Example sentences of "[coord] it is a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is some merit in this of course , because there are several isomers of pentane and higher hydrocarbons , and it is a little confusing to call them all isopentane , isohexane etc . |
| 2 | But , it is not the only way and it is a most precarious way . |
| 3 | The room is surprisingly tiny , about twenty foot by ten , and it is a wonderfully confusing muddle of busy people , lengths of floating tulle , camellias , row upon row of shoes , myriad hats , plastic bags containing finished ensembles , racks of Chanel jackets , drifts of white georgette and bottles of Evian water and champagne . |
| 4 | We recognise why that is , and it is a perfectly reasonable requirement that they should be given that free school meal , but it is producing a rather sudden burden for education authorities which they are finding difficult to accommodate at present . |
| 5 | ‘ People , ’ he says , ‘ have a right not to know , and it is a more valuable one . ’ |
| 6 | Children are very interested in the cards and it is a very effective way of getting this message across . |
| 7 | Those of us who live and work in Northern Ireland would say that the feeling on the part of the community about bringing these matters to an end is not the result of any war-weary or defeatist feeling but because we want to bring them to an end and restore peace , and it is a very strong feeling . |
| 8 | If an earthquake happens in , let us say , Timbuctoo , and it is a very strong earthquake which shakes erm towns in surrounding areas perhaps sort of fifty miles away erm that is clearly a disaster of one sort or another . |
| 9 | I am glad to say that Girobank have agreed to refund the 10 because , said a spokeswoman , ‘ Mr Kimbrey has never been overdrawn before , is a good customer , and it is a very small amount . ’ |
| 10 | By 1931 all these techniques were routine , and it is a very great pity that the people who developed them can not now be identified . |
| 11 | The name means ‘ a windswept house on a hill ’ , and it is a very good description . |
| 12 | And it is a very good way to find out whether it 's rubbish and whether you actually ought to start again . |
| 13 | ‘ There are 30 people on the road with the band and it is a very strange situation to be travelling with so many people constantly . |
| 14 | But , and it is a very big but , where should the line be drawn ? |
| 15 | If — and it is a very big ‘ if ’ — the matter sucked into a black hole must reappear somewhere and somewhen else , we must ask ourselves what the other end of the ‘ tunnel ’ would be like . |
| 16 | Unhappily , such days do not come too often , for I live a long way from Ringwood and it is a very popular river in that area . |
| 17 | This is part of the knowledge that you are going to have , and it is a very important part . |
| 18 | Te the important message that you 're , you 've raised and it is a very important one , is that over the next years , I mean we , we will have to change the way that we charge for |
| 19 | So I immediately started to look into these things , which are personal attack alarms and it is a very basic er deterrent value . |
| 20 | In Santa Ana , prostitution is organized by the military and it is a very lucrative business . |
| 21 | And it is a very British coup . |
| 22 | The fact is that in the world of switch-mode power supplies ( and it is a very large world indeed , covering PCB , mainframe computers , electronic telephone exchanges , military equipment , aerospace , and more besides ) it is rare to come across a Cuk converter . |
| 23 | In fact , it has no medical value whatever and it is an extremely dangerous drug to have lying around . |
| 24 | of its payroll on training , and it is an extremely successful company . |
| 25 | This is really a question about embryology , not genetics ; and it is an entirely separate question from the one that worried the Bishop of Birmingham and others . |
| 26 | This introduction to a scene and the gradual unfolding of the action within it may seem to be a rather academic restriction on the freedom of the cameraman , but it is a most important movie-making technique because it gives the viewer the feeling of involvement as a participant in the exploration of the location . |
| 27 | All the teacher can do — but it is a most important and fulfilling role — is to encourage self-reflection through appropriate teaching style ( see Chapter 10 on this ) . |
| 28 | That may appeal to an audience of a certain age , but it is a pretty foggy vision . |
| 29 | But it is a little thin now , and it only just reached the back of the hall . |
| 30 | Yeah , but it is a LITTLE dodgy , you sometimes get announcements over the speaker during the match where someone whos parked in that area is asked to move their car ! |