Example sentences of "it [adj] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was it possible the old fox had sussed him out and not let it show ? |
| 2 | A professional photographer 's livelihood is dependent on getting it right the first time and most are members of either the Master Photographers Association or the British Institute of Professional Photography . |
| 3 | Much more cost effective is n't it if things to be done once rather than have to do reading them two or three times and generally the reason that things are repeated a number of times is that perhaps people are not really quite sure or not that that are systems , yet productivity the better trained people are people who can do things , get it right the first time and they can do more work ca n't they than somebody else you are not having to pick it up as the manager responsible and put mistakes right . |
| 4 | ‘ If I were you I 'd get it right the first time . ’ |
| 5 | I did n't really think I should advise , except to say , ‘ I got it right last time I did it — I hope you get it right the first time you do it ’ . |
| 6 | It is a vastly complex process and unless you get it right in one , you will never live to tell the tale , to get it right the next time , in order to ‘ evolve ’ the skill ! |
| 7 | Oh yeah we had that the other night , cos I got it wrong the other night as well ! |
| 8 | The first viewer to select an outfit from the parade will receive it free the next day ( Kinkead claims it is a uni-sex , uni-size garment ) . |
| 9 | They made it clear the only way we 'd get out alive was by going on stage . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Best get it straight the old way first . |
| 11 | But even if a blade close to the boat and a high elbow allows greater application of force , is it still the best technique ? |
| 12 | Nor is it just the Hegelian dialectic as such : Cixous includes ‘ History ’ , and by implication therefore Marxism as well . |
| 13 | Are we witnessing the next step in the greening of the market , or is it just the latest move in the marketing of the greens ? |
| 14 | Nor was it just the invigorating properties of the sea air at Blackpool that stimulated the appetite for whipping . |
| 15 | Nor is it just the exported population of thousands of American suburbanites , the wives and families with their attendant schools and hospitals and tennis courts . |
| 16 | Or is it just the same ? |
| 17 | Is it just the three of you living there ? |
| 18 | It seems , moreover , that from the 1830s and 1840s there was a distinct switch in literary representation of the type of women who had recourse to abortion : no longer was it just the seduced domestic , but the married and unmarried working women , particularly factory women in the textile areas of Lancashire . |
| 19 | Nor was it just the humble and obscure whose exits went unnoticed . |
| 20 | Was it just the rising wind that was chilling her , making her tremble ? |
| 21 | But a tidy countryside , as neat and controlled as a suburban garden , is not a natural countryside , nor is it even the traditional farmed countryside . |