Example sentences of "it is [pron] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is something akin to a miracle that Ojomoh is still in England , never mind the national squad . |
| 2 | It is something akin to a child 's musing choice to disobey a parent , ‘ Shall I or sha n't I ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I am rapidly coming to the conclusion , ’ said Busacher thoughtfully , ‘ that it is something personal with Madge Grimsilk and me . |
| 4 | PERHAPS it is something personal between the Kuwaitis and Sir Peter Walters , but the Arabs seem set to use the London stock market to interfere with his plans . |
| 5 | It could be , or I 'm just wondering if it 's actually squirrels , because although the , the excreta contains berries erm a squirrel will eat berries , it will also eat nuts and of course they do bury their nuts and I 've actually seen squirrels in other parts of the country digging holes and starting a bit of a larder and of course there are a lot of , of erm squirrels in Croydon so I think unless you actually see the animal you can only speculate that it is something small like a vole or , or a squirrel . |
| 6 | They believe that it is possible for man , and that it is indeed his highest intellectual and emotional task , to survey his own being , to call into the forefront of his mind every attitude and habit of mind , of emotion , of passion and feeling , to penetrate down beneath these superficial layers , to deeper and deeper and ever more tranquil , untroubled generalized forms of the self , until eventually you come within sight of some inner absolutely undisturbed pool which every person has within himself , and which if he finds it removes him finally from the distracting passions of ordinary life , and with this rider , that in proportion as you get there and find this thing , this true self within yourself , you find that it is n't just something subjective and peculiar to you , it is something identical with the world , so that in solving your own problems in one sense , you do it by transcending your ordinary nature . |
| 7 | Still , it is something unrequited in Jackie and it curiously twists his character , making him sometimes use people on his upward path . |
| 8 | The school stories are still the major fodder of the magazine , if only because it is something universal to everyone in this country . |
| 9 | stop flashing yo it is something wrong with the ribbon or erm what was it , I said , he said clutch and ribbon , or just the ribbon ? |
| 10 | It is something evil from the forest . |
| 11 | It need not be a big thing so long as it is something novel to you and breaks your normal routine . |
| 12 | ‘ It is something unfortunate on the table , goodbye . ’ |
| 13 | I 've played many neck-through-body instruments before and sustain has generally been very good , but here it is nothing short of remarkable . |
| 14 | ‘ It is nothing short of a miracle , ’ said one . |
| 15 | They should be taken away from her , for it is nothing short of blasphemy for her to flaunt them as she does . " |
| 16 | But is it is it detachable round |
| 17 | I mean , is it is it harder for for single women , for lesbian women to get access to the available technology , what experience does anyone have ? |
| 18 | D' ya is it is it advisable over the phone then to mention the price first or is it better to go into the to the er to the er |
| 19 | But just let me come back to the the point I want to make , it is it evident to us from what was said yesterday collectively by the District Councils , that they could live with the figure of forty one thousand two hundred , as proposed by the County Council , without a new settlement . |
| 20 | ‘ It is my greatest of pleasures , or almost so , to bring afore your attentions a very distinguished applicant for joining this here famous company of scholars and gentlemen . ’ |