Example sentences of "is [art] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 It is a little over a century since the first Protestant missionaries arrived in Brazil .
2 The normal period between contract and completion is a little over a month , but the Lois Scribener rules must be taken into account in fixing a date , as … considerable delays … can occur in obtaining replies to Land Registry searches .
3 This is a little like a video cassette .
4 The decoration on the discs , which seldom have names on , is usually either a variation of the Christian monogram IHS , or else the so-called ‘ Basque cross ’ , which is a little like a four-leafed clover and has sometimes been argued , in an attempt to find an origin for the Basques in the East , to derive from the old Hindu symbol of the swastika .
5 Now what should make you very suspicious is a soon as a policeman appears
6 ‘ This is a once in a lifetime find .
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