Example sentences of "[adv] it [is] [adv] a " in BNC.
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1 | Apparently it 's only a matter of time . ’ |
2 | erm she said she thought everything would be okay apart from partial blind due to accident after teenage years cos it 's basically it 's actually a college |
3 | But nevertheless that 's human nature and perhaps it 's also a reason why life should not stand still , whatever progress we make both in housing and in quality of housing and the quality of life , once people are used to that , to that they expect more and this is what progress , what forward thinking is all about . |
4 | Or perhaps it 's just a way of admitting a preference for empty ferries . |
5 | Perhaps it 's just a chance coincidence . |
6 | Perhaps it 's only a film set with extras . |
7 | But perhaps it 's more a question of what I can do for you ? ’ |
8 | Perhaps it is simply a need to humanise what is , after all , rather an inhuman subject . ) |
9 | The reason escapes me — perhaps it is just a case of common theft . |
10 | Perhaps it is just a failure of the communication system . |
11 | Shortage of time is a common complaint in every walk of life , but perhaps it is only a perception . |
12 | Obviously it 's quite an emotive subject when as you say you 're reducing putting people out the door . |
13 | Well it 's only it 's only a er er It 's only the the the journey from the mind to the heart . |
14 | mine 's only it 's only a you know about nine hundred and sommat C C engine |
15 | So it is strategically a most important erm criterion . |
16 | Even so it is quite a rarity for the commander of an army formation voluntarily to suggest coming under the command of the RAF . |
17 | There 's a dilemma of who 's taking decisions about what and should the troops on the ground who may be involved , could be involved in fighting following an air strike erm are not under a NATO flag , they 're under a United Nations flag , so it is quite a complex situation and a very delicate one to handle . |
18 | So it is essentially a fixed price ? |
19 | So it is almost a matter of philotimo , honour , that even in the relatively affluent Greece of recent years nobody who can possibly fiddle his taxes has failed to do so . |
20 | Even so it is only a more oblique reference to the same theme , since the Avignon of the title refers to a street in the prostitutes ' quarter of Barcelona . |
21 | So it is really a way of of getting away from just everything being in Westminster . |
22 | And as the years go by and the father retires the son comes on to the boat , so it is really a very family thing , the lifeboat service . |
23 | So it is especially a matter for satisfaction that the signatories nevertheless provided a chapter in support of the specified objective . |
24 | ‘ Well , if that 's so it is indeed a great pity , Dr Ash , but in view of Dr Prior 's importance to the company you must understand that we have little choice in this matter . |
25 | No it 's down there , and in it er I wrote it last night actually when I was feeling pretty fucked off so it 's probably a bit out of order but I wrote to him and said erm tt Josh has been round this evening asking questions about what 's happened with his money erm and I think you 're really out of order . |
26 | and that how that once you 've got socialism you would want to have erm absolute egalitarianism er to eliminate erm class distinction so it 's probably a combination of the two . |
27 | Erm that 's putting it bluntly because erm obviously being a volunteer is a sort of two way thing , we could n't run without volunteers , we 're very grateful for the ones we 've got but So it 's clearly a matter of whether you decide and whether you like the way we like to run things or or not . |
28 | So it 's over a week . |
29 | So it 's just a quick way of doing counting really . |
30 | So it 's just a matter , as soon as we come back , get out . |