Example sentences of "[noun pl] and it [is] [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 But do n't worry , I 'm not going to get academic here ( as if I could ! ) ; research is possible by many methods and it 's simply a matter of what you fancy doing .
2 Many know the words and it is just a case of practically demonstrating the love of Jesus to them .
3 This is her method of communication , she uses her left hand mainly to tap the keys and it is necessarily a slow process .
4 If you can manage a visit of two to three days ( or even just one day ) it is well worth it — the modern boat takes 1½ hours and it is only a matter of minutes in the small jet aircraft .
5 No it 's really good , you can have them for like two days and it 's only a pound , it 's really good .
6 The value of professionality is that it focuses attention upon the activities of teachers in relation to pupils , each other and their organisations and it is thus a dynamic concept in opposition to the rather static ‘ characteristics ’ or ‘ descriptive ’ approach inherent in most studies of professionalism .
7 The award is given every two years and it is generally a requirement that the discovered drug is in therapeutic use .
8 However the subscription has not gone up for 2 years and it is only a 15p per week rise .
9 We need to know whether it was from the Mail on Sunday or the Sunday Times , from the television , all those sort of things and it 's just a simple form , they tick a tick a box .
10 Although at easter time there is some shocking bad weather sometimes , you know really cold sleety showers and it 's just a question of getting out there to the sand and get it over quickly .
11 In my view these different aspects should be coordinated by a cardiologist who is in charge of the patients and it is certainly a mistake to regard rehabilitation as something separate and only suitable for good risk patients who do not require proper medical follow-up .
12 Consider , for example , a mechanical clock : its several cogwheels will all turn at different rates and it is almost an arbitrary decision to link some of these to ‘ hands ’ that tell us the passage of the seconds , minutes , hours , or lunar month .
13 Now the reason we suggested that we join the consortium with the emphasis sort of thing we look on this with the District of the County Council who are members and it is now a wider the pamphlets , merely those adjacent to the terminal airport .
14 Mr Deputy Speaker , as the honourable members knows , our S S A calculations are on slightly different basis from England as we set out in this report and we do believe that local authorities should have the maximum flexibility to make their own decisions and it is therefore a matter for local debate .
15 The use of hydrogen bonds , that is hydroxyl groups ( -OH ) ( see Appendix 1 ) to control adhesion at an interface is very common in living organisms and it is presumably a convenient method where the environment is continuously wet .
16 Northgate South ward councillor Dot Long , who took the case up with Labour colleague Eleanor Young , said : ‘ The illegal parking is breaking up the paving stones and it 's generally a nuisance for nearby residents .
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