Example sentences of "[verb] it is [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opponents say it is primarily a military road . |
| 2 | In the electronics industry that Wild and Hill studied particularly , female turnover rates showed a high relationship with job satisfaction/dissatisfaction : many women , like many men , express a need for personally satisfying work and the failure to find it is often a reason for changing one 's job . |
| 3 | When a new factory starts it is usually a part of a chain of industries and so usually it is placed near others in the chain . |
| 4 | Doctor Lovell says it is only a matter of hours now . |
| 5 | Indeed , many executives harbor misconceptions , believing it is merely a matter of adding extra engineering and design personnel or introducing the latest computer-aided design ( CAD ) technology . |
| 6 | There is a significant difference , and I do not feel it is only a class and an age difference , between the spare dignity of the oath Marco has learned from his early years and the oath which the Rat has devised as part of the game he has created for his Club : |
| 7 | In its undigested state , this voluminous competitor information , 90 per cent of which is publicly available , may be vaguely interesting and occasionally intriguing , but however glittering it is essentially an unusable and potentially dangerous resource . |
| 8 | I recently bought what was described in the shop as a Spotted Plec , but a picture in Practical Fishkeeping shows it is actually a Spotted Ancistrus . |
| 9 | When next you see , in the chill autumn air , surrounded by swirling mists , a small group huddled in deep conversation on the third park bench to the left of the children 's railway in your local park , do remember it is probably an ‘ in-depth ’ interview with a taxpayer . |
| 10 | Often they see their profession as a creative art form , which is fine as long as they recall it is also a service industry . ’ |
| 11 | Exactly how you manage it is still a matter of some dispute . |
| 12 | As a company with a heart and a determination to maintain employee control it is clearly a rogue among the 1980s herd of quick-buck , knock-down sales . |
| 13 | This is the key to Dorothy Heathcote 's attitude to drama ; may I suggest it is also a key to the re-thinking that will have to be done vis-à-vis the arts and the curriculum . |
| 14 | In the world of entry permits and panic it is always a seller 's market . |
| 15 | It 's a necklace so lavish it is almost a corsage . |
| 16 | I am happy for you to see this , though as you know it is now a privileged document . |
| 17 | ‘ I know it is only a discussion paper , ’ Mr Brenan said , ‘ but there are serious concerns about these matters , and , in my opinion , it is a clear pointer to the stance we should be taking from an ethical viewpoint . ’ |
| 18 | Actually , they probably believe it is quite a lot . |
| 19 | I believe it is entirely a woman 's right to choose whether or not she has an abortion . |
| 20 | But because of a contract signed by Darlington Borough Council and the hotel 's former leaseholders in 1974 , the rent paid by the company running it is only a fraction of its market value . |
| 21 | ‘ But it seems it is just a bit of a publicity thing . |
| 22 | ‘ I guess it is probably a bad thing , but I am quite a flirty person . |
| 23 | But I do n't myself think it is simply a love fantasy . |
| 24 | ‘ I fear it is merely a lull . |
| 25 | The language , though , is gratingly anachronistic — no one has actually said ‘ hopefully ’ yet , but I fear it is only a matter of time . |
| 26 | Coastguards fear it is only a matter of time before a sightseer is injured in the hazardous scramble down rocks onto the ship 's deck . |
| 27 | Carter says budget constraints mean it is quite a battle to put up the all-important 30 per cent , but he hopes to get more than the £16,870 received last year . |
| 28 | In any case she thinks it is just a matter of time before more women start coming through to senior levels , both because the company is taking on more female graduates and because they are a pretty self-confident lot anyway . |
| 29 | He remembered the old adage from his studies , ‘ If a problem exists then a logical solution must also exist It is only a matter of time before you find it ’ . |
| 30 | And I think that is the basic thing that every child needs to know , because essentially it is going to be the process of finding out when they leave school , and I think it is also a method of working which is becoming increasingly effective and popular across subjects . |