Example sentences of "it is [adv] [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And it is not all a question of which policy will provide homes for the future .
2 In such circumstances , it is not such a blow to have lost the confession .
3 The OAPA is a mess but surely it is not such a mess .
4 But it is not such a quantum leap to understand two cooking media as it is to grasp the principles of some multi-task ovens which appear to have nearly as many functions as the ubiquitous Swiss army knife .
5 It is not such a mystery really , as the Treasury admitted after Mr Lamont had finished his speech that next year they plan to borrow £44 billion .
6 Sometimes I have to pinch myself to realise it is n't all a dream . ’
7 It is just such a spirit that would be wanted to animate the fertility of the earth and ensure the continuance of increase and plenty in the plants and animals that a browsing existence depends upon .
8 But it is just such a view that could be said to lie at the heart of a second major theory of social stratification that has emerged more recently in sociology : the functionalist theory of stratification .
9 And it is just such an occasion , referred to later , which is the oldest living golfing memory of the Henley club .
10 The point I think that has to be understood about EuroDisney , which perhaps has n't been properly perceived yet by the public is that it is very much a destination for the British public .
11 Erm Napoleon happens to be it 's king and and it is very much a client of France .
12 It is precisely such a person who can be brought lowest by the hateful things that may be reported about him in a court of law .
13 As we shall see , though , it is precisely such a set of conceptual tools that more recent structuralism has attempted to supply .
14 It is only half a mile away , near the Docklands Arena at the other end of the Mudchute .
15 Given that it is only half an hour from the coast and has charming country to both west and east , Cambo is a place to think perhaps of staying in , even if my own instincts would lead me to prefer one of the Basque villages .
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