Example sentences of "it [is] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Try this Jade , ’ says Rex hospitably , pouring from a bottle with a wire-secured cork , ‘ it 's a pleasant , light summer drink . ’ |
| 2 | It 's a pleasant evening for a stroll . |
| 3 | So it 's a pleasant surprise that this buppie sex comedy is actually half-way decent . |
| 4 | This is called drag and drop , and it 's a pleasant way to shuffle your spreadsheet about . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's a pleasant stopping place , ’ he replied , and Fabia could n't help it , she just burst out laughing . |
| 6 | It 's a pleasant enough place , with particularly comfortable chairs , attentive service and curtains left open to reveal the doubtless uplifting vista of Thornaby town centre by night . |
| 7 | Oh it 's a pleasant sound . |
| 8 | It 's a damn site more dangerous at Stonebench . |
| 9 | But like its author , it 's a damn sight more broad and generous than most of the literature that modern mountaineering has produced . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's a damn poor show . ’ |
| 11 | But it 's a damn ’ bad moment . |
| 12 | You can see it 's a damn sight more difficult than getting them to confront the Iraqis . |
| 13 | It 's a damn strain because I mean , I could be talkin' to 'er ( Lucy 's white friend ) ' that , at the end of the day she can say , ‘ You fuckin' black bastard ’ . |
| 14 | I 'm offering you everything I can , Folly ; and it 's a damn sight more than I ever thought I 'd offer any woman . |
| 15 | ‘ If it was suicide , ’ he trumpeted , ‘ it 's a damn ’ strange way to go . |
| 16 | It 's a damn great snake |
| 17 | It could be that you 've never taken your family abroad on holiday , so you set yourself a little objective , that in two years ' time , I want to take them all , even if it 's a damn package deal on a flight to Tenerife , do it , will you feel good , will the family enjoy it ? |
| 18 | It 's a damn nice pitch that ! |
| 19 | I know , it 's a damn nuisance |
| 20 | ‘ It 's a southern name , ’ I said , ‘ perhaps from South Carolina or Georgia ? |
| 21 | I think it 's a perfect example of rumour feeding on rumour , that once something gets into the market place it causes all sorts of entrepreneurial people out there to think there 's an opportunity they ought not to miss . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's a perfect fit and I 'm absolutely mad about it , ’ said Alison . |
| 23 | I did wish this book were longer , but it 's a perfect short bedtime read which cheers tired eyes and ears . |
| 24 | Bright and very comfortable to wear , it 's a perfect summer cover-up . |
| 25 | To Goldie , a mother of three and 15 years older than Meg , it 's a perfect irony . |
| 26 | Yes , if it 's a perfect stone — which this is — they retain their value . |
| 27 | It 's a perfect cover . |
| 28 | ‘ As far as I can see , it 's a perfect choice . ’ |
| 29 | It 's a perfect landing . |
| 30 | It 's a perfect arrangement . ’ |