Example sentences of "[verb] it [is] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You wo n't know it 's the real thing unless you ( and she ) still feel the same in , oh , a year or so at least ; that 's the only way to prove you are n't living a dragonfly mistake . |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't know about that , but I do know it 's the only good look I 'm going to get for months so I 'm making the most of it . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Did you know it 's the biggest bank in the United States ? ’ |
| 4 | A lot of things that I 'd still do here if , if I could whip up some enthusiasm if my husband would , I ca n't , he was a bricklayer , sub contractor and they have knocked this kitchen out about three times since they 've been there , and the last , this last effort , I think they 've put imitation beams in , I have n't seen it , but we think they have and er , oh it 's , you would n't know it 's the same house at all , you would n't know it |
| 5 | ‘ Anyone who uses the East-Coast mainline will recognise it is the biggest investment since the steam age . ’ |
| 6 | THE New York marathon turned out to be exactly what they say it is the greatest sporting spectacle in the world . |
| 7 | Its admirers say it is the consummate manager . |
| 8 | Every year in October we say it is the finest thing in the garden . |
| 9 | ‘ I have no rich things to give but I will take my black bread for they say it is the best in the whole world . ’ |
| 10 | There really is something to celebrate as the new hospital opens — its consultants say it is the best in the country — with a standard of care and treatment equalling that in private hospitals combined with the facilities to continue pioneering research into skin disease . |
| 11 | Marry , so there have been diverse good plots devised and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm , but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land that no purposes whatsoever are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect , which whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil , or the influence of the stars , or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation , or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still , for some secret scourge which shall by her come unto England , it is hard to be known but yet much to be feared . |
| 12 | ‘ Where they have dug the hole is a main junction , they say it is the worst place for the leak , where the water is separated . |
| 13 | Education officials in Milton Keynes say it is the latest in a series of attacks on schoolgirls . |
| 14 | That 's right , just say it 's the thirty one one ninety four . |
| 15 | They say it 's the final straw in a two month saga of staff sickness and lack of supply teachers which has meant vital gaps in their children 's schooling . |
| 16 | Campaigners say it 's the first step towards closure , but BR says it 's actually planning to spend more money on the line , not less . |
| 17 | Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way . |
| 18 | Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber |
| 19 | ‘ I never say it 's the best car in the world , ’ he replied , ’ but I believe we are the best at making a car in our class . |
| 20 | A family who 've been saved from eviction by an anonymous donor say it 's the best Christmas present they could have hoped for . |
| 21 | They say it 's the one lollipop goes up . |
| 22 | They say it 's the only way to save nearly forty jobs . |
| 23 | But others say it 's the only way to avoid accusations of a whitewash . |
| 24 | Student leaders say it 's the only way they can fight for their rights . |
| 25 | Shock tactics.Parents of drink-drive victim say it 's the only way . |
| 26 | It 's because they ca n't afford to keep them in , but they say it 's the latest therapy technique . |
| 27 | It 'll cost a hundred and forty thousand pounds to build but some locals say it 's the wrong bridge in the wrong place |
| 28 | They say it 's the wrong place and will pose a threat to their children . |
| 29 | A public inquiry is considering plans for a third supermarket — opponents say it 's the last thing the town needs . |
| 30 | Yeah but as I say it 's the same as when you know we come over when we went up to the |