Example sentences of "a [noun sg] it is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | WHAT a tragedy it is for tennis that Dan Maskell ( right ) has gone . |
| 5 | I mean there are some Conservatives who do actually believe in the social welfare of the but there are also , I 'm I 'm sure there are large numbers who actually know what vicious streak there is behind a lot of the other measures of social control that have gone on in this country since consensus was in nineteen seventy nine er you actually realise what what a tragedy it is in this area . |
| 6 | You do n't know Stella , what er a delight it is for us to have you . |
| 7 | Kenneth says what a joy it is to be back on one of the Great Western ’ Castles ’ . |
| 8 | Or as Engels meditated , ‘ Irish history shows one what a misfortune it is for a nation to have subjugated another nation . |
| 9 | A school is not a business , but it is important for a school to work out what kind of a business it is in order to make the complexity manageable … |
| 10 | In the period immediately before a race it is worth eating something sweet to provide glucose and drink plenty of fluids since in a long race you can become dehydrated and can lose up to 5lb . |
| 11 | And if Aherne has a criticism it is on the standards of school and club coaching . |
| 12 | Gubberford Lane is a winding country lane and for about a mile it is without footpaths . |
| 13 | If it comes off once a season it is worth it . |
| 14 | You are by means obliged to cast in your lot one hundred percent with any critics-made category , though it is well worth while when your book is still an idea vaguely moving in your head to decide what sort of a book it is on the whole . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ I think , my dear , you have not yet learned what a curse it is to be born woman . |
| 17 | If this sounds rather a lot it is worth noting that other word processors that offer similar facilities make similar demands of your hardware . |
| 18 | Farrell , 1950 ) Consciousness , we are invited to say , is a way it is like to be , or , perhaps better , a way of being . |
| 19 | Where communication is a problem it is for the local authority to find a way round this . |
| 20 | I would like to emphasise how valuable an exercise it is for students and teachers to attempt to analyse some recorded speech for themselves . |
| 21 | Examining this structure with the eye of an engineer it is at once evident that very little of the stiffness of the carbon — carbon chain will be reflected in the macroscopic modulus of the plastic since the bonds which control the extension are not the covalent primary bonds but the secondary or van der Waal forces which attach the convolutions of the chain to each other . |
| 22 | However in an application for an injunction it is of great significance . |