Example sentences of "it [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Is n't it strange the way everyone 's got kittens to dispose of when you do n't want them and none when you do ? " |
| 2 | Turning from the hardware of sea rescue to the people who make it possible the Chairman emphasised that the contribution of lifeboat crews could not be stressed too highly . |
| 3 | As he spoke he began to take a backward step , and for an instant Gentle 's dizzied brain almost thought it possible the man would retreat into nothingness ; be proved spirit rather than substance . |
| 4 | War Vets who were with me on the march-past on Saturday , our thanks to all those who made it possible the R.N. , the R.N.A. , the police , the Sea Cadets , the catering staff in St George 's Hall and the youth band who played such lovely tunes all afternoon . |
| 5 | Was it possible the police version ( which Cobalt had heard and Maurin had repeated ) was correct and the killing was a random attack by a thief on a passer-by ? |
| 6 | Is it possible the job is too difficult for you ? |
| 7 | If you get it right the engine will catch just as it slows almost to a halt and , to the accompaniment of a swirling grey cloud of oily smoke stage right , the hiccupping bass thumping will grow into the irregular loping lumpy grumble of a healthy Pratt 986 . |
| 8 | If you get it right the Beaver stops on a sixpence ( but if you get it wrong , normally yielding water can be awfully hard ! ) |
| 9 | So if we get it right the answer should come to ten . |
| 10 | Is it perennial the ones they call them ones that come up every year ? |
| 11 | As he yanked it free the saw shot up and scythed into the cable . |
| 12 | He rose to his feet , making it clear the question was rhetorical , as Gina , feeling as humiliated as if he had actually slapped her face , tried to hide her chagrin by swallowing the remains of her coffee . |
| 13 | At the House of Lords hearing , the QC appearing for the Attorney General made it clear the law lords ' ruling meant no case could be brought against the hospital or medical staff involved . |
| 14 | ‘ It makes it clear the SNP is both national and international . ’ |
| 15 | The notes to this Law make it clear the course of action to be taken : ‘ It is a question for the referee whether or not a series of the same offences by different players of a team amounts to repeated infringement . |
| 16 | Mr O'Hara Labour MP for Knowsley South was unhappy over the ‘ insensitive ’ wording which made it clear the payments were for people not expected to live longer than six months . |
| 17 | ‘ Fascinating , ’ Caroline said , in a tone that made it clear the topic was anything but . |
| 18 | His tone made it clear the job was not one he had enjoyed . |
| 19 | Just not in touch with it half the time . |
| 20 | I guess it flawed the lot of it . |
| 21 | The alderman pulled his fur-lined bed robe around him , moving restlessly on the stone-flagged corridor and making it obvious the coroner should leave . |
| 22 | ‘ It ent the end of the world . ’ |
| 23 | But is it still the case ? |
| 24 | ‘ Is it still the phone call ? ’ she asked gently . |
| 25 | Finally , is it still the Government 's intention to proceed with ordering a large helicopter carrier , known as an aviation support ship ? |
| 26 | And erm watch it all the things that one had to do to one 's car if one was able to use a car in the blackout . |
| 27 | you said you were gon na club towards it all the money out your post office . |
| 28 | All these reminiscences told the same story : a big , healthy , gregarious man , full of fun and sport , always living life to the full and extracting from it all the juice it contained , and more . |
| 29 | At the other side of the piano James Callaghan , then Prime Minister , was talking animatedly to a very distinguished-looking Admiral , while through it all the Queen and Prince Philip moved easily , chatting to their guests . |
| 30 | And throughout it all the music , first heard as an eerie sketch inside the hero 's head , skeletally indistinct and bone china fragile . |