Example sentences of "[noun] it is [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , if he has a fault as a critic it is in his boyishly enthusiastic generosity towards authors — Thomas Usk , Lydgate — who are not really as interesting as he makes them sound . |
| 2 | ‘ You do n't know what a pleasure it is to me , Pip , ’ he said once , ‘ to be with my dear boy , in the open air . ’ |
| 3 | It is difficult to form any clear conception of what these activities would be like if undertaken in isolation but so far as one can form such a conception it is of something essentially futile . |
| 4 | If Cziffra is remembered at all in England it is for his technique , which has acquired a quite legendary status . |
| 5 | As a medium it is supreme among the arts in its ability to portray the real world , hut it is in itself quite artificial , and it speaks to us by way of a pictorial language which first took shape during the early days of the silent cinema . |
| 6 | You do n't know Stella , what er a delight it is for us to have you . |
| 7 | At the moment it is in my garden , but I do n't think it is hardy enough to stay there . |
| 8 | Meanwhile the owner the person who lived a small terraced property , whose garden backs onto the fields tried to get the hounds several dozen hounds off these two dogs who were being savaged to death and he had a heart attack in the process , Chairman and was hospitalized for several weeks That Chairman is the effect of the hunt on one of my constituents whose job it is for me to defend the rights that I was elected here to defend the rights of my constituents , not to be harassed in this manner . |
| 9 | The first is how much at variance it is with what actually a conservative government seems to expect . |
| 10 | At this point it is in its critical state . |
| 11 | Although what business it is of yours … ! ’ |
| 12 | If it comes off once a season it is worth it . |
| 13 | Against these features it is to their credit that even the gifted individuals we discussed were able to have such an impact on their organizations and on history . |
| 14 | Nowadays the mid-1950s rock craze seems to provoke nothing more than a nostalgic chuckle , and when the original Teds are remembered at all within the contemporary preoccupation with hooliganism it is as something quaint and remarkably innocent . |
| 15 | In competition it is to my advantage to feel for others as little as possible , an advantage which outweighs my dread of a growing isolation . |
| 16 | In the present case it is in my judgment clearly established by the evidence , first , that the plaintiff had a belief at all material times that she was going to receive both the cottage and the remainder of the deceased 's property on his death , and secondly , that this belief was encouraged by the deceased . |
| 17 | I got erm however much money it is off you know . |
| 18 | What a terrible thing it is for our literary establishment to be peopled by degenerates like this , he felt . |
| 19 | In the end it is to everyone 's advantage ’ . |
| 20 | I 've , yeah I know , but it 's just some days you , I know , I see what you mean , talking about that , but at the end it is for your children anyway , cos you know , that money should be for your children and if you have worked and you put the money away for them anyway , you 've paid your taxes and things . |
| 21 | The more security you have , the more of a challenge it is for them and the more of a thrill they get if they get away with it . |
| 22 | That 's the way it is for me , ’ he says . |
| 23 | At least that 's the way it is with me , if I can see something in operation I can understand it far more quickly than when someone tries to describe it ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You know the way it is with me . |
| 25 | ‘ Because that 's the way it is with us , ’ he returned with the faintest of smiles . |
| 26 | It is important to notice that the distinction between these two kinds of language ( the artificially constructed and the communicating ) is often more a question of the way we use or think about a particular stretch of language , than the way it is in itself . |
| 27 | They can go into whatever activity it is in your life that is to do with handling unruly forces : animals , problem children , emergency work , or sports that have an edge of danger to them , such as rock-climbing or hang-gliding . |
| 28 | Vine-Lott makes the point that as he wants to develop a private client retail system it is in his interest to simplify the system as much as possible . |
| 29 | They they also have My Country it is of Thee . |
| 30 | Normally , one would assume that the particle will move on a straight line away from A. However , according to the sum over histories , it can move on any path that starts at A. It is like what happens when you place a drop of ink on a piece of blotting paper . |