Example sentences of "it is [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Folk in Up Hatherley , Gloucestershire , have the same problem uffolding the dignity of the district but it is uffill work . |
| 2 | Nokia Oy , Helsinki says that it is increase its capital base with an international placing of about $100m of new preference shares ; no details yet . |
| 3 | It is dusk when we arrive . |
| 4 | But as soon as it is dusk , the soil becomes alive with toads frantically digging their way to the surface . |
| 5 | It is dusk by the time the wild elephants reach the funnel and now the noise of the beaters behind them is so loud that they simply keep going — into the khedda . |
| 6 | It is dusk on a small cay in the Bahamas . |
| 7 | Moreover , research on the transmission of the virus in the USA suggests that it is drug injectors who are ‘ the main source for any future heterosexual epidemic ’ ( Moss 1987 , p.389 ) . |
| 8 | It is telephone calls on Report and letters in Committee . |
| 9 | For the Wallabies it is case of ‘ two down and four to go ’ — three tests against New Zealand and one against South Africa . |
| 10 | If one person 's on duty , you would a situation where really that was a bit of risk quite often , and er , it 's not an acceptable thing but er , I totally agree we need to agree very carefully if one 's wise to whether the initial staffing is adequate or whether it is case a of people not having |
| 11 | It is admitted that there was er such a letter and er on this occasion er Miss evidence is that having heard that the landlords consent for the assignment still had n't been obtained , asked Mr again whether it was possible in view of that , er to withdraw from the contract and er it is case that again Mr repeated the advice he 'd given to Mr two days earlier and told her that it was not possible and that again is denied . |
| 12 | It is distance that makes friendship between classes almost impossible , and therefore , residence among the poor is suggested as a simple way in which Oxford men may serve their generation . |
| 13 | It is relief , I think , and we must marry soon , I can not bear to wait , and you wo n't mind living in a little house in Vetch Street when you are used to this , will you ? ’ |
| 14 | It is trial and error and depends a lot on the type of horse you are riding . |
| 15 | It is guilt , not age or misunderstanding , that withers cheeks and drives friends and lovers apart . |
| 16 | It is literature within the last three centuries , then , that provides the main choices for a reader . |
| 17 | But if the work is oral history , it is literature too — a disclosure of predicament and bereavement . |
| 18 | The reader knows that it is Zuckerman 's statement too , that it is fiction , and is likely to remind himself that it could well belong to the infinite regress of the dualistic indeterminable , where claim and counter-claim alternate indefinitely . |
| 19 | And perhaps their foolishness will make everyone understand that however much fun Home Alone is for children at the cinema it is fiction and can not be made real by acting it out . |
| 20 | ‘ It is not true … it is fiction , ’ he announced on the steps of his flat in London 's South Kensington . |
| 21 | But if the asserted proposition is about Ruritania , then surely it must be false , for in that case the subject term has a reference , i.e. there is something for the proposition to be true about If , on the other hand , the proposition is true , then by the same token it can not be about Ruritania , for Ruritania does not exist ; it is fiction . |
| 22 | I 've got no idea of what it might fetch , but as I say it is fiction Kath , do n't worry about it . |
| 23 | Whether its effect is direct or indirect , as an antecedent or buffer , or whether it is availability or perceived availability that is important , are all issues which have been controversial . |
| 24 | It is factory made and the paste has many small holes in it . |
| 25 | When disputes arise , it is judge and jury . |
| 26 | If the level of water in a cistern is too high or too low , it can be adjusted by bending the float arm ( if it is metal ) . |
| 27 | You see , the point about a magnum is that it is metal psychology : it scares the shit out of the guy it is aimed at , it makes the guy who holds it feel really proud . ’ |
| 28 | And eventually they said well the stereotype is basically sort of like the equivalent in litho plate making really said that this was , no of course it is metal , sorry it 's not metal , it is letterpress The Guardian and it is , they make these Nyclopone plates or something and they really wanted to keep it for that reason . |
| 29 | It is revolution like no other before . |
| 30 | In a study of the local area , for instance , it is Attainment Target 2 that often poses the most problems . |