Example sentences of "it is [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when the state collects taxes in order to provide some of its citizens with services which they were capable of obtaining for themselves it is perpetrating a grave act of injustice on the taxpayers . |
| 2 | Under it is constructed a sixteenth century mausoleum and behind ( 242 ) is the seventeenth century bell tower . |
| 3 | It is proving a real growth area for our business . ’ |
| 4 | At this stage , Browns Lane has not given up hope of getting rear seats into the convertible , but it is proving a hard task , and it is probably that only the coupe will be a two-plus-two . |
| 5 | It is to hold a humanist position , to be one who , like Gandhi , finds Jesus ' message striking . |
| 6 | The Body being thus equipp 'd and laid in the Coffin ( which Coffin is sometimes very magnificent ) , it is visited a second time to see that it is bury 'd in Flannel , and that nothing about it sowed with Thread . |
| 7 | It is painted a livid blood-red . |
| 8 | At the same time it is bringing a new generation of management into the MB Group boardroom to mastermind the next phase of the company 's expansion . |
| 9 | I think it is moving a little bit |
| 10 | A membrane which allows solvent particles but not solute particles to pass through it is called a semi-permeable membrane . |
| 11 | It is called A First Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics ( 1980 ) . |
| 12 | A typical form is shown in Figure 6.6 ( d ) , and you can see that there are several concentric rims , in which case it is called a multiringed basin . |
| 13 | It is called a reverse premium . |
| 14 | Officially , it is called a vertical axis hydraulic turbine , and is the brainchild of Barry Davis of Nova Scotia . |
| 15 | The Pastor smiled a little wryly , ‘ It is called a unitary family , now , and unitary families are under attack in certain quarters , but the family is at the heart of our religion and our civilisation . |
| 16 | The company said sales so far this year are up by 16 p.c. and it is forecasting a further profit rise in 1992 . |
| 17 | It is expecting a great deal of the courts to ask them to review the operational judgment of a chief of police who indicates that he reasonably believes that his forces are insufficient to prevent serious public disorder or serious damage to property . |
| 18 | Because the majority of tiles are simply hooked on to the battens , it is easier to replace a slipped or broken tile with a new unit than it is to replace a nail-fixed tile . |
| 19 | ‘ As a footballer , my ambition was to play next week , and now as a manager , where the average expectancy is two-and-a-half years , it is to manage a winning team next week . |
| 20 | She , too , places her professional reputation on the line and any criticism of the clinical environment or her style of management needs to be handled tactfully if it is to receive a good hearing . |
| 21 | In many respects , rocks are like pitch , which flows like a liquid if it is left unsupported for long enough , for example on a steeply-sloping roof , but will also break suddenly along clean shiny fracture surfaces if it is given a sharp blow . |
| 22 | As it emerges , it is given a continuous coat of glue . |
| 23 | Yet there is a danger of reading too much into petitioning unless it is given a firm context . |
| 24 | Card fraud is costing the industry £165 million a year and now the battle against it is taking a hi tec turn . |
| 25 | It is taking a long time to redesign the business processes of these industries . |
| 26 | Formed in teams , this task it was then to er across the practice areas whose task it was to get into those clients , get to know them , get to know their industry , get to know the people and find ways in which we could actually penetrate them and er open doors and that was going to take a long time and it is taking a long time . |
| 27 | It is taking a short cut to the consumer society that other East Europeans can not take , by collapsing into West Germany 's arms . |
| 28 | It is taking a particular interest in proposals in Britain , such as a pilot road-charging scheme in Cambridge which could be introduced in 1994 , a similar but smaller scheme underway in the London Borough of Richmond , and a highway-pricing plan for Edinburgh . |
| 29 | I know that it is taking a full part in the exercise being undertaken by Scottish Enterprise . |
| 30 | ‘ It is getting a little bit critical as far as actually knowing , ’ she added . |