Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm , it never , with reorganization it was a bit of a problem because erm I well remembers too just after reorganization the County Treasurers took all the telephones off the hook , so there was no communication between our department and theirs . |
| 2 | I could understand its thinking it is a vampire but a woodpecker ? |
| 3 | ‘ We 're on such a good deal it 's a joke , ’ David told me . |
| 4 | If there 's no reply it 's a sign , it means I have to manage on my own . |
| 5 | To my mind it 's a pity you did n't take that attitude when you were first made aware of the situation , because when I returned from next door you were still yelling your head off at her and painting a vivid picture of what her life would be with an illegitimate child tacked on to her . |
| 6 | Bearing in mind it 's a team focus course so I 'm not giving you loads of work which takes you apart from one another , what we do is you talk together , and spend time together . |
| 7 | Erm I put that in In practice it 's a bit unnecessary because it is not enforceable . |
| 8 | In practice it 's a piece of paper that 's been written out by you or at your direction to say what is to happen to all your goods and chattels and property when you die . |
| 9 | Even the back pass could have been salvaged had Beeney realised how crap it was a second earlier , and even then , he could have tried to kick it to either side on Gray , as opposed to trying to kick it as hard as possible … straight at gray . |
| 10 | Modal choice , however , is not solely concerned with the start point of a trip : for those Journeys that terminate beyond the immediate neighbourhood it is a question of finding the easiest mode for the whole route . |
| 11 | In effect it was a chipping and putting contest , with a differential of £250,000 between the winner and the loser . |
| 12 | In effect it was a return to the conditions of mid-Silurian times , with a corresponding decrease in provincialism , but it lasted longer and led to the fantastic flowering of the Frasnian reefs . |
| 13 | With so much car related crime it 's a problem that wo n't be solved over night . |
| 14 | In essence it was a development of policies which Lloyd George had advocated at the beginning of his political career . |
| 15 | But it 's a compliment it 's a compliment from the company saying we 've got a looking people that we 're quite that people can you know . |
| 16 | Not like a village it 's a parish it 's a lot bigger than a village |
| 17 | That raises matters principle because under the present law it is a public very large vehicle which has to be alert . |
| 18 | I get another star , thing is he does n't actually , I can remember them cos he can read them , I do n't know whether she 's got them wrong for the test it 's a bit of a really is n't it eh ? come on |
| 19 | For Heath it was a partnership in Indo-China between France and the US , whose interests required loyal and ungrudging although not uncritical support from the US . |
| 20 | I live in the country , I live in the heart of the country right next to a sheep farm , and there 's no co , no message at all from the farmer that foxes are a pest it 's a misnomer put about by the hunt . |
| 21 | When he made a successful speech to the Conservative backbench committee it was a matter of surprised comment . |
| 22 | Right it 's a bootleg it 's a bootleg , that 's it , it 's a good word , bootleg . |
| 23 | Well I think it 's been open to any higher education institution to grab this idea because it 's been around for a long time , the great beauty of Napier is to some degree it 's a centre of excellence it 's got its B A course so has Queen Margaret but at the bottom end but why should I say the bottom end at the bottom end it 's got the B A communications course at the top end it 's got apprentice training for printers . |
| 24 | In large part lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions ; to some degree it was a consequence of the different interests of the departments within which economists were employed . |
| 25 | It 's a pity it 's a pity there is n't a regular certain bus service int there ? |
| 26 | As Patrick 's a very big boy it was a chore heaving him up and down . |
| 27 | That was er a flat in Plumtree , we were offered a flat on the first floor and when we examined the kitchen it was extremely obvious to me that our gas cooker would n't fit in the , the place where it was designed to fit , when I asked where do we put the washing machine I was informed that most tenants kept the washing machine on the balcony , when I said well where do we put the refrigerator , well most people keep the refrigerator either in the hall or , or rather not a hall it was a passageway , in the passageway or in the living room , now it does seem to me with hindsight that if that 's planning I , to use an old fashion London phrase , I 'm a Dutchman . |
| 28 | I do n't know what happened to the front entrance , but there was a basement underneath there and my first wife was dancing in Harvey Martin 's dance hall underneath , her pal and herself she , they 'd gone to this dance it was a dancing lesson on a Saturday night it was famous in those days Harvey Martin 's dance class er yes I |
| 29 | In the first half it was a case of premature ejaculation . |
| 30 | As an introduction to guitar synthesis it is a dream , because of its immediacy . |