Example sentences of "it [is] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now this is er a lorry , end it 's er I think it 's a Frenchman . |
| 2 | It 's a butterfly Mick ! |
| 3 | Now , when the police officer when the police officer comes to court and goes through this statement , and it 's a confession , what would you normally call what he 's reading out ? |
| 4 | When I come round the Lord 's table , it 's not to make me a better Christian , it 's not to make me a better person , a more religious person , a more spiritual person it 's a confession of faith , apart from being an act of obedience , it is a confession of faith . |
| 5 | It 's a ski race , is n't it , and the English ca n't ski ! |
| 6 | Well this is the risk you have to take but er , and it 's a , it 's a profit at this stage where er people are coming up to receiving lump sums in retirement and wonder how best to invest it , well seems to me there 's no better investment than to , than to put it into tax free sources that you have available to you . |
| 7 | It 's a profit element , yes . |
| 8 | But you 've got ta call it E something otherwise it 's a second |
| 9 | It 's a second for Gary , it 's a fourth for Notts and er the little bit of tension that Notts had created for themselves as they went off the boil and came really into the game with their two goals from first of all and then from from the free kick , but 's goal in the last minute here making it four two and really capping a most entertaining night for Notts . |
| 10 | It 's a route he has just retraced for the character of Fergus , the IRA man who attempts to re-make his life in The Crying Game ] , an experience Jordan understands well . |
| 11 | However , the point you have to erm , recall , is that if it 's a conflict between parental investment in a sibling and parental investment in myself , I am twice as closely related to myself as I am to my sibling . |
| 12 | It 's a mare 's nest . |
| 13 | Erm so they 'd wan na know well you know if it 's a shopping change then erm , do you want me to change the day ? |
| 14 | But it 's the one thing that actually comes out of the premium before the units are bought , because it 's a percentage . |
| 15 | And it 's a percentage of the premium so it 's a fixed amount . |
| 16 | On hotel bills , they do n't , but usually they put it , including local tax , or something like , they always use to show it separately at one time , it 's a percentage , but now , very often your bill just shows it as a , including local tax . |
| 17 | it 's a percentage |
| 18 | it 's a jacket cardigan |
| 19 | It 's a snake ! |
| 20 | It 's a snake entails neither It 's a poisonous creature nor It 's not a poisonous creature ; likewise , It 's a poisonous creature is logically independent of It 's a snake . |
| 21 | It 's a snake entails neither It 's a poisonous creature nor It 's not a poisonous creature ; likewise , It 's a poisonous creature is logically independent of It 's a snake . |
| 22 | It 's a snake , an Indian snake — and its poison can kill very quickly , ’ Holmes cried . |
| 23 | If I have a mole role it 's a conservative and careful thing to do and I have to do the job properly . |
| 24 | It 's a bribe . |
| 25 | So it 's a guarantee that everybody |
| 26 | ‘ Of course it is , it 's a squat . ’ |
| 27 | " Indeed , I 've been thinking perhaps it 's a mercy , you know . |
| 28 | For the same money y they will also tell you of any enquiry in your area , because somebody might not have mentioned favours , but anybody they know and it 's a photographer here as well because they 're fundamentally photographers , erm they will tell you everybody they know who 's going to have er a wedding coming up and then you can write to them . |
| 29 | It 's a nursery rhyme book . |
| 30 | Far from being overjoyed at the apparent climbdown protesters believe it 's a plot to throw them off their guard . |