Example sentences of "[det] [prep] it [be] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 And more than half of it is inside the chaotic relic of the former Soviet Union .
2 Much of it is in the recording itself ; the Carmé Ensemble play in a warm , romantic glow , whereas the Chamber Orchestra of the Teatre Lliure have a much sharper , harsher acoustic , which highlights some tremendously edgy brass playing , and gives all the instruments a primitive feel very well suited to the music .
3 One of the things that 's wrong with British shipping is that too much of it is in the hands of ancient mariners , dyed-in-the-wool shipping families that have n't had a new idea since the days of sail .
4 Much of it is in the middle of the Pacific , you see , which used to be a common area but the only people who could , at the moment , have the technology to tap those resources are the very advanced states so there is a dispute about the right to develop those or not .
5 There is a large literature on technology transfer , though not much of it is from the perspective of the developing countries .
6 It was in the localities that the war stimulated innovation in classroom practice , but such innovation was usually makeshift , not prefigurative , and much of it was for the duration only .
7 It has been romanticized as a tradition of public service when much of it was about the protection of vested interests .
8 Much of it was of the Louis XIV period ( which has a much more limited market than Louis XVI furniture ) , and in contrast to the freshness of the Patiño lots , had mostly been recently bought at high prices .
9 ‘ But all of it , ’ the Dean says firmly , checking his watch for his next appointment , ‘ all of it is to the glory of God .
10 The whole of the Hyades cluster is in the × 8.5 field , and almost all of it is in the × 12 field .
11 He worked out where The Bar was on his maps , and then checked this perspective against the actual view — from where he saw the city it looked like The Bar was right in the middle of it , not hidden away at all like it was on the map .
12 Hardly any of it is in the present .
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