Example sentences of "it [verb] [pron] be [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All had the habit of changing the dates on the backs of their photographs to make it appear they were ten years younger than their true age . |
| 2 | As it happens there is one sound in this production more dramatic than any of the music — and that is the sound of a knife being tossed into a pool of water after it has been plunged into the heart of Pelleas . |
| 3 | As it happens there is one sound in this production more dramatic than any of the music — and that is the sound of a knife being tossed into a pool of water after it has been plunged into the heart of Pelleas . |
| 4 | It says there were thirty pupils . |
| 5 | He goes on : ‘ Since these costs … would have to be paid by a grant … and since a grant of above £10 million requires affirmative resolution [ and thus debate ] in the House , it seems there are two choices : to cap the BAe grant at £9.5 million ; or set the ceiling at £13.5 million and for you to accept the greater risk of challenge and thus repayment being required . ’ |
| 6 | It seems there are seven elements in the male psyche : each of us has a King , Warrior , Lover , Wild Man , Trickster , Mythologist and Grief Man within . |