Example sentences of "it [is] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's sited only about a quarter mile from the northern boundary fence . |
| 2 | Though she has every confidence in the Trust , and particularly in John Sales , the Trust 's Chief Gardens Adviser , it is no easy thing to relinquish control of your life 's work — especially when it 's situated right under your nose . |
| 3 | In the City you get ejected , in a pub it 's chucked out . |
| 4 | In the last 6 months , it 's suffered more than 500 job losses . |
| 5 | Older hippy brothers started the ball rolling , since when it 's bounced everywhere from the realms of rock ‘ n ’ roll to the spark plugs of ‘ C86 ’ . |
| 6 | I 'm just glad it 's straightened out . ’ |
| 7 | Directly in front of the house beyond a huge weeping beech tree so big it 's propped up with telegraph poles in concrete . |
| 8 | Oh , dear it 's fallen over . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's fallen all right , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 10 | He says it 's become increasingly obvious to us that many doctors do n't know what they 're doing . |
| 11 | The thing is right now I 'm known for this hard , aggressive political coverage and they just keep sending me ; it 's become almost non-stop . |
| 12 | How insulting Delia Cope is , obviously she feels too high and mighty to read Spare Rib because it 's become less entertaining , uninteresting , uninformative and boring because it covers Black women 's issues . |
| 13 | It 's become so real . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's become harder and harder to smile or laugh out there during an international match . |
| 15 | But since reorganization it 's become much more diverse and we 're expected to do a lot more different things . ’ |
| 16 | He writes the song that way so it fits in with his playing ; he does n't play guitar any other way now so it 's become quite natural for him . |
| 17 | For the past year , every flyer concerning hardcore/techno nights has featured the same line-up , and it 's become very tedious . |
| 18 | When unlocking a trolley , make sure it 's pushed close to the trolley in front before inserting the coin . |
| 19 | Safety glass will break into relatively harmless pieces when it 's hit hard , but laminated glass is much more difficult to break , and will deter most burglars after their first attempt . |
| 20 | At her age , anything could happen , but this condition , once it 's operated on , should n't cause any more problems . ’ |
| 21 | When the fox is caught , they say , it 's killed swiftly with a single bite to the back of the neck . |
| 22 | A certain schoolmasterly tone enters the prose : ‘ there is an … undeniable talent here , I grant you … but it 's frittered away in self indulgence and conceit . |
| 23 | A rainbow seems like a miracle — it appears out of no-where , it forms a perfect arc — it 's made up of beautiful colours , always the same ones in just the same order — and it always mysteriously disappears . |
| 24 | A whole orange = 100% ( that is , it 's made up of 100 parts ) A whole orange cut into two equal parts becomes two lots of 50 parts . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's made up of anarchists in part and in part middle-class softies . |
| 26 | Again , it 's made ahead and chilled or frozen . |
| 27 | It 's made doubly difficult because of her blindness . |
| 28 | Is it the valuable service it 's made out to be ? |
| 29 | ‘ All this modelling is n't half as glamorous as it 's made out to be . |
| 30 | Now … " he rooted through the papers on the floor , " now , here 's your marriage certificate , it 's made out in the name of Paddy Montgomery … " |