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 .
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