Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he accidentally gets talking to women who have children , it 's practically the first question he asks them — it 's the first test they face . |
| 2 | ‘ I suspect it 's probably the first decent meal you 've had for days , Melody . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's probably the third or fourth most significant , ’ says John Barrow , professor of astronomy at the University of Sussex . |
| 4 | So it 's probably the last . " |
| 5 | it 's not a second edition of the brochure it 's just an updating of the figures that are included within the brochure |
| 6 | It 's not a third of metre , a third of a millimetre or a third of a kilometre , it 's just a third , the ratio of that length to that one . |
| 7 | It 's not the first delivery of food after a famine , but the scene suggests it could be . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's not the first time a child has been attacked by an alsatian — even a crossbreed like this can be savage , ’ said Lee 's father John , 37 . |
| 9 | It 's not the first time this has happened : he 's gone with prostitutes before . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's not the first time it 's happened this season , either . |
| 11 | It 's not the first time that a link has been made between erupting volcanoes and the weather . |
| 12 | It 's not the first brush with real crime for ITV 's Sun Hill sleuth . |
| 13 | It 's not the first time punters , who bet £1.6billion a year just on the dogs , have found themselves cornered in the doghouse . |
| 14 | And it 's not the first time by any means . |
| 15 | It 's not the first time Barphone has been a takeover target . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's not the first time you 've put your life at risk for the sake of a challenge and I 'm sure it wo n't be the last time either . ’ |
| 17 | It 's not the first time he 's gone off by himself . ’ |
| 18 | Like you say , it 's not the first time — and it 's only a dream , for God 's sake ! ’ |
| 19 | But it 's not the first time that a procedure 's |
| 20 | I 'm twice your age , I ought to take things like this in my stride — Christ only knows it 's not the first time . |
| 21 | It 's not the first time a lifeboat has been based in the bay . |
| 22 | And it 's not the first time this has happened . |
| 23 | The spokesman also admitted that it 's not the first time the ladies have been hauled over the coals for selling fags . |
| 24 | It 's not the first time that Wimpey has taken the lead in Scotland . |
| 25 | ‘ And it 's not the first money that Harvey has embezzled . ’ |
| 26 | Can I just say sir , we are , er , the manager is preparing a report , tonight plans a report for the February the twenty-second meeting of policy resources committee , on the first , well it 's not the first year , first tranche of the F M contract , and dealing with these points of the |
| 27 | I heard you trying to persuade and then threaten this young lady to get her into your car , and it 's not the first time I 've witnessed such a thing . |
| 28 | It 's not the first time she 's tried to take someone from me . ’ |
| 29 | Supporters say they 're angered by the Kerslake deal — it 's not the first time , they claim , that Swindon 's best players have been sold with the end of the season in sight . |
| 30 | It 's not the first event of its kind , but itis the largest |