Example sentences of "it [be] [prep] some [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is with some pride that I am able to bring you a useful etiquette tip from the Denis Thatcher Handbook Of Handy Hints For Husbands . |
| 2 | So it is with some surprise that the soft left has found itself endorsing Byrne 's view of the conduct of those around him . |
| 3 | It is with some trepidation that I mention our feathered friends — LARUS CANUS — the common gull . |
| 4 | As English Heritage do not like us , it is with some glee that I report dissent in their own ranks . |
| 5 | It is with some reluctance that I have to strongly disagree with one of my fellow presidents , but some of the impressions that her article creates are very misleading and , in some cases , offensive . |
| 6 | During the past week there have been several occasions where people have been meddling with candles and other things in the church , including the money boxes yet again , and so it is with some sadness that I have decided to keep the church locked during the holiday period . |
| 7 | It is of some interest that these attachments are very similar to those of Lewis Carroll ( Charles L. Dodgson , q.v. ) , whom Kilvert is said to have known at Oxford . |
| 8 | Following the outcome of the inquiry ( if successful ) it is of some importance that the parliamentary agent follows the order through its-final stages so as to report that amendments , etc , have indeed been implemented . |
| 9 | It was with some surprise that Mr Popple , smoking a cigarette in the hospital reception , received the news that his wife did not in fact have an ulcer . |
| 10 | Like Terry Venables calling for a pre-match arsenic , the old trouper knows that the best way to disarm your critics is to make ‘ em laugh , but the joke has been wearing a bit thin , and it was with some relief that he swopped his sheepish smile for a satisfied one . |
| 11 | Benny said she did n't want anyone they did n't know , and it was with some relief that they heard the niece Clodagh did n't want to go amongst strangers either . |
| 12 | It was with some relief that he found a village which actually admitted it was called Short Soham . |
| 13 | It was with some relief that they assented to his desire to take over outreach work in the local community . |
| 14 | So it was with some trepidation that I put forward the idea of his leaping back into the West End , twenty years after he 'd gratefully left it . |
| 15 | Perceive can still occur in the sense of physical perception , however , as can be seen from : ( 57 ) It was with some trepidation that I perceived the hour approach . |
| 16 | It was with some excitement that Wilson greeted the Misses Wynne on October 1st and she was aware that the challenge of preparing for them had in some curious way made her feel better . |
| 17 | ‘ Sir , ’ they retort , ‘ it was with some amusement that I read the views … with astonishment … with disgust … self-appointed guardians of the public conscience … fashionable cant … appear to have forgotten those who , in two world wars … ’ |
| 18 | You could not have called it grey , it was of some colour that had never been given a name , and it glowed as if the moon and stars were behind the skin of it , waiting to break through . |