Example sentences of "it [is] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | This is called drag and drop , and it 's a pleasant way to shuffle your spreadsheet about . |
2 | ‘ It 's a pleasant stopping place , ’ he replied , and Fabia could n't help it , she just burst out laughing . |
3 | So it 's a pleasant surprise that this buppie sex comedy is actually half-way decent . |
4 | Oh it 's a pleasant sound . |
5 | It 's a pleasant evening for a stroll . |
6 | I know , it 's a damn nuisance |
7 | But like its author , it 's a damn sight more broad and generous than most of the literature that modern mountaineering has produced . |
8 | You can see it 's a damn sight more difficult than getting them to confront the Iraqis . |
9 | I 'm offering you everything I can , Folly ; and it 's a damn sight more than I ever thought I 'd offer any woman . |
10 | It 's a damn strain because I mean , I could be talkin' to 'er ( Lucy 's white friend ) ' that , at the end of the day she can say , ‘ You fuckin' black bastard ’ . |
11 | It 's a damn site more dangerous at Stonebench . |
12 | It could be that you 've never taken your family abroad on holiday , so you set yourself a little objective , that in two years ' time , I want to take them all , even if it 's a damn package deal on a flight to Tenerife , do it , will you feel good , will the family enjoy it ? |
13 | ‘ It 's a southern name , ’ I said , ‘ perhaps from South Carolina or Georgia ? |
14 | And you see it when it generally er and also it 's a perfect day . |
15 | It 's a perfect cover . |
16 | ‘ As far as I can see , it 's a perfect choice . ’ |
17 | Well it 's a perfect opportunity for friends |
18 | It 's a perfect opportunity to have a swim . ’ |
19 | Yes , if it 's a perfect stone — which this is — they retain their value . |
20 | It 's a perfect arrangement . ’ |
21 | I think it 's a perfect example of rumour feeding on rumour , that once something gets into the market place it causes all sorts of entrepreneurial people out there to think there 's an opportunity they ought not to miss . |
22 | What people tend to do is they answer a question that they 've revised well and they can easily answer and they spend an hour and a half on it and then they fi they do , I mean you know you see them answering they write you pages and pages and pages and it 's a perfect answer and they get maybe ninety percent but had they spent about half as much time they 'd have got seventy percent anyway because they knew most of the important bits . |
23 | ‘ It 's a perfect fit and I 'm absolutely mad about it , ’ said Alison . |
24 | ‘ Bearing in mind that it will be Ian McGeechan 's last game as Scotland coach , it 's a perfect setting for Gavin and his side to give him a fitting send-off , ’ said Best , who will be taking a video of the Murrayfield game back with him and will spend this week poring over it , looking at both the performances of Scotland and potential Lions . |
25 | Bright and very comfortable to wear , it 's a perfect summer cover-up . |
26 | To Goldie , a mother of three and 15 years older than Meg , it 's a perfect irony . |
27 | It 's a perfect landing . |
28 | Cara broke off , but she was still it seemed trying to frantically keep her mind off how ill her beloved husband might be when , turning the conversation to her work , ‘ It 's a perfect beast that I 've got to forgo my interview with Vendelin Gajdusek . ’ |
29 | Yes , I 'm wearing subfusc which is the sort of uniform students of the university always wear when they 're taking exams , so it 's a familiar sight on the street of Oxford , but I 'm also wearing clerical bands , which are a sign of my office . |
30 | It 's a familiar scene that can cause workers untold misery and loss of self-confidence . |