Example sentences of "it 's " in BNC.

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1 It 's hard work but very rewarding .
2 It 's all in a good cause .
3 The 24-page full colour schools booklet ‘ HIV — It 's Your Choice ’ is now available to members of the public at a price of 50p each .
4 It 's very safe receiving blood transfusions .
5 Now it 's my turn . ’
6 It 's possible that a sexually-transmitted infection might cause cancer of the cervix — especially if you 're under 20 .
7 Sex : It 's your choice
8 They make parachute drops ‘ to see what it 's like ’ .
9 It 's always on your mind
10 They 've liaised with other organisations to make sure I 've got somebody coming in , even if it 's only to make me something to eat .
11 ‘ You can be perfectly well with HIV but at other times it 's hard to do even basic things .
12 When is an item worth over £60,000 ? ? ? … when it 's a prize in an Amnesty raffle .
13 In one sense it 's very much like good investigative journalism , ’ explains Malcolm Smart , Head of Research at the IS .
14 ‘ There is nothing I can do , ’ said the King , as she was dragged away , ‘ I can see those in charge , but it 's now in the hands of the Justice people . ’
15 Joseph Noble , the observant administrator , announced to an audience of eight hundred , ‘ It 's famous , but it 's a fraud . ’
16 Joseph Noble , the observant administrator , announced to an audience of eight hundred , ‘ It 's famous , but it 's a fraud . ’
17 It 's second rate , in any case ( he added smiling ) , so the artistic loss to the world will be nil .
18 The exchange has roused the analyst to contributions that are firmer and more energy-consuming than those he generally vouchsafes : ‘ it 's not the past but what we make of the past that shapes our future and present . ’
19 Face crushed face , but even the humiliated ones , the ones pushed away , the third-raters and the defeated ones , even those — from a certain distance imposed by the law of hierarchy , it 's true — still moved toward the front , showing here and there from behind the first-rate , titled ones , if only as fragments : an ear , a piece of temple , a cheek or a jaw … just to be closer to the Emperor 's eye !
20 The wrecker explains that , one way or another , ‘ it 's not easy to pull down monuments ’ .
21 And it 's the clash between male and non-male that causes all the trouble .
22 It 's a very funny joke , but it works at the expense of treating her like a child , which is not at all what the novel usually intends .
23 You ca n't imagine what it 's like not to know what it is to meet an attractive person who 's also attracted to you , can you ?
24 But then I 'll be told that it 's not about him at all , in that silly sense .
25 it 's all impersonation — in the absence of a self , one impersonates selves , and after a while impersonates best the self that best gets one through .
26 It 's about a fellow called Ronnie , who is on the dole .
27 It 's almost all Doyle .
28 With Doyle it 's ‘ fucking ’ this and ‘ fucking ’ that and the system this and the system that .
29 Well it 's meant to be the fucking opposite and it is the fucking opposite .
30 All in all , it 's more difficult to evaluate an actor 's work on screen , particularly as actors are usually cast in a film for their total credibility in a role and the camera work is such an intrinsic part of the final effect .
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