Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] [noun] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Could it be that crime has become too easy , that violence has become too much a theme of television and videos , that respect for other people has gone too much out of fashion and too many young people see no stake for themselves in this society and see more of a future in crime and the black economy ? ’ he asked . |
| 2 | For a building steeped in so much history it 's present condition saddens those who would like to see it restored . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's low land brings out the real farmer , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Manager Howard Kendall said : ‘ It 's better Paul has this done now and he should only miss the first two weeks of pre-season training . ’ |
| 5 | It is claimed to be particularly useful for field engineers since it 's small size makes it ideal for use with portable computers . |
| 6 | It 's long-play feature enables you to record up to eight hours of matches on one tape — twice as long as usual ! |
| 7 | Oh , no no it 's alright , it 's that man 's gone now . |
| 8 | If there is something to be said for the project , it 's that Waggoner has been doing his homework . |
| 9 | IF THERE 'S ONE thing for sure it 's that backpacking makes you ravenous . |
| 10 | After all , ’ she said simply , ‘ it 's all Stephen has , and he 's never going to excavate it , not really , nobody 's ever going to put up the money . |
| 11 | Another possible reason is if the same file had previously been written on a 360K drive ; it 's wider track confuses the low capacity drive 's read heads when reading the higher capacity drive 's over-printed trace . |
| 12 | Never in it 's entire history has it shot a gun in anger at a human being . |
| 13 | It 's eye-level grill incorporates removable , toughened glass side panels so cleaning is n't a problem . |
| 14 | The the details of companies in the north west , there are a huge number of medium sized P L C's , once you 've chopped off the the top ten , and it 's headed by believe it or not and it 's registered office happens to be up there at . |
| 15 | It 's local news attracts more viewers than any other region . |
| 16 | Ah it 's changed colour has n't it ? |
| 17 | It 's stopped working has it ? |
| 18 | It 's obvious Peter has got himself into money difficulties and hit on the idea of producing a fiancée in order to get his hands on his share as the quickest way of solving them . |
| 19 | And it 's reputation has travelled or it it 's false reputation has travelled quite a long way . |
| 20 | it 's an enormous adaptation that the baby has to make from being cocooned inside its mum to actually living outside , it has a whole host of new things to do , it 's got ta breath , it 's got ta eat it 's erm , it 's excretory system has got to work , bowels and bladder , it 's got to control its own temperature . |
| 21 | Speed really wants to play more centrally and lets face it is better making runs into the box , for crosses and knocks-down than he is at beating a full-back and crossing the ball . |
| 22 | In this and in future legislation , it seems that the public interest almost becomes whatever it is that competition promotes . |
| 23 | If there is a lesson to be learnt it is that success has been related to demonstrated achievement in a core of subjects … a qualification requiring a minimum level of achievement and minimum level of performance being set against specified standards . |
| 24 | With Kiesling he argues that it is that femininity signifies inferiority to Thomas , and not femininity as such , which makes a woman unsuitable . |
| 25 | ‘ I think you do not appreciate what it is that space contains . ’ |
| 26 | It is that disablement means impairment and impairment means flaw . |
| 27 | This school of writing allows the pluralistic nature of polities and the control of the state by the representatives of the working class to be explained , while at the same time outlining why it is that capitalism persists . |
| 28 | 1991 , 27 1148 ) , I at once came to appreciate why it is that chemistry has so largely lost its appeal to the young : it is because its teaching has lost all discipline , degrading the science from a pursuit of excellence to ‘ fiddling the results ’ . |
| 29 | Although it started as a mutation , it is one nature has favoured and which has become established . |
| 30 | But if he can use labour to produce commodities greater in value than he pays the workers then he can make a profit — and it is this Marx refers to as surplus value . |