Example sentences of "it [is] [pron] of " in BNC.

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1 because it 's nothing of a job .
2 It 's nothing of the sort , ’ she snorted .
3 oh it 's nothing of interest .
4 So it 's something of a treat that the Discovery has its first British airing at Motorfair .
5 AT FIRST sight it 's something of a puzzle how invertebrate animals without eyes measure daylength .
6 It 's something of a shock after the deserts of Utah and Arizona to be greeted by Canadian-style pine forests and snow showers in early June .
7 And then again I think it is escapism for some of them to get pregnant where there 's so much unemployment , it 's something of their own to be proud about .
8 ‘ You could say it 's something of an embarrassment . ’
9 It 's something of a comedown for the band who 've just had their first taste of the big time supporting Peter Gabriel in Europe .
10 It 's something of Orrie 's , actually .
11 It 's something of a miracle that Posh are still alive .
12 There is a a colossal amount of inconsistency er of a kind that if we were to practice such inconsistency in our courts there would be there would be absolute outcry and it 's it 's something of a scandal I think that er that the police and the executive generally are apparently able to get away with inconsistencies which we are not .
13 It 's something of a comedown for the band who 've just had their first taste of the big time supporting Peter Gabriel in Europe .
14 For a world class decathlete it 's something of a gear change .
15 Joan Gibbs says she really wanted a racehorse but could n't afford it and so she bought a greyhound and that 's the next best thing … it 's something of yours
16 It 's something of a performance load carrier , with a top speed of mph and 0– mph sprint time to 8. seconds .
17 It 's something of a social occasion , ’ said Dr Williams .
18 And it 's which of the expenditure bands would you be in ?
19 No no it 's which of er
20 Well it 's it 's plenty of time .
21 Anyway it 's plenty of time
22 It 's none of my business — but I would stress that the IRA never requested that I buy any such items for them . ’
23 ‘ Look , it 's none of your business where I go , ’ he said .
24 ‘ Do n't bother me ; it 's none of your business . ’
25 We know it 's none of us new boys , so — ’
26 It 's none of our business .
27 It 's none of her business . ’
28 The Crow Road , which masquerades as a comfortably sequential Bildungsroman ( it 's none of those ) , is also very much about the imagination and its processes .
29 Less cryptic was Barbara Bush , who once fumed at me after I made a similar enquiry : ‘ It 's none of your business and absolutely not …
30 And I do n't intend to meddle in your family life — if you ca n't talk to each other , it 's none of my business . ’
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