used to go there and have a cup of tea before I came home because I used to be so long shopping you could n't get served you see , it 's too many people , there was nowhere else for them to go , it was only Bishop 's Stortford you had to go |
| 3 | But you just said it 's down the bottom end ? |
| 4 | It 's Of the total amount you 've spent in the last year , both on your own , how much have you spent at the main It does n't ask you how much you spent anywhere . |
| 5 | The metal strip at the side of the card holds an electrical charge — like a piece of recording tape ; this machine reads that , to make sure it 's of the current pattern , while at the same time photographing me and my tag and weighing me . |
| 6 | ‘ I know of a drug which is a bloody good cure for a cold but it 's on the banned list because it 's supposed to act as a boost . |
| 7 | It 's on the front page . ’ |
| 8 | And it 's it 's on the economic front that regeneration has the highest priority in Leeds and not on the housing front , as I as I 've previously described . |
| 9 | It 's like er a fashion and because it 's on the black market , it 's infinitely more attractive . |
| 10 | The moon has an affect holding the sea water on to the earth when it 's on the far side of the earth . |
| 11 | It 's on the other side of the bend . |
| 12 | You turn it it 's on the other side . |
| 13 | And the other tide will be the anti high tide when it 's on the other side of the earth . |
| 14 | It 's on the other side Alex . |
| 15 | No it 's not on this tape , it 's on the other tape . |
| 16 | Guy lives on the sixth floor in let me see , it 's on the it 's if , if you 're going along the corridor it 's just past the final year notice boards , it does have a number , I 've forgotten which one it is but it 's on the right hand side . |
| 17 | We 'll see Christmas , who ? , no it 's , er it 's on the right hand side , it 's , it 's the next page at the bottom is it ? |
| 18 | Where the monument is , you turn right and you go up that small road and it 's on the right hand side ? |
| 19 | It 's on the right side of the road |
| 20 | Erm of which there , of course is erm impeccable logic er you might think well there are n't any coal mines in Didcot , which of course there are n't , but Didcot is actually a railway junction as I mentioned and in fact it 's on the main line from the midlands erm and they can get coal in from the Midlands very easily er it 's on the main line er also from South Wales and they 're getting co getting coal from , from er South Wales in the days when they built Didcot power station they still had coal m m mines in South Wales , so this was an obvious place to locate a large coalfired power station . |
| 21 | Erm of which there , of course is erm impeccable logic er you might think well there are n't any coal mines in Didcot , which of course there are n't , but Didcot is actually a railway junction as I mentioned and in fact it 's on the main line from the midlands erm and they can get coal in from the Midlands very easily er it 's on the main line er also from South Wales and they 're getting co getting coal from , from er South Wales in the days when they built Didcot power station they still had coal m m mines in South Wales , so this was an obvious place to locate a large coalfired power station . |
| 22 | ‘ With her people — they farm Roskear ; it 's on the top road just above Trebyan . |
| 23 | it 's on the dual carriageway as you go in on the |
| 24 | The only complaint we had with the shoe was the weight — it 's on the heavy side . |
| 25 | Right it 's on the white number six two three . |
| 26 | It 's on the little table . |
| 27 | Here you are , there , it 's on the little table , now you put the cups and saucers on it . |
| 28 | It 's on the shaded side . |
| 29 | And on the other one it 's on the big toe there . |
| 30 | Once Quote for the Day has been unpacked , it 's on the hard disk , but I have n't got an icon with which to run it . |