Example sentences of "it [is] [adj] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's conducive to thought . ’ |
| 2 | Locals know it 's closest to Coundon Grange , or what remains of it . |
| 3 | It 's due to air being too warm when pollination occurs . |
| 4 | I have my doubts erm in , in that erm certainly not within one nation erm I , I agree with you entirely that it 's contradictory to Marxism in that erm what happened in erm with Mao was that erm he turned away from any internationalist socialist concept . |
| 5 | This is the electronic version of British Rail 's timetable and it comes as no surprise to find that it 's subject to BR 's usual get-out clauses . |
| 6 | Which is why it 's better to sort of hey now , hang on , do n't put another B squared in , cos you 've done that . |
| 7 | so it 's no good cos it 's four to A zones , you can run four providing you only have that channel |
| 8 | It 's a normal thing to do , to teach your children everything from the time they 're born , so to put some kind of arbitrary division on where you stop helping is nonsense to the child and it 's , it 's absurd to parents , too , and of course it does n't happen . |
| 9 | Well I sometimes do when , er , if , I have a tendency when it 's , when it 's right to praise instantly when it 's right and when it 's wrong . |
| 10 | And it 's close to Oxford 's Blackbird Leys Estate , notorious for joyriding since last September 's trouble . |
| 11 | I 'm in the dark hotel at the side of the black loch and it 's close to midnight and I 'm drunk but not stoned and so 's Andy and his pal Howie and I 'm sitting in the old ballroom on the lower ground floor , looking out over the waters to where grey ghostly moonlit mountains rise , tops glowing softly , capped with snow , and I 'm playing computer games . |
| 12 | Personally , when facing an Empire army , I never advance into the muzzle of a volley gun ; too often it 's tantamount to suicide . |
| 13 | Trying to stay sane is a delicate balancing act : it 's easy to overbalance , particularly if you 're pushed . |
| 14 | ‘ If you tell her , it 's halfway to Cropper and Blackadder — and they have much more punch than she has , I suppose . ’ |
| 15 | But at least it 's cheaper to Birmingham I think . |
| 16 | The popularity is put down to a good flavour — with its tight creamy head it 's similar to Tetley 's — the lack of any other light bitters in Nicholson 's range that compete with it and a slight price advantage of around five pence . |
| 17 | It 's similar to Wakefield , only quicker . |
| 18 | It 's similar to C V T , you really have n't got any notes technically today , so it , it 's nice , erm , booklet to use . |
| 19 | No it says it it it 's inoffensive to people . |
| 20 | However , I would suggest that the new owner of a ribber does without a rib transfer carriage for a while ( unless arthritis is a problem ) as it 's good to practice transferring stitches using the rib transfer tool . |
| 21 | And there int one on this one here and it 's nearest to school ! |
| 22 | It 's exclusive to club 18–30 , it 's near the centre of town , it has a great pool and sunbathing area , a waiter-service restaurant with a special buffet breakfast and a reputation for excellent food , a friendly bar serving a good range of snacks . |
| 23 | He said that , you 're just , he , he , he said that it 's available to housewives but only if they erm , will be going back to work prior to the claim , but you must be employed prior to the claim . |
| 24 | It 's available to police forces around the country . |
| 25 | ‘ Quiet ! ’ snapped Mum , ‘ Or it 's early to bed for you . ’ |
| 26 | It 's impervious to water and virtually indestructible . |
| 27 | Okay , now here 's something coming up that is not only conf it 's confusing to students , it 's even more confusing to er er the general public . |
| 28 | ‘ Mother , it 's ten to midnight ! ’ called Sally from the doorway , and Liz , looking around the confusion she had summoned into being , the scattered earth , the scattered people , the murmuring , the singing , the clustering , thought yes , this was a party , yes , this was living rather than not living , this was permitted , this was planned disorder , this was cathartic , this was therapeutic , this was admired misrule . |
| 29 | So many are expected to attend tomorrow 's budget meeting that it 's open to ticket holders only , among them senior teachers . |
| 30 | But money is short and it 's open to question whether they will take us on . ’ |