Example sentences of "it [be] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The bitterness of Maastricht opponents who also included Tory ex-minister Lord Parkinson and former Commons Speaker Viscount Tonypandy signalled that the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill is set for a gruelling passage , despite it being given an unopposed second reading . |
2 | That that used to be mentioned between us er er a few times , I can remember it being mentioned a few times . |
3 | ‘ I did n't work hard enough at marriage — it 's remained a huge sadness to me ’ |
4 | So far it 's inspired a five hundred signature petition , infuriated a councillor , and there 's still no solution in sight . |
5 | Roger Kelly is convinced that there are enough people to invest in the centre : ‘ Five years ago this would have been a pipe-dream , but with the rise of the ethical investment movement it 's become a real possibility . |
6 | It 's become a major part of my job . |
7 | ‘ It 's become a big problem , bigger than just the problem facing us , ’ said a Williams team insider last night . |
8 | It 's become a life-long commitment , although I 'm not complaining . |
9 | And in recent weeks it 's become a daily chore , as more and more birds have been brought in from the nearby Gloucester Sharpness canal . |
10 | I just think it 's kinda funny , and it 's become an ongoing theme in my work . ’ |
11 | Even you must admit that it 's become an exciting and extremely important job over the last few years , certainly as far as Carlisle Flint is concerned ! ’ |
12 | It 's made a great thoroughfare in the dining area and broken the dining area up a bit . |
13 | She says that it 's made a great difference , the swan can now struggle to it 's feet . |
14 | And it 's made a lovely edging for a wooden tray , coated in varnish once the paste is dry . , . |
15 | ‘ It 's made an incredible difference , ’ Miranda assured her . |
16 | It 's made an enormous difference to the way I go about my work . |
17 | It 's made an enormous difference to the way I go about my work . |
18 | It 's understood a new report will say there 's no evidence it works better than traditional methods . |
19 | It 's cost a million pounds to build a new water treatment works at Stow on the Wold in Gloucestershire , to take nitrates out of spring and river water . |
20 | It 's cost a million and a quarter pounds to build but according to the pupils it 's worth every penny . |
21 | It 's cost a vast amount of money and time . |
22 | Bizarre though the synchro-energy system might sound , it 's touched a raw nerve among jaded New Yorkers worn out by a decade of hard , hyped-up materialistic living . |
23 | PETER Mandelson gave Labour the red rose and it 's said a whole new bloom to its image . |
24 | It 's dragged a few graceful oddities away from comparing navel fluff in their garages and shoved them on to the European circuit . |
25 | Well , we have one central area to put these things in , and it 's called a small black samsonite bag , and they just get , it 's just hopeless |
26 | You call it , I think it 's called a maxi-dowment plan . |
27 | They do another sort and that 's really nice , it 's called a nutty Vera |
28 | That is it for this week , so er hope you enjoyed it , join us next Friday for another er burning hot series of debates er another three ring circus , it 's called A Central Weekend . |
29 | It 's called a Bubbly Jock |
30 | It 's called a Qualitative Data Review form no it 's called a Qualitative Research Review form so what 's this in the something else . |