Example sentences of "it [is] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sweeping contours of the hill at that point have always reminded me of a huge wave about to break , and it 's an uncomfortable thought trying to imagine where you might stop for lunch , and what would happen if you dropped your orange . |
| 2 | From day one Macintosh applications have been WYSIWYG , it 's an integral part of the machine 's concept . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not the whole answer , ’ insists Fletcher , ‘ But it 's an integral part of the answer . |
| 4 | You would probably see them on front doors and perhaps some of you have already got them , where about a third of the way up is a little brass plate , and it 's an integral lock that 's fitted into the door . |
| 5 | Alright , when the supply comes on to the market , you know , it may be nine months down the road if it 's an annual crop , if you 're looking at something like erm , production of cocoa , right now , a cocoa tree takes about nine years to mature , therefore alright , you 're not going to know what prices are going to be nine years down the road , you 're going to have to base your production decisions and therefore your output decisions on what prices are nearly a decade , nearly a decade ago . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's an annual thing , ’ she continued , ‘ organised locally . |
| 7 | It 's an annual ritual for the National Trust , as they close down their properties for the winter break . |
| 8 | Ah , erm , but , do you think that , sorry , do you think the appraisal itself , because it 's an annual event , er , some branch managers will get to you with what turns out to be the performance review , and therefore , not doing it during the year , because of the appraisal ? |
| 9 | It 's an anti-social habit . |
| 10 | It 's an epiphytic bromeliad . |
| 11 | If it was , for instance , Peregrine , which south of Pes Preston , certainly in my area , will grow quite well on a wall outside , then I think you 'll get away with netting but I think without knowing whether it 's an indoor peach or an outdoor peach , you 're on a bit of a loser . |
| 12 | One concerned player said last night : ‘ It 's not very nice but it 's an ongoing thing and we know the club has n't got any money . ’ |
| 13 | trouble is it 's an ongoing , it 's a not a bit of training it 's an ongoing |
| 14 | trouble is it 's an ongoing , it 's a not a bit of training it 's an ongoing |
| 15 | It 's an ongoing exercise , and er we have produced er sufficient scientific evidence to show that this pond is of tremendous value . |
| 16 | It 's , it 's a r it 's an ongoing programme where they have sixty five thousand in , into er , deal with small problems , problems of a capital nature , but the far fixed er , man is pollution prevention , which is basically a legal requirement to stop effluent going into the stream and the like . |
| 17 | So it 's an ongoing process that the first medical pra or some medical practice booklets are just coming up for their second resale . |
| 18 | And it 's a , it 's an ongoing thing |
| 19 | it 's an ongoing thing . |
| 20 | Where beat officers come into play is where you 've got the non-urgent , what we call , the traffic , the non-urgent jobs , erm , where people can afford , maybe a couple of hours , it might be that they have to wait until the beat officer gets on duty could be a day or so 's time and they they do do an awful lot of work , and it 's an ongoing thing . |
| 21 | relationship , I mean do set up , I mean , if you get into , if you establish relations with me then it 's an ongoing thing , it can be , and it ought to be , so you actually do see the same people over a period of time , and you do establish a modicum of trust , not entire trust , because it 's asking too much for entire trust in all circumstances , but at least there is a certain understanding , particularly with the , on the , on the local basis . |
| 22 | It 's , it 's an ongoing situation . ’ |
| 23 | It 's an absorbing question . |
| 24 | To him , it 's an absorbing world of contrasts . |
| 25 | I mean she said it 's an instant thing when someone 's got a handbag you realise afterwards . |
| 26 | It saddens me that it 's an inner-city drug , that genocide happens where there 's a high concentration of black people . |
| 27 | It 's an updated version of the ancient trade of swapping goods . |
| 28 | For those just coming out onto the scene , it 's an established fact that many can come to terms with , but for those who have set patterns of sexual behaviour or who 've put themselves at risk in the past , it 's a great problem . |
| 29 | So it 's an official thing is it ? |
| 30 | ‘ And never forget , it 's an away match , and we 're on a sticky wicket . |