Example sentences of "it is [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Folk in Up Hatherley , Gloucestershire , have the same problem uffolding the dignity of the district but it is uffill work . |
| 2 | You see , the point about a magnum is that it is metal psychology : it scares the shit out of the guy it is aimed at , it makes the guy who holds it feel really proud . ’ |
| 3 | In a study of the local area , for instance , it is Attainment Target 2 that often poses the most problems . |
| 4 | Cos what we 're going to do now , is real what , really what this is , this is like a quadratic equation , it is B square , squared plus sixty B squared , minus two , two , five , , so that 's a quadratic equation , but instead of saying X square , I 'm saying B square , square , plus sixteen B square . |
| 5 | Relativity may have had a better press , but it is quantum theory that we have to thank , at a practical level , for our understanding of chemistry , molecular biology and solid-state physics , as well as nuclear physics and the deeper puzzles of particle theory . |
| 6 | that are now on the project , make sure that it is tip top condition for the event . |
| 7 | It is Normande milk that makes Camembert cheese . |
| 8 | That beauty is not just the goal for the Church ; it is terminus ad quem of marriage . |
| 9 | Well , it exists all around , it is sign language ’ ( quoted in Battison and Jordan , 1976 : 54 ) . |
| 10 | You see my brother Joe is wrong , he should have , he 's a workaholic , and they 're doing sixteen hours a day and they 're working , can you imagine , and I mean my youngest brother Brad who 's working with him said er Joe do n't stop , a week , no a fortnight la , a fortnight last Sunday they had to put a not air conditioning yeah it is air conditioning unit in Smith 's in Staines and they had to whatever happens they had to get it working for the next day , it 's got to be in and working and they worked all day , my brother , my eldest brother Derek weld it for nine hours non stop , to the point where Brad our , my younger brother and Joe had |
| 11 | ‘ It is rush hour . |
| 12 | If it is selector trouble this is often possible to rectify by taking the top off the gearbox in situ . |
| 13 | During the flight you are advised to sleep or nap if it is night time . |
| 14 | During the flight try to sleep if it is night time at your destination and , when it is daytime there , try to stay awake — find somebody to talk to , a book to read or watch the in-flight movie . |
| 15 | We think it is night time when in actual fact morning has well and truly broken . |
| 16 | Despite the disadvantages of uncertainty , you might be willing to leave the question of notice rights unresolved if you have strong grounds for suspecting that your employer would only agree to statutory minimum notice because that it is company policy . |
| 17 | It is company policy to buy barley in Scotland . |
| 18 | ( Actually , it is Oxford University Press , but we can be sure of this only because we already know something about this publisher . ) |
| 19 | It is Sunday lunchtime . |
| 20 | It is Sunday morning in the suburbs . |
| 21 | Putting on the roof was the most satisfying job : it is precision work which is easier than it looks — particularly with the plastic ridge fixings and verges . |
| 22 | The House of Lords has asked whether it is sex discrimination , contrary to Directive 76/207/EEC , to dismiss a female employee when she has been engaged for the specific purpose of replacing ( after training ) another female employee who is about to go on maternity leave and when the maternity leave replacement discovers very shortly after appointment that she too is pregnant and will need maternity leave and the employer dismisses her because he needs the job holder to be at work during that period . |
| 23 | You wo n't have to remember if it is function key F10 , Ctrl-KD , or /Keep . |
| 24 | True , it is Crush drummer Ric Menck 's ( 30th ) birthday , and he 's out for a grinningly good time , whatever the weather . |
| 25 | Everything was very legitimate and above board , but we had very specific requirements of what we wanted this representation to be , because it is life size . |
| 26 | It is part owner of Atochem , one of Europe 's main manufacturers of methyl bromide . |
| 27 | It is part farmland . |
| 28 | Often it is part time women workers who suffer most . ’ |
| 29 | Moreover , patients with the most severe cirrhosis without oesophageal varices had substantially higher laminin concentrations than the least severe ones with varices , suggestingthat it is liver dysfunction and not portal hypertension that is associated with the increased laminin concentrations . |
| 30 | It is Easter weekend in Paris and , while his wife is away , middle-aged Jacques ( Stephen Moore ) brings home Julie , a sexy little bimbo played by Leslie Ash in a mini-skirt that is no broader than a cummerbund . |