Example sentences of "[subord] it [be] [adj] [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ So it 's two fruit punches for the girls , and one for myself ? ’ |
2 | My Dad s always talking about trying a windmill , but he 's never managed it yet , so it 's home-made tallow candles in the winter , to save the electricity . |
3 | We 're a school choir — if there are many youth choirs , who can draw from several schools around the area there then the chances of our getting anywhere are slim but if it 's large school choirs then I think we probably do stand a fair chance . |
4 | And tomorrow it 's hard because it 's an economics one and I have never had economics before so but it 's the second part in Zurich because it 's flying economics telecommunications and political television |
5 | Erm they , they picked out erm particular areas where there were a lot of pe there were problems within that area erm whether it be normal management problems or erm racial issues , I E there is a particular area , there is a high density of black people erm er the properties them themselves were n't up erm of a particularly high quality , erm they decided to decentralize and i and do an intensive management area for that area . |
6 | I think you know , Lincolnshire has done a dam good job for the people in Lincolnshire whether it in roads , whether it be old peoples homes , or whether it be in schools , whether it be in fire stations , police stations , I admit to where one could say across the board , they could compare , that they could compare , they might compare they might live in one area and work in another . |
7 | Many of us become hot under the collar over local issues , whether it is poor transport services , an objection to the proposed siting of an amusement arcade opposite where we live , or the lack of sports and other social facilities . |
8 | FOLLOWING the recent decision to lift the ban on those cricketers who toured South Africa 2½ years ago , I find myself wondering whether it is worthwhile making laws and regulations at all . |
9 | I mean if there are two or three days off during that or one day off you take for instance , as long as it 's fifteen working days . |
10 | Sir , if you do come to the view , however , that one or both of these sites may have some as it were residual greenbelt functions , then we ask you to bear in mind the matters raised , in particular Mrs 's appendix nine , about the need in the longer term , that is , beyond two thousand and six in particular , for a strategic reserve . |
11 | It 's a high-risk enterprise for us to , to pontificate about local radio , particularly as we have three as it were local radio representatives here , and we shall give them ample opportunity to confirm or deny the sort of things we 're saying . |