Example sentences of "it [is] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company reportedly also has a version of Spike called M-1 , short for No 1 microprocessor , that it 's aiming against the Sun/Texas Instruments SuperSparc , Viking . |
| 2 | Mm , see one of the dangers of just reading the bible is that you have to be careful you do n't fall into the pitfall of just reading it when if you do then it 'll all look as if it 's pointing towards the only way out is heaven |
| 3 | The central allegation in what 's certain to be a bitterly contested case , is that B A has a monopoly based on its dominance of Heathrow , which it 's abusing in a bid to force Virgin out of the market for transatlantic travel . |
| 4 | The ball on leaving Hoddle 's boot does n't touch the ground , until of course it 's bouncing in the back of the net . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's caused by a sudden change to a vegetarian diet . |
| 6 | It 's caused by a fall in haemoglobin ( Hb ) in the red blood cells which transfers oxygen to the developing placenta and fetus . |
| 7 | It 's only got a population of about fifteen thousand and it 's situated in the heart of asparagus country . |
| 8 | This too was slow to arrive , but it has bags of extra features and because it 's bundled with the DOS version for a mere £299 , it has to be a bargain . |
| 9 | And a very dangerous conspiracy since I suspect it 's connected with the secret project I was controlling alone . |
| 10 | It 's strewn with the evidence of his addiction . |
| 11 | So it 's according to the number of people that use it , go to mass , how much you pay |
| 12 | It 's just a pile of sticks to the passer-by so it 's hidden from the world outside |
| 13 | But the Rugby Union has seen fit to let it degenerate and from next season , when it 's played at the same time as the divisional championship , it will be virtually kaput . |
| 14 | Specifically , that worked best on the song War , where the melody is played over an E riff and then it 's played over a B riff and then over an A , but the melody of the verse never uses a third and so you do n't know whether it 's phrygian or phrygian dominant . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's named for the man who built it . |
| 16 | It 's named after the Maguires , a powerful clan who rules in Fermanagh from the 12th to the 17th century . |
| 17 | We 're putting in electronic fax , also image processing , and we 've built a system of information accessing called ‘ folders ’ that will let us get any type of document from anywhere around the world , whether it 's stored on an ordinary disk , optical storage device or whatever . ’ |
| 18 | It 's stored in a depot in Monpazier at the moment . |
| 19 | ‘ See this little dragon brooch — there is n't a straight line in it , it 's composed of a dozen quite unnecessarily complex curves . |
| 20 | Once again , it 's flagging below a level which would give him confidence for London , yet his form over shorter distances has been good , highlighted recently by a new course record of 38:20 at the Thorney 12K in Peterborough . |
| 21 | You 'll naturally find your own level — whether it 's getting into the growing competition circuit or sticking to a local reservoir . |
| 22 | Of course it 's getting to the stage when one version of the album alone wo n't be enough to satisfy everyone . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's getting to the stage where it 's not a habitable area . ’ |
| 24 | Mind you it 's getting to the end of the run as well is n't it now ? |
| 25 | But I mean , it 's getting to the stage now where it 's gon na become counter-productive , well , for me cos it 's got to such a point now where I 've got exchanges going through , I 've got erm sales going through , details to be typed , canvassing going out , instructions , appointments to make , the outcomes |
| 26 | It 's getting near the end of the financial year . |
| 27 | ‘ There might be some spare cash floating around since it 's getting near the end of the year . ’ |
| 28 | Cos I 'm , I 'm getting desperate cos it 's getting near the actual time . |
| 29 | No I do n't think it 's that , I think it 's cos it 's getting near the end of the tape . |
| 30 | Erm but yeah but that 's one of er oh pass me pass me the thing I do n't actually when I think about it it 's getting nearer the time . |