Example sentences of "it be [noun sg] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's part of this way in which the computer can turn information over and over again for a different need . |
| 2 | So it 's dad over this weekend , try and talk me out of buying a bike ! |
| 3 | ‘ It 's bedlam in this office ! |
| 4 | BY crossing the Irish line six times at Twickenham , England in one fell swoop exceeded the total number of ties scored last year when winning the Grand Slam — and it 's time for this columnist to eat humble pie , after criticising England , along with the other Home Unions , for inferior standards of back play to Southern Hemisphere sides . |
| 5 | The bit where he like jumping on the lake they 've cut away a bit of the platform so the only way you can do it is jump onto this bit of wood then fly , and literally he was like that , just going in mid air and landed right in the water ! |
| 6 | It is change of this kind which is more likely to surprise and challenge you when you first return . |
| 7 | It is part of this recipe knowledge to remain emotionally detached and consider it as just another incident or another death , and to treat the dead body , for example , ‘ as a piece of meat ’ : a phrase used several times by policemen and women . |
| 8 | It is possession of this kind of power that gives rise to a distinct need for justification , and which forms the basis for the claim that companies must be required to act in the public interest . |
| 9 | The director of the zoo , David Jones , believes that " it would be dangerous to conjecture that it is BSE at this stage , but the indications are that it probably is . " |
| 10 | On the other hand , there was the reflection that all universities , through their senates — composed of academics drawn from all subjects taught in the university — were responsible for keeping a self-critical eye on their own work , and it was time in this sense that the public sector caught up with established university practice . |