Example sentences of "it be on [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | In the 1960s , the Clydesdale almost disappeared without trace , so much so that it was on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust 's list of protected animals . |
2 | It was on the playing fields that he had excelled , and had felt most at home , and it was on the playing fields that he now spent the afternoon . |
3 | It was on the playing fields that he had excelled , and had felt most at home , and it was on the playing fields that he now spent the afternoon . |
4 | It was on the northern borders of France and the Empire , moreover , that the last act in the drama of John 's defeat was to be played out — at Bouvines on 27 July 1214 , when the coalition between the Plantagenets , Flanders and the German Empire was routed by philip Augustus 's army . |
5 | We even had a coal burning stove on board and very cosy it was on the cold evenings . |
6 | It was on the heavy clays around London and in the Midlands that the most serious problems occurred as the burden of traffic increased . |
7 | It was on the marginal farms of Castile , without capital and without markets , that change proved so difficult of achievement . |
8 | It was on the wooden benches behind that the gaps appeared . |