Example sentences of "[adj] it [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear it was the reform-minded Mr Modrow and his supporters in the Central Committee who urged the leadership to press ahead swiftly with fundamental change , including the decision to allow free travel . |
| 2 | By the 1890s it was the established practice for Nonconformist ministers , along with local clergymen , to stand for election to the Boards . |
| 3 | These children would be billeted out among local families , and for some it was the only holiday they ever had . |
| 4 | ‘ Exactly , but I 'm afraid it 's the old class system again , Anne . |
| 5 | There was a children 's outing that day and I 'm afraid it 's the old story . |
| 6 | As such it is the physical outworking of our commitment to love . |
| 7 | As such it is the very antithesis of religion . |
| 8 | Under the Local Government Act 1929 it was the positive duty of the local authority to recover the whole of the expenses ( or as much as the person could afford ) . |
| 9 | So whereas he had treated with the pro-English party in Scotland in the first half of 1543 , in 1544 it was the pro-French faction which was uppermost in his mind . |
| 10 | In scene four , Anderson 's uneasiness is ultimately of his own making , but in scene six it is the confusing and confrontational nature of the speech situation he finds himself in which unnerves him . |
| 11 | Its monopoly of the Asian trade was still its reward for being one of the main holders of the national debt , and after Robert Clive 's victory over the French at Plessey in 1757 it was the virtual ruler of Bengal . |
| 12 | When I first pulled into the drive , I was convinced it was the wrong house : too calm , too serene , too normal . |
| 13 | By and large it is the large brewers , which include Allied , Bass and Whitbread , who are leading the way in refurbishment and catering , and ownership of these retail outlets is at a premium . |
| 14 | Norwood is now a fairly grubby inner London area , but when Camille Pissarro lived there in 1870 it was the very edge of the city , combining townscape and country in a way that Pissarro found particularly attractive ( he lived and worked on the outskirts of Paris for most of his career ) . |
| 15 | Most likely it was the continued upward pressure on the sterling exchange rate over the weekend . |
| 16 | And of these it is the small-to-medium family cars that sell in the greatest numbers . |
| 17 | During World War II it was the only German-speaking theatre where fre speech was possible . |
| 18 | Although the poetic writing of this author is undoubtedly praiseworthy , I am sure it is the near pornographic content that actually makes her sell . |
| 19 | Point one end and paint with Cuprinol green — make sure it is the green kind for garden use ; the brown wood preservatives are very like creosote and can be harmful to plant life . |
| 20 | So make sure it 's the right one . |
| 21 | ‘ The police wo n't name anyone publicly until they 're sure it 's the right person . ’ |
| 22 | Sure it 's the right mission ? |
| 23 | An if you really do n't know any and you 're gon na have an attempt at a question that you do n't understand , make sure it 's the other person 's , ok ? |
| 24 | Answer Yes when you 're sure it 's the correct icon to zap , and lo and behold , the icon is gone . |
| 25 | But it certainly saw some action Last occupied in 1315 it was the ancestral home of the Fitzhughs but passed by marriage out of the family when the last of the male line died in a hunting accident while pursuing his quarry clean over a cliff , if local legend is correct . |
| 26 | Above all it is the sheer variety and abundance of brachiopods that give shallow water Palaeozoic assemblages of fossils their distinctive ‘ feel ’ . |
| 27 | While this took different forms for the Asian and white women involved , nonetheless for all it was the only real economic option . |
| 28 | As Rhodes ( 1985 ) notes , sub-national government in the UK has developed extensively because until the 1970s it was the prime vehicle for building the welfare state . |
| 29 | East , West , rich , poor it 's the famous fickle finger all over again . |
| 30 | A sentence with an indefinite referent , such as ( 82 ) , on the other hand , simply asserts that there was a snap ( based on the fact that a perceptual event took place ) : because the subject 's referent is indefinite it is the mere occurrence of the infinitival event and not its realization by a certain person or thing which constitutes sufficiently significant information here , whence the acceptability of such uses . |