Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so it 's not a case of our waiting it 's rather a case of our receiving . |
| 2 | Well , because it 's , it 's rather a case of the blind leading the the blind , erm |
| 3 | ‘ It 's rather a change , actually , ’ he murmured , ‘ to find a woman who does n't pick at her food and moan about endless diets . |
| 4 | It 's rather a relief . |
| 5 | I , too , think it 's rather a lot of money . ’ |
| 6 | Cos otherwise it 's rather a lot to eat for one person . |
| 7 | ‘ Then surely it 's rather a waste of time to bury yourself away on a Saturday night when you 'll have the bulk of the work to contend with tomorrow — when the club 's closed . ’ |
| 8 | Considering the rock at Tremadog feels so solid on a small scale , it 's rather a shame that it has a large scale tendency to become part of the scree at the foot of the crag ! |
| 9 | Once you 've created the jobs for people it has given the economies an upturn and I feel it 's rather a shame that the erm the great problems of the of the Germans particularly have put that pressure for high interest rates through the er E R M , through those currencies and one , I think , good thing of Britain 's disaster last year , with with their position in the E R M , is that by lowering interest rates , if we only had a government who wanted to use that opportunity probably , we could train people for for work . |
| 10 | Just one point , it 's rather a shame they ca n't be open at weekends ? |
| 11 | ‘ It 's rather a hike . ’ |
| 12 | If it 's already a bungalow . |
| 13 | Miki was worried that this important development might be passed off as a fad , a ‘ scene ’ people will get tired of : ‘ To some people it 's already a gimmick , but it 's very important , a lot of people have a lot to say . |
| 14 | It 's already a fortnight since my birthday — life seems to get ‘ hecticker ’ and ‘ hecticker ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's excellent , dazzling , and because of the original condition , it 's practically a stock plane . |
| 16 | And it 's practically a script already . |
| 17 | Get real , she thought , it 's your ideal , it 's probably a bit scruffy , rugs and dogs here and there . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's probably a bit of a shambles . |
| 19 | and it really was pretty much like that when I had it , so eh , it 's probably a bit more rounded than it was . |
| 20 | No it 's down there , and in it er I wrote it last night actually when I was feeling pretty fucked off so it 's probably a bit out of order but I wrote to him and said erm tt Josh has been round this evening asking questions about what 's happened with his money erm and I think you 're really out of order . |
| 21 | So it may not be a problem with room bookings it 's probably a problem with Jo . |
| 22 | I think what what you 're really saying though , is that it 's probably a mistake to actually look at it in terms of a number of days . |
| 23 | If it ends in an O it 's probably not always but probably going to be L and if it ends in an A as he says there it 's a good point it 's probably a word . |
| 24 | So if you see a flock of crows they are rooks , or if you see a solitary rook , it 's probably a crow ! |
| 25 | It 's probably a road accident Christine . |
| 26 | It 's probably a write-off . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's probably a bird , ’ said Angalo . |
| 28 | But then it 's probably a case of ignorance is bliss . |
| 29 | But if your needs are more modest , it 's probably a case of techno-overkill . |
| 30 | It 's probably a processor fault . |