Example sentences of "and it [is] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In skipper Chris Dickson 's words : ‘ We 've dug ourselves a pretty big hole and it 's getting dark down there . ’
2 By this time next month we 're just about at the solstice we 're find that it 's not getting light until about seven o'clock in the morning and it 's getting dark again by about half past three .
3 The poll tax , and it 's planned replacement the council tax have been targetted by Labour in the general election campaign .
4 ‘ We are trying to play a different type of game and it 's taking time for some of the players to get used to it .
5 In practice brute consistency breeds believability and it 's unflagging consistency that convinces others of personal commitment .
6 Again that , that is , is very clear and it 's representing initiation rituals .
7 Technically it can not , physically it can not , because we have such erm large programmes of development that you need the manpower , you need the muscle , and the majority of them have left now and that 'll be a new dilemma for Kuwait and it 's rebuilding operation to bring back people to help develop with it 's own Kuwaiti
8 And it 's say sine is A over B or something .
9 And it 's winning margin in the last election was only 1,300 votes .
10 Then the top is sealed , and it is smoked upside down .
11 We do have the Wolfe report but unfortunately not for the want of effort , the Wolfe report is turning out like the Black report and others and I do n't say that because there was a gentleman who done a report Black and it is gathering dust , the Wolfe report is on the same shelf , I believe .
12 And it is repeated time and again around the Ocean 's western margin .
13 The Banbury-based design house built cars for the ill-fated Andrea Moda team in 1992 and it is believed Bravo F1 will purchase equipment from the defunct Italian outfit .
14 And it is hoped work will continue after the initial two years , perhaps with support from the business community nearby .
15 ‘ Change-orientation ’ is the youngest and it is gaining ground .
16 Workfare was on the committee 's agenda but the committee has now been wound up and it is thought workfare has been pushed back as an idea requiring long-term consideration rather than implementation in the near future .
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