Example sentences of "it is [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But it is pretty marvellous do n't you think ? ’ |
| 2 | Coun Young said : ‘ I think it is pretty ludicrous to suggest anyone is getting rich by taking people to hospital ‘ But if people who do this sort of thing are facing the prospect of making a loss they just wo n't bother . |
| 3 | IT IS pretty rare to come across a football manager brave enough to hold up his hands the day after a beating and invite criticism . |
| 4 | Describing Bell Lawrie as ‘ old friends of ours ’ , Brewin 's managing director , John Hall said yesterday : ‘ We are at the moment in negotiations , but it is pretty difficult to say too much until it is clear where we are going . ’ |
| 5 | It is pretty difficult to carry on a conversation like that , let alone write a scientific paper . |
| 6 | It is pretty safe to conclude that the bats really were biased in favour of feeding old friends rather than strangers from a different cave . |
| 7 | It is rather surprising to find , in table 4.6 , that the item shop appears with a low back slightly rounded long vowel , and the rounded vowel in the disyllable/polysyllables probably , bottom is also rather surprising . |
| 8 | Against rigorism , is the sense that it is rather absurd to lump all who are not utilitarian saints with actual wrongdoers . |
| 9 | Indeed , it is rather illuminating to discover that within the first few pages of her book — and before she has even introduced her own work — she peremptorily dismisses the idea that genius is akin to madness . |
| 10 | It is rather terrible to think how unforgiving the world can be and how willing to inflict continuous torture on account of a single piece of behaviour that without the political element and the adventitious addition of one or two other elements would have faded into obscurity in no time at all . |
| 11 | For many people it is rather demoralising to finish a long way behind the leaders all the time and so pursuit racing is an attempt to provide a handicapping system . |
| 12 | Once you have discovered this fact , it is rather easy to produce ‘ formula ’ ads . |
| 13 | The chapter entitled " Language and gender " is bound to seem tokenistic , despite any protestations , for it is rather unsatisfactory to produce a chapter on gender and ideology and then discuss at length two canonical male texts . |
| 14 | But after slaving over something for ten years , it is rather nice to show it off a bit . |
| 15 | However , there are several Mira variables which can be found with binoculars when near maximum , and can even show some colour ; I have given notes about them in the pages which follow , but it is rather pointless to go into detail , because long-period variables are the province of the telescopic observer , and estimates made with binoculars are inevitably rough . |
| 16 | In my view it is rather pointless to spend much money on any refracting telescope with an aperture of less than 3 inches ( 76 mm ) or a reflector with a main mirror less than 6 inches ( 152 mm ) in diameter . |
| 17 | Does the Minister agree that it is rather pointless to train individuals in any field if , when they are qualified , their qualifications are not properly recognised ? |
| 18 | In truth , it is rather misleading to think of the ‘ 10 minute ’ rule procedure as being a part of the legislative process at all . |
| 19 | By the time this stage has been reached it is rather late to try and prevent it . |
| 20 | It is rather sad to note that the main objective of these Committees these days seems to be enforcing petty rules and regulations whereby , possibly by accident , a secretary may have incorrectly banked a cheque in the office account rather than the client 's account . |
| 21 | Thus , all this study seems to tell us is that it is rather dangerous to evaluate rectal intraepithelial lymphocytes in terms of enterocyte nuclei ( Fig 4 ) . |
| 22 | It is rather awkward to get your fingers into , so scrap it if you ca n't use it . |
| 23 | It is rather unfortunate to call it a force because it is n't one . |
| 24 | The basic premise of this approach is so startlingly simple that it is rather difficult to explain how damaging it actually is . |
| 25 | It is rather difficult to explain that . |
| 26 | There is also a division between professionals and amateurs , though at times it is rather difficult to draw the line . |
| 27 | A hearer who interpreted [ 20 ] as conveying [ 21 ] would have not have captured the full meaning of the utterance : On the other hand , it is rather difficult to say what exactly it fails to capture . |
| 28 | It is rather difficult to talk about human memory because we do n't know how the brain works in detail . |
| 29 | It is rather difficult to reconcile this with the ability of major brands in heavily advertised markets to establish and maintain their reputations over many years . |
| 30 | it is rather difficult to know whether this is support for Krashen 's proposal or not , but it certainly implies the separation of the process of meaning construction from the determination of final output form . |