Example sentences of "it 's [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , I am not writing about him for the above reasons , it 's rather on account of an unlikely weakness of his than for one of his many strengths . |
| 2 | ‘ … a queer little place called Ornovitza , tucked away in an eastern corner of Europe , it 's rather of the Republic of San Marino type , only it is n't a republic , it 's a Duchy . ’ |
| 3 | It 's rather like pond life — little tadpoles eating even smaller ones and bigger ones eating them . |
| 4 | It 's rather like a computer when the disc goes wrong — you know the info is there but you ca n't tap into it . |
| 5 | It 's rather like the scene that I penned at the beginning of this column . |
| 6 | Butyl liners can be repaired successfully with a patch and special adhesive ( it 's rather like repairing a puncture in a cycle inner-tube ) . |
| 7 | It 's rather like a Ford Granada ; you can buy the basic version or you can pay almost as much as you would for a Jaguar and get the Ghia version . |
| 8 | It 's rather like a trip on the Circle Line ; you can get on at any point really , and you 'll get to the fridge , or the move , or the school fees sooner or later and then back to the beginning again . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's rather like flashing signals from a convenient hill-top . ’ |
| 10 | It 's rather like DIY in that one day you may need a power saw to cut up some timber , the next a hand saw for some precision work . |
| 11 | It 's rather like deciding where to hang a picture on a blank wall . |
| 12 | He said , it 's rather like your voice . |
| 13 | But the name of Powell is invoked to give legitimacy to the event ; it 's rather like getting the priest to bless your car . |
| 14 | It 's rather like knowing your mother is always the same , ’ she told reporters . |
| 15 | We get curious pride , you know , working with these kids … it 's rather like the kind of pride and fascination you get when you persuade a wild animal to eat from your hand … a curious feeling |
| 16 | ‘ It 's rather like a cathedral , ’ she murmured . |
| 17 | She said laughingly , ‘ It 's rather like a mini zoo , is n't it ? |
| 18 | It 's rather like a concrete bunker but hopefully with some work we can make it look quite nice . |
| 19 | Need for power is is one of things , it 's rather like erm need for achievement or something like that . |
| 20 | That was a great great left footed shot and could have got a nasty deflection , it 's luckily for Shrewsbury it went straight through everybody and er over for a goal kick . |
| 21 | No fun and frivolity as a treat at the end of Part 2 I 'm afraid — it 's straight into Part 3 . |
| 22 | There 's no hanging about here tonight it 's straight into the action from all the weekend and we start with the big match at Filbert Street , Leicester City against Nottingham Forest . |
| 23 | It 's straight into make-up as the experts behind-the-scenes work a little magic , then on to the wardrobe department for that all-important on-screen outfit . |
| 24 | Get a book published — that is hard enough — or a TV play produced and it 's straight to the newspapers to see what the critics say . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll give you a quick bath and then it 's straight to bed . ’ |
| 26 | It 's yet to be seen whether Jodami , yesterday 's Gold Cup winner will ever achieve the status of these two greats . |
| 27 | It 's yet to be seen if the report will have an unpleasnat side effect on sales . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , it 's already with the Court of Probate in Chancery at Westminster Hall . |
| 29 | It 's already on them thanks . |
| 30 | Certainly the Pentagon knows it 's already under investigation , but Hawkins did n't want anyone to know that he was pointing fingers in certain directions . |