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 . |