Example sentences of "it [be] [adv] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have run after me to find out this thing as if it were just an answer to a riddle , or a joke which you remembered half of . |
| 2 | If it were less an absurdity , the House of Commons would have to take it seriously . |
| 3 | It 's rather an adventure . ’ |
| 4 | I think it 's rather an island in in the middle of the ermerm cultivated land so if you stand on top of the Ridgeway and look down you can see the Harwell site standing out as a a green treed area erm compared with the corn all round it . |
| 5 | You think ‘ I 'll take a stat of that , ’ and you find that when it 's considered it 's a fairly minor one , although it 's strictly an offence and it does n't comply … it 's way out of the normal working standards . |
| 6 | I would remind you that this is a counter-espionage matter which means it 's strictly an MIS and Special Branch affair . ’ |
| 7 | But er in fact it 's probably an advantage because the people who come in are generally they 're very friendly they 're they 've got a good spirit amongst themselves . |
| 8 | In other words fat issue it 's probably an issue . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's probably an aubergine , ’ Sara replied . |
| 10 | Oh yeah you see it 's probably an apple bit . |
| 11 | It 's probably an indication that your memory 's about to return . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It 's over an hour since we last used the tap , ’ April corrected her . |
| 13 | BY THE time I get to see Kurt , it 's over an hour after the show 's finished . |
| 14 | It 's either an avenue or a road , right ? |
| 15 | It 's surely an indication that St Valentine has borrowed St Nicholas 's pocket calculator , and is determined to turn his eternal dream into a business . |
| 16 | It 's simply an activity which has been a little overestimated and is regarded as something of major importance . |
| 17 | my Lord I do n't think that 's different , erm it 's not the restriction , one saying that the res the , the , it 's not restricting competition it 's simply an entry condition , but it does n't have the effect of taking anybody outside of the market who should be there |
| 18 | Erm , we tend to get it it 's just an exercise , but it proved a point that even in twenty minutes we were , we 'd only got through only got through to doing ideals , |
| 19 | No it 's just , it 's just an opportunity |
| 20 | It 's just an opportunity to meet and that 's all I 'm asking for . |
| 21 | It 's just an idea I 've had and … ’ |
| 22 | Well it 's just an idea |
| 23 | it 's just an idea , i it may not be right |
| 24 | It 's just an idea . |
| 25 | I mean , I think it 's terrible and , and I mean , if Mr Lilley himself went into some of the houses that I go into and see the the existence that they live , because that 's all it is , you know , it 's just an existence . |
| 26 | And that goes back to what I said earlier , in that we just do n't see ourselves working internally , in meetings , in negotiations and report binding , with erm , with other officer 's , we see ourselves as a vocal point to get in information out , to , to people , erm and working with people , erm , and that 's erm again a major part of the work we do and just as an example of something that we provide , this is erm , this is the hidden divide , the bulletin of Harlow 's Anti Poverty Strategy Group , this is the latest edition , and it 's just an update on erm impact of eh living in Britain in nineteen ninety one today , the people who are on low income , but we , we 've produced that quarterly , erm , but there , we produce loads of leaflets , were always producing leaflets , and basically if there 's a major piece of legislation there be , there be something worth getting use on it . |
| 27 | And it 's just an uncle that give them |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't think it 's just an attitude . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's only for a few days , Elinor , and it 's just an hour and a half away from London . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's just an hour 's run to the turn-off , ’ Bertha had assured her . |