Example sentences of "it [be] a [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Yes sure , the card itself er is authorisation that is signed by er an officer of at least the rank of Assistant Chief Constable and er it 's a firearms authorisation that enables us or as an individual , to be issued with a firearm that is named on this card , er for that particular type of weapon er if if we go to a firearms operation .
2 Now this is a van , load it 's a it 's a personnel carrier .
3 The one on test here is a bit different as it 's a Windows product .
4 It 's a Dales Explorer , go as you please and get on and off when you want any day you like , ’ he assured her .
5 It may look like an exclusive jewellers , 4 display cases stuffed with expensive rings and necklaces ; in fact it 's a police station in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire .
6 It 's a police job already so why not give them some solid evidence like burn marks ? ’
7 It 's a police outfit in then the hat .
8 Yeah it 's a jobs morning this morning kitchen floors a good thing , we 'll have to kitchen floor Tim , that 'll be fun wo n't it ?
9 It is a Windows database that uses the xBASE language for its programs .
10 It carries a plain unlined grey livery because it is a goods vehicle .
11 In the second the ‘ stage of conventional morality ’ , the child judges people by their intentions in carrying out something , and then moves on to believe it is a persons duty to do something in a particular way .
12 Allow a maximum of 30 minutes per question ( if it is a 6-in-3-hours paper ) , using your stop watch so that you do not need to remember the time you started .
13 Again , the Anglican V. A. Demant , arguing against the ordination of women , writes of the Christian religion : ‘ It is a Logos religion .
14 She gives me time to read the label on the front cover Government Commission Press Department , 1974 — then opens it and slowly turns the pages , so that I can see it is a cuttings book , in which the Commission 's Press Officer has pasted the results of his labours , the stories inspired by all his briefings , handouts and leaks .
15 It is a police requirement that you have to be an active member of a club before you can be recommended to apply to purchase a firearm . ’
16 Erm no , they 'd usually give an anaesthetic if the mother had to be sewn or if it was a forceps delivery , but that was all .
17 We went there , we took it with us , all this load , And what it was it was a forces couple and they were coming back to this country from Germany or somewhere like that , so we had n't seen them .
18 Again it was a Magistrates Court .
19 It was first known as the market cross and part of it was a boys school .
20 No that 's probably cos it was a girls school ?
21 Yeah , it was a , yeah Spring Hill was a grammar school , it was a girls grammar school
22 It was a police person telling me that the inquest on Billy Tuckett would be at ten o'clock tomorrow at Queen 's Road mortuary where there was a Coroner 's Court .
23 The only one who spoke to me about it was a police officer when I was in the police station : ‘ Why is a young girl like you destroying yourself on this stuff . ’
24 This time it was a police sergeant , and when Joe went upstairs the sergeant said : " I am looking for Wg Cdr Mahaddie , and I am also looking for one of my constables , " Joe foolishly replied : We might have a wing commander here but we do n't have your constable . "
25 It was a Police Force out in force to recognise a man who was one of theirs .
26 And it was a kiddies party really .
27 and thought it was a reservations line oh was sorry it was n't a reservations line and that it was just an enquiry line .
28 By the half-way stage it was apparent to the dimmest Danuese that it was a communications antenna .
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