Example sentences of "it [is] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't work hard enough at marriage — it 's remained a huge sadness to me ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Well , we 've already had TV exposure and it 's created a lot of confidence here . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , we 've already had TV exposure and it 's created a lot of confidence here . |
| 4 | At Westminster — deep concern for the crisis it 's created . |
| 5 | It 's sited only about a quarter mile from the northern boundary fence . |
| 6 | ‘ Whilst I appreciate the trouble it 's caused you , you could have reported it to Bamford station and not rung me up , you know . |
| 7 | It 's caused premature ejaculation and has ruined my sex life . ’ |
| 8 | Which means , as we 've already remarked , that it 's caused by some combination of desire and belief : in this case , by Pooh 's desire , not just for honey , but to get a true belief about whether what 's in the pot is honey , and his belief that the way to get that true belief is to taste what 's in the pot . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's caused by a sudden change to a vegetarian diet . |
| 10 | It 's caused by a fall in haemoglobin ( Hb ) in the red blood cells which transfers oxygen to the developing placenta and fetus . |
| 11 | It 's caused by too much pressure on the abdomen , which forces part of the stomach upwards through a gap in the diaphragm — the sheet of muscle between the abdomen and chest . |
| 12 | I apologise for any upset it 's caused you . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It 's caused by water retention , not by what you ate . |
| 14 | He 's certain it 's caused by sewage pollution . |
| 15 | Somewhere in the depths of Bell Atlantic Corp , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , Very Long Instruction Word technology is making a resurgence , and this time around it 's destined for use with Sun Microsystems Inc 's Sparc RISC chip . |
| 16 | ‘ You wanted to know in general where it 's destined for ? ’ the American asks . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's destined for recreational use , ’ Dwayne says . |
| 18 | It 's a life-sized sculpture of an elephant , and it 's destined to become a millionaire 's garden ornament . |
| 19 | It 's a life-sized sculpture of an elephant , and it 's destined to become a millionaire 's garden ornament . |
| 20 | It 's only got a population of about fifteen thousand and it 's situated in the heart of asparagus country . |
| 21 | Though she has every confidence in the Trust , and particularly in John Sales , the Trust 's Chief Gardens Adviser , it is no easy thing to relinquish control of your life 's work — especially when it 's situated right under your nose . |
| 22 | A couple whose cottage garden is so spectacular that it 's visited by two thousand people a year are about to move house . |
| 23 | Some of the lecturers keep saying in a lecture , ‘ this is somehow related to something else you 've done somewhere else ’ and I wish they 'd tell us how it 's related to something else because half the time we ca n't see that . |
| 24 | In the City you get ejected , in a pub it 's chucked out . |
| 25 | This too was slow to arrive , but it has bags of extra features and because it 's bundled with the DOS version for a mere £299 , it has to be a bargain . |
| 26 | If we must have a past , then let's be sure it 's molested with this kind of amusement ! |
| 27 | And a very dangerous conspiracy since I suspect it 's connected with the secret project I was controlling alone . |
| 28 | It 's connected , you know . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's connected to all major stations throughout the city . ’ |
| 30 | In the last 6 months , it 's suffered more than 500 job losses . |