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

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1 There is no space to go into detail about the ding-dong and the relevance of that remark , but it is gentlemanly mayhem at its best and I wish I had seen the first encounters between the CSIRO and its critic , who , I infer , also had a go at the research on skeleton weed .
2 I have been preaching a few times and invitations are coming in , so it is good experience for me .
3 She feels it is good experience for her children too .
4 Fundamentally , the reason why it is good policy for us to try to explain biological phenomena in terms of gene advantage is that genes are replicators .
5 It is good advice for there is no substitute for the sort of general information that can be gathered in this way .
6 It is good news for our workforce , clients and sub-contractors . ’
7 It is good news for his firm , Chemical Discoveries ; ‘ But perhaps more importantly it will enhance our ambitions for innovating large-scale land reclamation projects to benefit underdeveloped countries .
8 It is diplomatic history at its liveliest .
9 ‘ Try to keep me away , ’ he had whispered , ‘ although it is exquisite torture for me these days , my dear McAllister , to have you so near , and be unable to stroke every bit of your delectable body .
10 Or let him acknowledge that while it is rational doubt for him as a liberal humanist to criticize the Buddhist , the Marxist or the Christian , it might equally be a rational doubt for the Marxist to criticize him as a humanist .
11 Although some horses will travel in horse trailers as if it is second nature to them , even without having any previous related experience ; and some horses will stand perfectly and quietly for the farrier when they are being shod for the first time ; many will not !
12 This is because it is second nature for them to pose their questions at the level of the individual organism .
13 It is Franco-British co-operation at its best .
14 It is five percent of our expenditure budget for this year of course .
15 The local sailors are the people who probably know the conditions best , so it is worthwhile speaking to someone who can point out the idiosyncrasies of the location .
16 If he did not know that , I do not mind him admitting it , but it is extraordinary ignorance on his part .
17 ‘ Evil ’ , she wrote , ‘ does get into bricks , tragedy into mortar , ’ It is new light to me on the properties of bricks and mortar .
18 In a situation of panic , in an army , for example , there is a loss of the libidinal ties which hold the group together , and people behave in ways which take no account of the group : it is each man for himself ; orders are ignored .
19 Let us admit that good taste and proper judgement have to be worked out slowly and painfully and personally , and that it is each man for himself .
20 A spokesman for the SAC said : ‘ It is normal practice for us to monitor our revenue clients on a regular basis and in particular to study their proposals under their four-year plan .
21 It is also possible to define the recognition point of a non-word : it is that phoneme at which the stimulus no longer corresponds to any English word .
22 It is that memory of him that will stay with many English and Scottish writers , and for which my wife and I will always be grateful .
23 It is that uniqueness with which people identify and which galvanizes executives and employees alike into positive high-performing action .
24 Where there is a committee , it is that committee from whom sanction must be sought in the first instance .
25 In the Eighties , he made a remarkable body of neon art and it is that side of his activity which forms an exhibition at Anthony d'Offay ( to 16 May ) .
26 It is that representation in my brain that is the immediate cause of my actions .
27 For it may well be that in America , it is all part of what is considered good professional service that an employee provide entertaining banter .
28 It is all part of our input into the world .
29 Many of you , I know , believe Smott 's substitution after four minutes was because he was out of his depth , but I can assure you it is all part of my master plan which I am painstakingly developing on a game-by-game basis .
30 He does n't categorize in good , bad , and not so bad , it is all sin to him and as sinners , he loves us .
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