Example sentences of "it is [det] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otherwise , it may be easier for the patient to come out of the back door and walk or be wheeled out through a side gate , if it is all on a level . |
| 2 | It is all of a piece ; Amy talks about becoming a nurse , not a doctor ; a librarian , not a best-selling author . |
| 3 | Loyalty , belief — it is all in a man 's own mind . |
| 4 | It is more of a liability than an amenity . |
| 5 | In fact it is more of a puzzle to work out why it took so many decades to become established ( Hatton 1986 ) . |
| 6 | It is more of a denial of another answer , the facile solution to our present problems which calls for greater sums to be spent on social services in order to provide a world free from crime , disease and ignorance . |
| 7 | According to conventional wisdom , it is more of a strain to give up something than it is to endure , never having known it . |
| 8 | It is more of a walk through the literature and recent trends . |
| 9 | There is an invisible frontier just a mile or so on the road north out of Luanda , but it is more of a feeling than anything else . |
| 10 | Previously it was a printer object , now it is more of an extension of the phone . " |
| 11 | However , despite being photographed in glistening black and white , its meaning remains murky and it is more of an endurance test than a movie . |
| 12 | For secondary schools with their singular subject specialisms , it is less of a problem — merely an extension of some of the approaches of GCSE to the assessment for the fir ; t three years of secondary work within keystage 3 . |
| 13 | A separate toilet is ideal because , if you do have people to stay , it is less of a problem if one wants to go to the toilet while someone else is having a bath . |
| 14 | It is less of a problem if the camcorder microphone is an unidirectional type , that is one which will tend to accept sound which is coming from the camera direction only . |
| 15 | It is not an easy thing to get rid of a body by dumping it in the sea , except from a boat , Of course it is less of a problem if you have access to a pier or a jetty , but most such places are public and liable to be overlooked , even at night . |
| 16 | The rib transfer needle can be damaged and , even though it can be easily replaced , it is less of a nuisance if you can avoid damaging it . |
| 17 | At pH 3 — 4 , aluminium combines strongly with organic matter — such as humus or peat — so that it is less of a hazard in peaty waters . |
| 18 | In fact , it is less of a risk for women taking combined HRT than those on none . |
| 19 | It is less of a break with tradition . |