Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun] [verb] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the exhausted doctors say it 's not enough … and they want the government to honour its promise … |
| 2 | Photography is a highly specialised business and apart from the odd record shot it is not usually a good idea for the PRO to take his or her own photographs . |
| 3 | In view of the technical advance implied it is thought that it was probably he who was the ‘ Mr Showers ’ who was complimented in 1692 for having played in hitherto impossible keys and ‘ with all the softness imaginable ’ ; but at that date the reference might conceivably be to his father or , less probably , his kinsman William . |
| 4 | It 's handy to know the right way to do it in n it ? |
| 5 | The Labour Party thinks it is time for a fresh start . |
| 6 | The Ecumenical Centre says it is clear that from the very beginning the new regime planned to eliminate the media from the political scene . |
| 7 | We have always said that the proper way to do it is to have the service areas there and ready to open on the day the motorway itself is opened to traffic . |
| 8 | But brilliant summer sunshine and the fact that this is a well-established part of the English season mean it 's also a chance to see and be seen . |
| 9 | we always we always go to Spalding well not always but a lot of the time we go to Spalding and I always have what is called the raw vegetable dip it 's all vegetables , you name it , the vegetables are on there you know carrots erm |
| 10 | The sensible ones know it is in their interest to do so as well . ’ |
| 11 | And the old lady thinks it 's all genuine . |
| 12 | Mark Feinstein , an American researching the problem , writes in New Scientist : ‘ Why would an animal spend such an extraordinary amount of energy letting the entire world know it 's indecisive ? ’ |
| 13 | The easy way to remember it is that for a ‘ lesser ’ number of degrees , you turn ‘ left ’ , e.g. turning from 350° to 320° is turning to a lesser number and therefore you turn left . |
| 14 | The easy way to remember it is : |
| 15 | THE Premier League celebrates it 's first birthday tomorrow after promising a football revolution . |
| 16 | The 3 main parties regard Cheltenham as a glistening prize , although the Tories and the Liberal Democrats say it 's a two horse race . |
| 17 | Conversation with adults may lead children towards sorting out straight edges or corners , and with the large floor puzzles it is often possible to match pieces by colour or pattern . |
| 18 | The National Front says it is ‘ very pleased ’ with its ‘ softly softly approach ’ to the election , even though it was trounced by the British National Party . |
| 19 | What comment has the minister to make on this example of corporate ethics or does she like the Prime Minister believe it 's no matter for her ? |
| 20 | We 're trying to raise the question — ‘ who is responsible , who would I sue if all my children died in a camp on the Thai-Kampuchia border , who would be liable for , for those deaths , er If I 'm there totally dependent on food aid , and the international community says it 's feeding me and they 're not ? ’ |
| 21 | Well if the definition of salinity is the amount of salt dissolved in a particular volume of water , perhaps the logical way to do it is simply to take a volume of water and evaporate it and weigh the amount of salt that 's left so that might be the simplest approach . |
| 22 | To inculcate the population with the belief that their rulers have the right to demand obedience and they the corresponding duty to give it is the principal art of government . |
| 23 | A similar investigation was carried out with the lexicon used in the current system to determine it 's ability to cope with unseen text . |
| 24 | This argument has a psychological ( and ideological ! ) appeal although the empirical evidence to support it is rather thin . |
| 25 | The Genesis flood story has a recognizable background in Mesopotamia , and the numerous similarities suggest it is a record of the same event as the Babylonian . |
| 26 | The damned finch thinks it 's a woodpecker . |
| 27 | However you do the sums , the levy is clearly there to pay for history ; the Select Committee said it is ‘ indefensible that so much of the burden of discharging the pre-April 1990 liabilities should be placed on electricity consumers within one eight-year period ’ . |
| 28 | The on-screen tutorial means it 's easy to use , and the sound is fun , but it 's not the one to buy if you plan to move into more sophisticated computing at a later date . |
| 29 | The simplest way to cook it is cut into chunks with sugar , about 100g/4oz to each 450g/1lb rhubarb . |
| 30 | As the above story shows it is often difficult to think of the obvious . |