Example sentences of "it [is] [adj] [verb] [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's nice to let other people have their shot too — I 'm quite happy to be a member of the audience for a while . ’ |
| 2 | it 's nice to have other people . |
| 3 | It 's nice to meet serious people |
| 4 | Mrs McHugh said her work for reconciliation would continue : ‘ It 's good to see ordinary people come out today , especially in the wake of the bombings over the last few days . |
| 5 | It is unkind — perhaps I should not mince words — it is cruel to keep albino fish under bright lights ; with a fish like the Oscar , often kept in a tank with no shade to escape into , this detail is particularly important . |
| 6 | Asked whether they feel they have developed this , all reply in the affirmative , so in order to evaluate neighbourhood policing in Easton it is necessary to consider observational data to assess how true this appears from their practice . |
| 7 | In the case of more general or abstract essays ( on whole works , on authors or on critical issues ) , it is necessary to find other means of organising an argument — though some of the means also turn out to be applicable when looking at individual passages . |
| 8 | Details of housing allowances should also be supplied as well as advice on whether it is usual to employ domestic staff and , if so , how much to pay them and where they should live . |
| 9 | It is impossible to get sensible statistics from it . |
| 10 | Phenomenologists believe that it is impossible to produce factual data and it is therefore impossible to produce and check causal explanations . |
| 11 | Our experience is that it is possible to persuade unconvinced people to do something as drastic as this , but it is unwise and can lead to disaster . |
| 12 | Rather like the children we were discussing earlier in this chapter it is possible to meet elderly people who have achieved a serenity of understanding and/or faith that supports them utterly as they develop the skill of coming towards the end of their life . |
| 13 | The shadow employment secretary Frank Dobson said : ‘ It is unfair to expect vital people like nurses and teachers to accept a pay settlement less than the rate of inflation , a lot less then settlements outside , and less than what the Government are likely to give the judges . ’ |
| 14 | If it is actionable to use unlawful means to drive away C 's prospective customers why should it not equally be actionable to use such means against a person who proposes to buy his house but has not yet signed a contract to do so ? |
| 15 | Sometimes it is difficult to meet new people . ’ |