Example sentences of "it [is] [prep] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Actually , ’ he said , ‘ it 's like so many things in life — something you go through with once , because you have to .
2 It 's like so many things you 've told me about these murders , robberies and the rape .
3 It is with precisely such phenomena that the methodology of the interpretive paradigm is concerned , and without them any conclusions drawn about the final product will be partial and uninformative .
4 Indeed , it is at exactly this stage of Picasso 's evolution that one senses behind his art the presence of this great ‘ primitive ’ who in his naiveté had unconsciously succeeded in ignoring the forces which had influenced French painting for the past fifty years , the forces against which Picasso and his friends were most immediately reacting .
5 But it is at precisely this time that price advantage comes into its own and companies become more willing to switch from existing suppliers if they can cut costs by using a new source .
6 It is for just such situations that the army plans and trains , and many years of trial and error have resulted in a hierarchy in which the number of subordinates at most levels is between 3 and 6 .
7 Whilst this may be attractive for the marketing companies it is of very little help to the consumer .
8 ‘ Believe me , Alice , it is of very little value , ’ Félix interrupted her .
9 For example , whilst advertising is very important in reaching out to consumer markets , it is of relatively little significance to industrial markets , where personal selling is the most popular method .
10 It is from just these categories that notions of sensibility traditionally take their meaning .
11 Yet it is in precisely this sort of situation that a woman who has hitherto chosen to stay at home with her children may need to seek work .
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