Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] it [be] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Catt accepts that it was only a minor detail in her boyfriend 's sacking but feels it has a relevance . |
| 2 | However , Debbie thinks that it 's not a good idea to pressurise children into playing an instrument too early . |
| 3 | Now Councillor thinks that it was just an accident and people will understand . |
| 4 | Walter says that it is probably a wedding but suggests that we investigate . |
| 5 | The mother says that it was not a wrongful removal and that , even if it was , she has a defence under article 13 in that there is a grave risk that the return of the child would expose him to physical or psychological harm or otherwise place him in an intolerable situation . |
| 6 | The couple have now left Ross on wye , Jonathans girfriend says that it was only a small minority who were involved in racial abuse but it was so unpleasant they now feel they ca n't live there any longer . |
| 7 | do n't you go comma say your teacher , or somebody like that , so it just shows that it 's not a reference . |
| 8 | From the outside it looks the same as the broader opportunity garden , but once through the gates the entrant sees that it is only a narrow strip . |
| 9 | Each time the noise from the ‘ tap tap ’ obviously increases until it is more a ‘ clap clap ’ . |
| 10 | Ours shows because it 's not a bold pattern it 's very subdued |
| 11 | However , the overlap between designs and copyright has been eroded by section 51 of the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act 1988 which states that it is not an infringement of any copyright in a design document or model recording or embodying a design for anything other than an artistic work ( or a typeface ) , to make an article to the design or to copy an article made to the design . |
| 12 | It is interesting to note that stereo sound is already featured on some video recorders and camcorders , and it seems that it is only a matter of time before it becomes standard as for sound recorders . |
| 13 | For example Barthes 's account of French amateur wrestling asserts that it is not a contest but a spectacle and so the outcome ( who wins ) is not a significant point in the event . |
| 14 | Manager Kenny Shiels , watching his side win for the first time since the opening day of the season , feels that it 's not an impossible dream . |
| 15 | Manager Kenny Shiels , watching his side win for the first time since the opening day of the season , feels that it 's not an impossible dream . |
| 16 | Fat bald man asks if it is not a bracing time of year . |
| 17 | If it 's not an animal , then it follows that it 's not a dog . |
| 18 | The following description of the scientific method by a twentieth-century economist conforms closely to the naive inductivist account of science as I have described it , and indicates that it is not a position that I have invented solely for the purpose of criticizing it . |
| 19 | And the fitness for purpose at the back of all this , indicates that it 's not a bad idea to talk to the client . |
| 20 | No it means that it is n't a wide driveage it means it 's a narrow one . |
| 21 | Increased life expectancy means that it is now a rare occurrence for children to be orphaned . |
| 22 | Some scholars have claimed that the fact that Ambrose did not give an exact site for the church — indeed , it seems he was actually careful not to — means that it was not a real church at all , merely a metaphor . |
| 23 | This fact alone implies that it was not an exhausting activity but was used for relaxation and entertainment . |
| 24 | Carl N. Degler , using evidence from women of the urban middle class in America ( the class to which Acton 's work was directed ) , together with a survey of married women 's sexual attitudes begun in the 1890s by Dr C. D. Mosher , argues that it was more an ideology seeking to be established than the prevalent view or practice of even middle-class women . |
| 25 | He claims that it is never a mere tautology that what has some such property is good , but always a substantial claim in ethics . |
| 26 | A novel theory about the origin of oil suggests that it is actually a product of the earth 's core , and not of living organisms at all , but this is not widely accepted . |
| 27 | This suggests that it is only a possibility where the baby is so handicapped for any reasonable human existence to be impossible . |