Example sentences of "it is [adj] [adv] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is all rather reminiscent of the Emperor Maximilian 's remark to the future Charles V , ‘ My son , you go and deceive the English , and I will go and deceive the French ’ . |
| 2 | It is all very confusing with the result , in my experience , that in many instances the fishkeeper has to find the right feed level by trial and error , which invariably involves water quality problems , as well as compromising the health of the fish until the correct balance is achieved . |
| 3 | It is all very well to be phlegmatic and hope that all will come right in the end but surely it would be better to stimulate discussion with a view to obtaining fresh ideas on how to deal with new circumstances which have never before confronted the capitalist world ? |
| 4 | It is all very well for doctors . ’ |
| 5 | It is all very well for me to say cheerfully , ‘ Life begins at sixty . ’ |
| 6 | Perhaps you are thinking it is all very well for them , they are young . |
| 7 | It is all very well for the hon. Gentleman to make such comments . |
| 8 | It is all very well for the Government to pretend to mount a campaign against drugs and drug imports , but at the same time they have allowed another Department , the Treasury — Conservative Members do not want to hear — to cut 400 customs officer jobs . |
| 9 | It is all very well for the hon. Gentleman to say that . |
| 10 | It is all very well for him to pepper a debate with the emotive terms to which he is addicted , such as ’ crisis ’ and ’ collapse ’ , and to describe the board as having ’ a pistol to its head ’ . |
| 11 | It is all very well for us to say that we must ensure that prisoners are properly employed , but when the unemployment figures increase every month in the east midlands , there is resentment and resistance to prison inmates engaging in meaningful work as such work would probably take away jobs outside the prison . |
| 12 | It is all very well for the Labour party to say that it will increase pensions in line with earnings , but that presupposes that earnings will rise faster than prices . |
| 13 | It is all very well for the hon. Gentleman to say that the Government have given an undertaking not to turn away volunteers , but 102 Royal Artillery in Northern Ireland is at a strength of 103 per cent . |
| 14 | It is all very well for Opposition Members to say ’ Oh ! ’ but all of them were happy to fight the 1983 election on exactly that manifesto . |
| 15 | It is all very well for modern econometric historians to argue retrospectively that slave or serf agriculture was actually more profitable or even more efficient than agriculture manned by free labour . |
| 16 | It is all very well for companies like Rentokil , or Guinness , which said it could not act this time round but was considering similar action at a later date , to compensate their shareholders . |
| 17 | It is all very well for us to sit here and tell teachers to go on extra courses , but they 're finding that there are n't any left , so the next thing that they can turn to the next person they can turn to is the educational psychologist . |
| 18 | Youngsters do wheelies in bikes and cars and it is all very frightening for people in the area . ’ |
| 19 | Now though it is all very secure for me so I will not be going back , ’ she said . |
| 20 | It is all deeply confusing to those accustomed to reporting leadership contests in the Labour Party . |
| 21 | The inevitable domestic dramas ; the illnesses ; the school exams ; the trips to casualty departments of hospitals ; the entertaining of foreign exchange schoolchildren ; the ferrying to and fro to Brownies , school camp , music lessons , the station ; the constant coming and going of teenage friends ; the battle of the telephone : it is all so familiar to every parent , and it is so exhausting ! |