Example sentences of "it [be] the [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its theme is that man can not hope for immortality , the only one who gained it being the Babylonian Noah . |
| 2 | It 's the Blue Danube , so he can . |
| 3 | It 's the Terrible Bloodsuckling Toothpluckling Stonechuckling Spittler ! |
| 4 | Yep , it 's the future Jim , and just as we remembered it . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's the real Dorian Gray — that 's all . ’ |
| 6 | It 's the mighty Tupolev Tu-95 … nicknamed the Bear . |
| 7 | It is hard to decide whether the result is better seen as self-indulgent twaddle , or , as Robert Lowell said of the Oxford Book of Modern Verse : ‘ Maybe it 's the ultimate Larkin poem ’ , so maybe this is the supreme Ted Hughes fiction . |
| 8 | Make sure that the software is compatible with the other applications you want to run and that it 's the genuine UK version , not a grey import . |
| 9 | Make sure that the software is compatible with the other applications you want to run and that it 's the genuine UK version , not a grey import . |
| 10 | And now would you believe it 's the other Notts player who had n't scored this season , has been desperate for a goal , Paul . |
| 11 | If it 's the regular Tuesday morning meeting in your home , you 'll probably just all go into the office for half an hour . |
| 12 | Yes , it 's the controversial Ms Jaci Stephen , former television critic of the NSS who never wrote about anything but sex and teeth , and sometimes in the same anecdote . |
| 13 | It 's the southbound Watford Gap services with the golden kettle , not their northbound colleagues . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh — it looks — yes — it 's the Wevewent Martins , ’ said Mr Makepeace , who knew all the vicars , rectors , rural deans and curates in a twenty-mile radius . |
| 15 | The Fed must remain independent because it is the only US institution which provides the discipline of the long-term view and corresponding policy decisions . |
| 16 | The Vatican declaration furthermore expressly rules out the objection that , in the eucharist , it is the risen Christ who is represented ; and that as such he has no sex . |
| 17 | Even in his latest film , the hilarious Housesitter which opened in Britain last Friday , it is the bubbly Goldie Hawn , his co-star , who plays for laughs rather than Steve . |
| 18 | It is the 27-year-old Hampshire rider 's first important outing with him since his recovery and she hopes he can re-discover the touch which brought the 10-year-old chestnut gelding his one major success in the Blenheim Event three years ago . |
| 19 | It is the evil Mr Hyde to Dr Jekyll . |
| 20 | And it is the old Coach Road . |
| 21 | I played six versions of this song as comparison , but the only singer on record who really ‘ gets ’ it is the veteran Trude Hesterberg on the 1958 Berlin recording . |
| 22 | It is the original India Pale Ale that made Burton the brewing centre of Britain . |
| 23 | IF THERE ever was a man for all seasons it is the redoubtable John Jackson , whose posts include a board seat at electronics group Philips and the vice chairmanship of Ladbroke . |
| 24 | Although we conduct our interview in an air-conditioned hole at Paul Merton 's spiritual home , Channel 4 , drinking tea from unwieldy tureens , it is the ever-dependable Beeb who have thus far harnessed his slippery talents most deftly . |
| 25 | Today I could not decide whether it was the absent Montaine or the pot au feu . |
| 26 | Next day it was the usual Monday routine : washing , maiding , singing and sharing the gossip of the day . |
| 27 | It was the usual Friday get-together , the alcohol-free lager and prawn salad session in the pub over the road , well within range of bleeps and so heavily attended by relays of medical and senior nursing staff . |
| 28 | It was the young Middlesex batsman 's third successive Test duck ( Sri Lanka , Lord 's , ‘ 91 and Edgbaston this season ) , a grievous setback , and at the same time surely reassurance to the Pakistanis that , even with a sweep shot such as this , their appeals were being given due and fair consideration . |
| 29 | Now it was the real Aunt Louise . |
| 30 | It was the irritating Alec I remembered as a boy , perched twig-high in a tree . |