Example sentences of "it is [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reader is requested to bear in mind that the Handbook is not a grammar , or a book on linguistic science , literature or psychology ( though it contains items on all these subjects ) — it is rather a practical book directed towards the study of teaching English as a Foreign Language . |
| 2 | The hare and the hatter also decide to put the poor little dormouse into the teapot , which is rather cruel because he did n't do anything to them and it is rather a strange thing for his companions to do . |
| 3 | Contrary to what is often said , there is a law of trespass in Scotland but it is rather a complex and grey area . |
| 4 | It is rather a graphic representation of the various elements , dimensions , and perspectives which need to be incorporated into the framework and the process of data collection . |
| 5 | Except to note that now that the right honourable member for Chesterfield is publishing his former speeches as a video , it is rather a cheap operation to come and repeat them in the chamber er rather than putting them out er for public consumption there are places where he could repeat the kind of speeches just given , unfortunately the government is closing most of them down at the moment and putting the cut the inhabitants out in the community er but it had no relevance to the er the subject we 're dealing with today . |
| 6 | ‘ Contrary to what you would think , it is rather a solemn occasion . ’ |
| 7 | At first sight it is rather a confused juxtaposition of two themes ; literary decline and political crisis . |
| 8 | It is however a great choice for those who like an active holiday . |
| 9 | It is however a strong argument in the sense that it aims to attack the notion of justified belief in just those areas where it attacks the notion of knowledge . |
| 10 | It is however a controversial project because of the cost of its electricity and the question as to whether it is needed at the present time despite electricity being the main growth area in the Brazilian energy demand picture . |
| 11 | It is however a fundamental requirement of a review notice that it leaves the recipient in no doubt that it is intended to be the formal document invoking the landlord 's right to review the rent ( Schirlcar Properties Ltd v Heinitz ( 1983 ) 268 EG 362 ) . |
| 12 | It is however a magnificent piece — the work of a great polyphonist at the very height of his powers . |
| 13 | It is equally a foregone conclusion that reform must come eventually . |
| 14 | Oakeshott rejects the view that the Hobbesian conception of sovereignty entails absolutism or despotism ; it is simply a logical necessity . |
| 15 | If we are to believe the British and American medical establishment , cellulite does not exist ; it is simply a fancy French word for fat . |
| 16 | This is neither good nor bad in itself , it is simply a normal bit of human psychology , operating more or less strongly in different people . |
| 17 | It is simply a temporary situation caused by the fire hazard . ’ |
| 18 | This sort of pairing is normal for most animals ; it is simply a regular geometric manifestation of the general development of bilateral symmetry . |
| 19 | This " non-using " state is not a " cure " : it is simply a prolonged Dry Drunk . |
| 20 | ‘ It is simply a year-end letter urging people to take advantage of end-of-year opportunities . ’ |
| 21 | There is no more precise definition as it is simply a residual category . |
| 22 | It is simply a high step-up with scarcely a hold for the left hand . |
| 23 | Obviously you can get no joy out of motherhood if it is simply a constant worry . |
| 24 | Opposing technological change is not an option for trade unions in printing — it is simply a rapid road to deunionisation . |
| 25 | As we have noted above , it is qualitatively a near-front unrounded vowel categorically for most male inner-city speakers , but table 4.8 shows that , regardless of fronting , it is still always a low vowel in Catholic West Belfast . |
| 26 | It is rarely a main source of income ( for 4 per cent of lone parents in 1987 ) , the amounts awarded are generally low , they are mostly for children rather than spouses and payments are frequently unreliable . |
| 27 | The use of hydrogen bonds , that is hydroxyl groups ( -OH ) ( see Appendix 1 ) to control adhesion at an interface is very common in living organisms and it is presumably a convenient method where the environment is continuously wet . |
| 28 | Architect Robert Luna 's remodelling of the second floor possesses a few postmodern touches here and there , such as angular cutouts in gallery walls , but it is otherwise a straightforward design in which many of the massive spaces remain daunting for viewer and smaller artworks alike . |
| 29 | It is both a major exporter from the UK and the largest exporter in the food and drinks sector . |
| 30 | It is both a pretty and well-organized place in its own right and one from which you can drive profitably off in every direction , up a whole sheaf of good valleys and into some ravishing high country . |