Example sentences of "it [is] a [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | This is called drag and drop , and it 's a pleasant way to shuffle your spreadsheet about . |
2 | It 's a perfect opportunity to have a swim . ’ |
3 | I think they really want to have a demonstration because it 's a trendy thing to do . ’ |
4 | it 's a dirty fuel to use at the moment but they 're all , there are means being developed even now on |
5 | Well at the moment it 's a dry room come tool room |
6 | Well it 's a curious place to keep your glasses but Silhouette 's latest sunspecs are guaranteed to keep harmful ultra-violet rays off your knickers … in a variety of colours , approx £114 . |
7 | Er and that 's been quite successful , about twenty five or thirty chief executives , chairman come to that lunch er each each quarter or so er we hosted about six of us and it 's a tremendous opportunity to get to know and be known er in the business community . |
8 | In marketing terms it 's a tremendous card to play erm our marketing line in the States was always ‘ we speak your language , a common heritage , a common culture erm almost a common language ’ and erm the special relationship really exits at a time like this to a very marked degree , and we shall be playing that for all it 's worth , certainly . |
9 | It 's a world-wide occuptation showing dogs . |
10 | I know that 's difficult to provide erm , and the money 's got to be found for that , but it , it 's a mixed blessing putting elderly people into , a lot are put into our homes , which I agree are very good the majority of them , they 're very nice , but the people who 're put into them , they give up their own homes , and then they get a bit better six months later , and they say , ooh , I just want to go back to my home now . |
11 | so it 's a rare occasion have to use it , but I probably have to have one with me all , for the rest of my life . |
12 | ‘ It 's a fantastic way to do neutrino astronomy , much cheaper than anything anyone ever dreamed of , ’ says Francis Halzen of the University of Wisconsin . |
13 | I 'm doing the Mars ads in the summer , it 's a fantastic thing to do . |
14 | It 's a fantastic club to belong to . " |
15 | No it 's a wee while to go yet . |
16 | It 's a striking contrast to see the sullen faces in our streets . |
17 | ‘ It 's a complex process inspecting a large boarding school and no inspector has received training to undertake this work . |
18 | It 's a dangerous operation to set out on . |
19 | It 's a dangerous thing to let your tongue run away with you , ’ she told him . |
20 | But it 's a dangerous thing to come out and commit yourself to publicly . |
21 | ‘ It 's a hopeless task to dress a man in words , make him live again , ’ ends Levi . |
22 | it 's a daft place to have an antique shop is n't it , where there 's no other shops ? |
23 | After the theatrics of the ridge , it 's a strange experience to emerge up on to an enormous flat plateau — a bit like climbing the ladder up to your loft and discovering it leads to an American Football stadium . |
24 | It 's a strange thing to say in an empty tin box , but I suddenly feel almost at home . ’ |
25 | It 's a strange thing to say about a man whose libido is so out of control , but he seems psychologically very well balanced . |
26 | It 's a strange time to rejoin the Tories . |
27 | It 's a strange sensation levelling out from the climb at six hundred feet and trimming into the glide before passing the end of the runway . |
28 | So speaking personally , of course when the work study man comes along , and he 's timing you lifting a spanner you know , to tighten a bolt , erm and things like this , er it 's a strange feeling to have someone standing looking over your shoulder and I personally er did n't see any need for that . |
29 | It 's a frustrating exercise to wander backwards and forwards through a full-sized abstract , its plans and pages held together by a thread or a rusty pin , pursuing some trivial and tedious point . |
30 | He added : ‘ It 's a tartan army going forth to bring home gold . ’ |