Example sentences of "it is [verb] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We all know how the week runs away with official interviews and calls , and how difficult it is to remember all the people with whom you ought to keep in touch , but when I think of the number of things which people of different types , like Lady Londonderry and Lady St Helier and others , have got settled by letting people meet at the dinner table , I despair of a man who never sees even those who have been longest in office on any occasion . |
| 2 | Fiercest in his assessments was Vladimir Brovikov , the Soviet ambassador to Poland , who accused Gorbachev of being obsessed with democratization " without discipline or order " and concluded : " It is said that the people back perestroika . |
| 3 | By chance , the Museum was also acting as host to a large delegation of Mayors and Councillors from the surrounding area and it is hoped that the significance of the presentation rubbed-off on them . |
| 4 | The disparity between that and even the increased pension rates of £54 and £86 for a single person and married couple is enormous and it is getting worse every year . |
| 5 | You can imagine how difficult it is to do such a thing . |
| 6 | I conclude that this book could most definitely happen , in fact it is happening all the time in our lives although we are protected by our parents who are conditioned to life . |
| 7 | But of course the minute you put a , slap a cover on this information , it begins to , to change and people die and new governments are elected and whatever , er so yes , we are , we have in our employ someone who 's sole job it is to read all the newspapers , er watch the T V , all the media and keep all the information up to date , so the , that 's a full time job really and they 're working on the data base day and night |
| 8 | Under what circumstances it is released we need to discover ; maybe it is only released under special circumstances , maybe it is released all the time . ’ |
| 9 | While they argue , those whose task it is to make sure the troops will be there on the day have to get on with more practical jobs . |
| 10 | All those seeds and apples were V , virile , and X , extremely bitter to the taste — not to say inedible — because of all the insects in them , which , since , Ketone-Etone-Methyl-Tri-Di-Meta-post-Oxy-Chlorane had been banned , flourished alarmingly ; if there is one thing more off-putting than finding a maggot in your apple it is finding half a maggot in your apple . |
| 11 | In many instances however an alternative form of publication is more appropriate , and it is to provide such a medium that this series of Occasional Papers has been launched . |
| 12 | This analysis must however be extended if it is to cover all the uses of the infinitive since there are also cases in which the latter is not in relation with another verb , as in the following exclamations : ( 1 ) Oh to be in England now that April 's there ! |
| 13 | This is because it is considered such a minor part of the hobby , with just a couple of species available , Monos and Scats . |