Example sentences of "a [noun sg] it [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such a case it is not caught by s. 22 unless it is by itself a contract for sale [ of land ] … |
| 2 | Although in word-processing this key acts in the same way as the typewriter lever that moves the paper up one line , on a computer it is only used to force the word-processor to move one line — usually at the end of a paragraph . |
| 3 | Someone must plough the fields or milk the cows , but much of this endeavour takes place hidden from public view and when a tractor is glimpsed across a field it is often assumed that it is a farmer who is in the cab . |
| 4 | As a result it 's supposedly eyeing the server contingent more seriously and is likely to strengthen its association with the Hewlett-Packard and Digital Equipment Corps of the world . |
| 5 | ‘ As a result it is better protected against cold winds than it used to be . ’ |
| 6 | Well piece of 'em but if you 're only gon na be eating a piece it 's not gon na be big . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a pity it 's not run at Doncaster because Amron would be a certainty , ’ Berry joked . |
| 8 | Everyone 's got a skill it 's just having , erm , finding it . |
| 9 | I think Freud would say though however that these are more like the th the was talking about religion , now clearly if something is a outlawing it is n't gon na make much difference to it , or if anything it 's , it 's just gon na make it er , er make it more difficult , but there are certain types of religion and Judaism is one of them where th this very pattern you 're talking about did occur and here Freud is er probably standing on , on firm ground , for reasons which I 'll explain in my lectures I do n't wan na take up too much time , but I have done a bit of research on this myself and as you will see , erm there 's , there are good reasons for thinking that Freud was certainly right about some of those and we certainly know that a monotheistic and , and an absolutely rigidly monotheistic religion appeared in Ancient Egypt as erm Andrea said , just before erm the er reign of this heretic er heretic , heretic pharaoh one of whose er near descendants , I forget how he was related now , erm was originally called Tutamkhatan and then was forced to change his name to Tutankhamen and he was dug up by Howard Carter in nineteen twenty two or something er and er the Tutankhamen is called Tutankhamen and not Tutamkhatan is that there was a religious . |
| 10 | She could n't find her handkerchief and said what a nuisance it is not to have pockets in frocks . |
| 11 | Again , although it can tolerate freshwater for a while it is best kept in brackish water graduating to marine water prior to maturity . |
| 12 | Er I I think I take Mr 's point that er you would n't go to well a mile it 's really going to be horses for courses is n't it ? |
| 13 | ‘ I 've a feeling it 's inside left , ’ said his caddie Phil Morbey as Woosnam , sleep still in his eyes , emerged with the dawn patrol for that four-footer on the 14th . |
| 14 | Er I do n't know if you 've experience of steel but when you feel the handles of a , a lathe first thing in a morning it 's like lifting pieces of ice and er the heating arrangement took about four hours before it built up you know , to a reasonable working degree . |
| 15 | It 's , it 's erm I think it 's quite interesting cos it 's a different style , in a sense it 's just setting out some goals that they want to achieve but not really giving any clear instruction of how you can achieve those goals . |
| 16 | Solubility : Benzene does not dissolve in water , as it is a liquid it is usually referred to as immiscible with water . |
| 17 | No , no , it , it got oh er erm for other some local teams if have a final it 's sometimes played down there . |
| 18 | I 'm gon na have to draw these with straight lines with a ruler it 's not gon na work is it ? |
| 19 | But I I th I think what we 're talking about is the fact th that Ma you know he 's writing in nineteen twenty seven , that , that he 's not quite sure about the means to an end , he 's sort of writing he , you know , it 's , in a way it 's like writing an essay |
| 20 | Each time a ray of light passes through a lens it is slightly weakened . |
| 21 | Since lexicographers can only proof single entries at a time it is not envisaged that providing this space will cause a problem . |
| 22 | What a temptation it is then to prolong an interruption , to ask precisely where a lost teddy was last seen before leading the child slowly through every room of this vast house until the creature is found . |