Example sentences of "it a [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is not it a sad reflection on the Government that after 12 years they have failed to provide the necessary skills training for our work force to make our industries competitive in world markets ? |
| 2 | The main point is this : Flaubert thought democracy merely a stage in the history of government , and he thought it a typical vanity on our part to assume that it represented the finest , proudest way for men to rule one another . |
| 3 | Away goes Lawrence , shirt soaked with sweat , he bowls to who plays well forward taking the bottom hand off the bat and the ball rolls up to Lawrence who does n't field it , it 's Hugh Morris running from short leg , who then hands the ball to Philip DeFreitas , gives it a good shine on his right thigh . |
| 4 | The Senate ( upper house ) rejected the key elements of the bill when giving it a first reading on March 22 , 1991 , and conciliation between the two houses failed to resolve the issue four days later . |
| 5 | Rose whipped the sleeves of the shirt behind its back , folded them like double-jointed elbows , bent the shirt in two , and gave it a final press on top . |
| 6 | The plaintiff , by going to Eastbourne , obtaining the money , and remitting it in the manner suggested , made it a binding contract on the part of Mr. Kennard that he would not serve the bankruptcy notice . ’ |
| 7 | But she was cooking and she was going you take , she goes , she goes , some people like it a little bit on the side , you know , with their food , some people on the side . |
| 8 | A central element in RX 's change strategy has been competitive benchmarking , a process in which its liaison with Fuji-Xerox has given it a vital window on Japanese best practice in manufacturing and marketing . |
| 9 | Or is it a conscious decision on the part of managers to handle the processes differently because schools themselves differ in their habits of work ? |
| 10 | That gave it a high spot on her list of things to put out of commission . |
| 11 | Saints boss Ian Branfoot made it a double raid on London when he also signed Chelsea 's Dutch defender Ken Monkou for a similar figure . |
| 12 | And as counting started again early today at the Guildhall , the SDLP looked set to gain its predicted 17 seats , giving it an over-all majority on Derry City Council for the first time . |
| 13 | There are some special features about the Klasies River Mouth site , which this book draws attention to , that give it an important place on maps of the prehistoric world . |
| 14 | on nine , facing Tufnell , digs out a full-length ball and guides it down on the off side , poor old David Lawrence has to give another painful chase their from backward point , but er , he lumbers after it and sends it an energetic return on the er , he 's swivelling round as he threw it . |
| 15 | If he considers an authority 's budget excessive — or , indeed , considers it an excessive increase on the previous year 's budget — that is sufficient reason for him to cap that authority . |