Example sentences of "[subord] it [be] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She picked four kids up and you know right at end here where it 's that criss-cross ? |
| 2 | But it seems to me she should n't be locked up in Broadmoor , she should be somewhere where it 's more supervision , but more freedom where she can walk around gardens and places like that , erm |
| 3 | That seemed pretty profound , till I found another cinema where it was all violence , sex-and-violence , and violence . |
| 4 | " Winter and summer , except it 's bitter cold . |
| 5 | So , although it is good practice to do so , it is not normally essential to add new module versions to SPRs and SSRs . |
| 6 | ‘ Try to keep me away , ’ he had whispered , ‘ although it is exquisite torture for me these days , my dear McAllister , to have you so near , and be unable to stroke every bit of your delectable body . |
| 7 | Although it is common knowledge that dogs have been extensively employed in times of war , most people imagine that the cat has never been exploited in this way . |
| 8 | Although it is common knowledge that the authorities sold a great many works of art from Russian museums to foreign buyers during the 1920s and 1930s , it is rather less well-known that the book reserves of Russian libraries were similarly violated . |
| 9 | Although it is common practice to distinguish what Henry Sweet called ‘ form-words ’ as distinct from ‘ full words ’ and to locate the former in grammar rather than lexis , it has to be noted that these ‘ form-words ’ have emerged over time from full-blown lexical sources , and for the most part still have recognizable kin which show clear signs of the relationship . |
| 10 | It is different to the Japanese and Korean suits in that , although it is loose fitting , it has buttons and a high Mandarin collar . |
| 11 | Newspaper , difficult one , generally , but we 're lucky in that we 've got a place down in Exmouth that shred this all up for animal bedding , and they 'll take that , and again we 'll get recycling credits , so although it 's low value in terms of the actual material , it attracts this big recycling credit so so a subsidized market , if you like . |
| 12 | Simon Coombs MP for Swindon says although it 's disappointing news , he 's confident other companies will want to get involved in the development . |
| 13 | Numbers — Although it 's good fun for three or more people to abseil down a rope at the same time , normally no more than two should be attached to the same descendeur . |
| 14 | Interview he sez it 's appropriate that the men were brought to the Radcliffe for their eye surgery although it 's straightforward treatment . |
| 15 | That took up an awful lot of time in my second year , although it was good fun . |
| 16 | Although it was early afternoon , the streets were empty , and Michael Lee was conscious that he was probably attracting much unwarranted attention . |
| 17 | They would hear the happy chatter of the people in the harvest field , because although it was hard work , it was happy work . |
| 18 | Although it was common gossip that Zoia 's private life was deeply and messily unhappy , and that alcohol was a frequent source of consolation , and of course the stories about Nicu 's debauchery and coarseness were unparalleled , Valentin 's public reputation ( which is to say , the cautious whispers between friends about him ) was positive . |
| 19 | ‘ She is tall and fair and fair-skinned , a nice green dress , good-looking I should say , although it was artificial light and I should think she looks very different in the day time … yes , I should think very different . |
| 20 | There was no sign of Carrie and although it was milking time the cows were still in the field . |
| 21 | I also support the proposal to have a list published , I know who 's gon na be top of the list , it 's possibly going to be me , and I 'm not ashamed of that so erm , let's go ahead and do it , 'cause it is public money , and the public have a right to know where that money 's going , so I 'm not ashamed of that . |
| 22 | Right , and if the slope of that average product curve , right is negative that implies the marginal product of labour is less than it 's average product hence if the slope of the average product curve is zero that implies therefore the marginal product equals the average product of labour . |
| 23 | It is no use us trying to clobber the economy with high taxation any more than it 's any use Lawson clobbering the economy with high interest rates … |
| 24 | Now this means that this part of the globe the bit nearest to the moon will have more than it 's fair share of gravity because it 's got the gravity of the earth and it 's got the gravity of the moon pulling all the sea which will cause the erm sea to bulge up in this region . |
| 25 | This part of the earth which is a long way away from the moon it 's as far away from the moon as you can get the opposite side of the earth , has got less than it 's fair share of gravity from the system because it 's so far away from the moon . |
| 26 | Going on down er , the profit and loss account , the tax charge er , is lower as a percentage than it was this time last year . |
| 27 | It 's colder than it was this morning I think . |
| 28 | erm it 's probably sort of fifteen per cent better than it was last year . |
| 29 | The programme has been a lot better , a lot more stable this year and I think all round , the fitness in general , is going to be a lot better than it was last year . |
| 30 | It 's a bit higher than it was last time but it 's still well within the normal range , now just How far can you walk before you get short of breath , would you say ? |