Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] and [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The dry set is going to be popular this year — it 's fast and achieves the look of the 90's . |
| 2 | It 's compact and has a shortwave capacity to pick up stations around the globe . |
| 3 | Yellow Peril 's defenders insist like all good art it 's provocative and has a sting in the tail |
| 4 | This imparts a rhythm to the neck even when it is straight and gives a sense of alertness and tensile strength . |
| 5 | It is patriarchal and envisaged no links between the separate monasteries . |
| 6 | That is , it is infrastructural and confers a public benefit , from which enterprises in general will gain . |
| 7 | The latter idea of a general justification may be more welcome and acceptable to lawyers , since it is tidy and fills the need for categorization and easy pigeon-holing . |
| 8 | It is unacceptable and has the potential to cause great harm to children who may see it . |
| 9 | A small generator can be used primarily to stop a battery discharging and it will only be able to recharge a battery if it is small and has a long time in which to do it . |
| 10 | The comment from , Scottish & Newcastle 's finance director , was typical : ‘ I think it 's a very important concept that the board through management is responsible for seeing that internal control works and for the day-to-day detection of fraud , while the auditors also have a responsibility where it is material and affects the annual accounts . ’ |
| 11 | At present ‘ Palantype ’ could be available for a privileged few — it is expensive and requires a full-time operator . |
| 12 | To argue that it is computer-generated and has no human author runs counter to common sense . |
| 13 | it is unnecessary and increases the work load . |
| 14 | This building is more Romanesque than other works ; it is cruciform and has a particularly fine galleried and arcaded apse dating from about 1140 . |
| 15 | Prison labour may be efficient in terms of costs , but it is slow and requires a high degree of commitment of the staff at all levels . |
| 16 | In a large bowl , whisk together the eggs and 100g/4oz of the sugar until it is thick and holds a trail from the beaters . |
| 17 | The interior is most interesting : it is large and has an 11-bay nave with varying classical capitals and columns . |
| 18 | I enjoyed ‘ Futility ’ very much as it is poem with a message for all people and like most of Wilfred Owen 's poems it is timeless and has a meaning not only for the first World War but for wars to come . |
| 19 | Serum fructosamine concentration looks a possible alternative to HbA 1 ( Baker et al , 1985 ) : it is reliable and reflects the integrated blood glucose level over three to six weeks versus eight to 12 . |
| 20 | It is non-transposing and possesses a complete chromatic scale . |
| 21 | This puts the onus clearly on the party supplying the information to show that it is sensitive and leaves the decision whether to allow the withholding of information to the regulator or responsible body concerned . |
| 22 | It is migratory and follows the seasonal warming of the water . |
| 23 | He realized it was blue and saw the loose thread writhing at the button of the prison shirt worn by the smiling dark haired girl . |
| 24 | It was dark and had a tiny window . |
| 25 | Last night I opened my eyes when it was dark and feeling a sudden want of air opened the window when to my astonishment I was in time to see Oreste carried past in the arms of an angel and I wept and called out to him but there was no reply and soon they were gone up to the heavens and lost sight of . |
| 26 | He says it was graphic and showed the effect speed has . |
| 27 | ‘ Everyone has a trick that goes wrong , but you can turn this to your advantage by pretending it was deliberate and making the audience laugh , ’ he said . |
| 28 | It was undated and had no address . |
| 29 | I am now in my 93rd year and quite clearly recall having read the Echo when it was pink and cost a half-penny . |
| 30 | In fact it was unfair and represents a furtherance of Hope 's ambition of a Gothic Foreign Office . |