Example sentences of "it [adj] [noun] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it , is n't it an awful situation when you , when you , when you look at it that evidence indicates that the erm the number of people that are either now elderly infirm or sick and and clearly that they all will have to face this , this , this terrible burden and I can not understand because there is , this , there is , there is er a total disarray within the Conservative party , that all their er er back bench er MP s are making representations to their erm their leader who possibly may not be a leader tomorrow but as long as he 's the leader today , John Major that he should do a rethink and here they are er you know , members of the same party , continuing to support something which is so idiosyncratic that you know it 's really beyond belief , er Chairman . |
| 2 | Do n't forget you can look at this , Y equals X plus one times X minus one , which , when you see it that way tells you where it 's going to , where its roots are . |
| 3 | Let's just leave it that music has wings , that song floats free even through prison bars . |
| 4 | For example magnesium chloride holds water within its crystal lattice and if you dry it that water comes out , but as it comes out it also strips out the chlorine as hydrogen chloride gas for example . |
| 5 | How is it that faith has been so divorced from knowledge ? |
| 6 | Er is it each country has one |
| 7 | I suppose doing it this way limits the no of participants to how many I can cope with . |
| 8 | Well , on the specific issue , which is item one three two , are we agreed that we write quite clear but nonetheless firm letter to Mr Patten , explaining that we are minded to ask him to comment on these matters , it this time comes from the Chair and the Chief Officer about and perhaps he will therefore take it more seriously . |
| 9 | In it old Joe writes : |
| 10 | It makes it hard work does n't it ? |
| 11 | On the face of it electric traction has many advantages . |
| 12 | It all shows does n't it ? |
| 13 | Their friend and spokesman Mark Lucas said yesterday : ‘ Writing it all down has been both painful and enjoyable for both of them . |
| 14 | The Times [ London ] gave it fourteen column inches ; Guardian [ London ] , eight inches ; The Irish Times [ Dublin ] , twenty-four inches ; Sunday News [ Belfast ] , forty-four inches ; and Belfast Telegraph , nil . |
| 15 | He drank some brandy and then added sharply , ‘ I take it young Bridges has been well briefed ? ’ |
| 16 | Swindon speedway hope to make it 20 league wins out of 20 at Blunsdon tomorrow … star rider Jason Crump is racing for his 10th successive maximum … |
| 17 | Now you still have a major second but you have a minor third which makes it minor scale does n't it ? |