Example sentences of "[conj] it [is] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | His topographical drawings are most exact and particularly in his sketches of villages and houses some sense of intimacy is achieved , although it is usually in a grand setting . |
| 2 | The promoters tell us that it 's not like a book in which someone is telling you something . |
| 3 | Hitachi Ltd has put a tiger team from its Network Products Group in Silicon Valley on developing local network-based multisystem electronic mail products , hoping to have them all gussied up in time for a third-quarter roll-out : Hitachi reckons that it 's on to a good thing because veca : International Data Corp predicts the worldwide market will be 77m users in 1996 ; Hitachi is expected to make a point of integration , management and directory synchronisation likely using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol . |
| 4 | Amid such vibrant colour , the daily sorties into the collapsing , crowded streets near the cemetery become a source of such pleasure that it is not without a degree of reluctance that we finally throw our burdens onto a lorry bound for Sorata . |
| 5 | But then this theory confesses that it is completely at a loss as to how the image can possibly be received by the brain . |
| 6 | Whilst it would be an exaggeration to say that the part played by remains true that it is only in an exceptional case that a Government Bill fails to pass into law in substantially the form in which it entered Parliament . |
| 7 | In thermodynamics a reversible process is one that is carried out infinitely slowly and carefully so that it is virtually in a state of balance at all times . |
| 8 | ‘ So it 's down to a combination of continued good Presbyterian attitudes to housekeeping and our taking advantage of the recession to continue with our policy of expansion and growth . ’ |
| 9 | And if you hold a signing session — provided it is n't for a politician , a game-show host or some other nonentity — then the collectors will be out in force , perfectly happy to buy a new copy of Julian Barnes ' The Porcupine , though eager too to slip in their mint first of Metroland ( worth up to £80 ) or Flaubert 's Parrot ( £40 ) . |
| 10 | and it 's not on a bike either |
| 11 | And you can always tell reflectors in training , cos sometimes you 'll think what 's happening , nobody else wants participation , reflectors will actually stand back and think well what did they ask for , what do I talk about then and it 's always like a delayed response you get a lot of reflectors and we had one course once and we had all high reflector scores and that actually told us a lot about participation cos people were n't disguising any they were thinking about it coming in had time to consider an opinion so that 's a reflector . |
| 12 | on the nineteenth of August was postponed and it 's now in a couple of weeks , so I 'm gon na go |
| 13 | I am a bit annoyed so I said do n't get messed about I said this is the whole point cos if , if you get over there and there 's and it 's only for a bloody week it 'll be annoying . |
| 14 | Then we bury the toad in an ant-hill ; and it 's there for a full month , till the moon is at the full . |
| 15 | Well , it 's growing and it 's more like a small town now and — hey ! |
| 16 | And it is just over a month since she wept tears of frustration during an arduous visit to the dust and famine of drought-stricken Somalia . |
| 17 | What happens in er in genetics and how the genetic code is passed on , is that er this double strand of er this double strand is unzipped as it were , and it is just like a kind of zip fastener in that the teeth are the corresponding bases . |
| 18 | There is a small entrance charge and it is well worth a visit . |
| 19 | Rockhoppers usually come ashore in the evenings and it is well worth a special trip to watch the performance . |
| 20 | The gentle ascending traverse belies the true nature of the clough , and it is only beyond a stile on the western bank of the steam bed that the deeply-cut nature of the ravine is revealed . |
| 21 | It means that when pesticides are used , and it is only as a last resort , then the most environmentally friendly are chosen . |
| 22 | He pointed out that , when new products come on the market , they are often treated as great blessings , and it is only after a great deal of experience and use that we learn of their dangers and downsides . |
| 23 | I would rather see people that are going to start work , even if it is only for a year , at the same time where they are working that year that somebody take an interest in what 's going to happen to them at the end of that year . |
| 24 | Furthermore , you are entitled to assume that any flat roof will need replacing before long , even if it is only on a garage , porch or dormer window . |
| 25 | If it is really from a hominid , then the date when man 's ancestors first stood up would recede by one to two million years and place the divergence between man-s ancestors and great apes beyond five million years ago . |
| 26 | ‘ But understand , from my side , that I 'd like to see her once a fortnight , if it 's just for an hour , and that whatever holidays the other bairns have , she 's got to have the same . |
| 27 | And depending whether it 's a rectangular plot or whether it is n't or not or if it 's slightly at an angle then some of the corner houses have a fairly long gardens . |
| 28 | Even if it 's only for a few days both you and your baby will benefit . |
| 29 | Always close and lock all doors and windows when you leave your caravan — even if it 's only for a few minutes . |
| 30 | To protect your bike , always lock it every time you leave it , even if it 's only for a few minutes . |