Example sentences of "it [adj] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was it possible her friend had been matchmaking — her stepbrother and her best friend ? |
| 2 | ‘ Is it possible your uncle would be pleased to see a closer association between you ? ’ she demanded suspiciously . |
| 3 | For the clinical and educational professions ( and the lay notions which derive their values from them ) , their very practice makes it clear what fact it is that you ‘ come to terms ’ with : you have not given birth to a member of the human species as we define it , and to which we allocate certain rights and social roles , but to an object of pathology — a ‘ monster ’ , to use a technical term employed in medical anatomy . |
| 4 | Such a re-statement should make it clear which principles were overriding and which [ if any ] may be overridden by scheme rules . ’ |
| 5 | In any of these events , a special condition needs to be inserted in order to make it clear which restrictions the property is being sold subject to , and copies of any restrictive covenants should be supplied . |
| 6 | for direct processing the track index does not make it clear which records are in overflow and which in the prime data area ; this prevents the first overflow record being retrieved as quickly as is achieved in the two-entry index system — at least while it is the only overflow record . |
| 7 | The advantage of thinking about paddle strokes in this way is that it makes it clear which style is the real stroke and which is the copy . |
| 8 | All three Synoptic Gospels make it clear which day it is . |
| 9 | However , if the draftsman wishes to make time of the essence of some but not all of the procedural steps he should be particularly careful to make it clear which steps carry strict time limits and which do not ( as the draftsman failed to do in Bradley ( C ) & Sons Ltd v Telefusion Ltd ( 1981 ) 259 EG 337 and Art & Sound v West End Litho [ 1992 ] 1 EGLR 138 ) . |
| 10 | But she made it clear their relationship was to be platonic . |
| 11 | Alec Carlisle , the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats — who gained half as much again in terms of votes as PC — vetoed the deal , making it clear his position was on the line . |
| 12 | Tackle the problem of front and back in the same way , making it obvious which side is the front . |
| 13 | Most people imagine that they are fairly competent communicators ; adults have been doing it all their lives ! |
| 14 | To crown it all their king , John , was captured in battle . |
| 15 | Promising young riders who 're starting their sporting careers … took it all their stride … following in the footsteps of the internationals . |
| 16 | She plunged into the crowds , who had turned out in their thousands to greet her , as though she had been doing it all her life . |
| 17 | Within a few days she had recovered enough to play practice chukkas , going straight into fast polo as though she 'd played it all her life . |
| 18 | Next day Balcha sent a force to escort my father to the town : my mother , who was pregnant and tired , remained in camp — and would regret it all her life . |
| 19 | You 'd think she 'd been doing it all her life . |
| 20 | But I should n't want her do it all her life ! |
| 21 | She 's done it all her life and |
| 22 | But it was to cap it all her temp started today |
| 23 | And beneath it all her agony of eagerness to speak to Luke alone battling with her growing apprehension . |
| 24 | Marriage had now come to occupy the same central position in her mind as religion had formerly : on it all her hopes were based . |
| 25 | To top it all her mother disowns her , so she is left to wander the streets , when she meets Matthews ( Martin Donovan ) , who has also been driven from his home . |
| 26 | " Variety 's the very spice of life That gives it all its flavour . " |
| 27 | Smith 's Tech-Air ( NZ ) takes it all its stride , especially the really tricky work on old timers . |
| 28 | All my life , he wrote , I have been preparing myself for this moment , but if I have prepared myself correctly then it is so that when the moment came I should not be encumbered with the sensation of having waited for it all my life , for such a sensation , wrote Harsnet , is too heavy a burden for anyone to carry . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's always been that — I 've known it all my life — you 've never forgiven me for being a girl — that 's why you love Bri and you do n't love me — you wanted a boy — you always wanted a boy and all you got was a girl — all you got was me ! ’ |
| 30 | I shall remember that to my dying day , I shall remember it all my life . ’ |