Example sentences of "it [adv] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether or not all meaning can be made explicit in the text is perhaps less critical than the belief that it can and that making it so is a valid scientific enterprise . |
| 2 | A sort of well it looked like black wool but I mean it obviously was a brushed cotton I would say . |
| 3 | And it better be a nice one ! |
| 4 | The most important objection , and it alone is a decisive one , must be that no Englishman could conceivably use e as a means of representing [ ae ] . |
| 5 | Going it alone is a dangerous business . |
| 6 | Had it merely been a quick try at getting rid of the intruder ? |
| 7 | Well I think everybody would , that had had their privacy erupted like they had been because they 'd been a small community for well through the years you see and for strangers to come in , I think it applies in every place that you go to , new places , you know that are built up after it just being a little country village people do resent you but I think now that they , they are really erm accepting us for the fact that we have brought things that they would never have had had the new town not been er sta , you know started here . |
| 8 | The headline in the London Standard read ‘ The professor what do n't know nothing ’ , and the subheading expressed the exact opposite of the truth : ‘ Is correct English just a dialect or could it possibly be a useful tool for a youngster in search of a job ? |
| 9 | To have committed the heresy of being uncommitted to the right political dogma — or worse still being a political atheist may not mean the death penalty , but it sure is a heinous crime in the times we live in . |
| 10 | But it sure was a great place to grow up — you heard all kinds of stuff on the radio … ’ |
| 11 | But it really is a logical thing to happen . |
| 12 | As one woman in a discussion group saw it : it really is a good thing that there is labour turnover and it is possible to move on to other factories because women do get bored . |
| 13 | It 's Tufnell to bowl to , he 's a good contest he edges that one away on the leg side just for a single , that 's a shame because er , it really is a good contest this . |
| 14 | Well Fred 's got my Graham Thomas because it really is a superb rose but as well as that I would go for hybrid musk and I think of all the hybrid musk , my favourite is Felicia because of that silvery pink , lovely double shaped flower and that is very very heavily scented and I would have to have the bourbon rose the th the double white creamy white bourbon rose , if , you could almost eat that , that wo n't get more than about six foot and you can prune it to keep it in shape a bit if it begins to get too straggly . |
| 15 | Now it really is a full-time job . |
| 16 | It really is a small old world . |
| 17 | Sir David , who first emerged as a television personality 30 years ago in the radical That Was The Week That Was , added : ‘ It really is a great honour , something I never expected , ’ he added . |
| 18 | Crossing Jubilee Street , you will see the famous dai pai dongs ( street restaurants ) ; few gweilob , which translates literally as ‘ roundeyes ’ , eat at these stalls , but it really is a worthwhile experience . |
| 19 | ‘ IT really is a friendly and fun restaurant ; not a place for a tête à tête . |
| 20 | ‘ It really is a contentious area , ’ he said . |
| 21 | It really is a total mess . ’ |
| 22 | I mean , it really is a tricky problem . |
| 23 | ‘ It really is a classic version of the old story , is n't it ? |
| 24 | Yes , it really is a pleasant job . |
| 25 | It really is a multi-million pound industry … convincing people they could look better just a few pounds or stones lighter and this is how to do it . |
| 26 | It really is a fine place to spend time . |
| 27 | ‘ It really is a lovely school , most appealing , but my shoes are very important . |
| 28 | If you base the drill on a structure you have elicited from your language helper , you need to check that it really is a natural structure in the language . |
| 29 | Cos it , it , it really is a miserable looking flower in the , in the winter |
| 30 | It really is a wonderful day . ’ |