Example sentences of "[vb base] it is [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opponents say it is primarily a military road . |
| 2 | Often they see their profession as a creative art form , which is fine as long as they recall it is also a service industry . ’ |
| 3 | Exactly how you manage it is still a matter of some dispute . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In the world of entry permits and panic it is always a seller 's market . |
| 6 | It 's a necklace so lavish it is almost a corsage . |
| 7 | I am happy for you to see this , though as you know it is now a privileged document . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | Actually , they probably believe it is quite a lot . |
| 10 | I believe it is entirely a woman 's right to choose whether or not she has an abortion . |
| 11 | ‘ I guess it is probably a bad thing , but I am quite a flirty person . |
| 12 | ‘ I fear it is merely a lull . |
| 13 | The language , though , is gratingly anachronistic — no one has actually said ‘ hopefully ’ yet , but I fear it is only a matter of time . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But many experts think it is only a matter of time before Chancellor Norman Lamont is forced to raise them . |
| 18 | But I would say that I think it is only a matter of time before we , as a nation , produce a very good black golfer . " |
| 19 | Yeah I mean we we 're fatalistic about it , it 's I , I think it is only a , a phase . |
| 20 | But I think it is more a question of psychology . |
| 21 | I 'm not saying that , but I still think it is still a tolerable service will be provided . |
| 22 | But you can see , whatever they do it is still an adjustment within that same basic outline . |
| 23 | In its present form it is substantially an early eighteenth-century building , and now serves as a local nursing home . |
| 24 | Conservation International 's Mexican director , Martin Goebel , commented that : " many people know Mexico as a " mega-debtor " , but few realize it is also a " mega-diverse " country , with more plant and animal species than all but three nations " . |
| 25 | You see it is only a routine matter and they will not be able to understand why I could n't get you to fill it in . |
| 26 | Most cases are isolated incidents and when clusters occur it is usually a particularly virulent strain or involves people who are possibly genetically susceptible . |