Example sentences of "[noun sg] it be [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Before the deal the debt covered by the relief package traded at $19 billion on the secondary market ; after the deal it was worth $19.1 billion-$19.9 billion .
2 WHAT a tragedy it is for tennis that Dan Maskell ( right ) has gone .
3 With this in mind it is for consideration whether such forms should not be redesigned to separate the disclaimer of liability on the part of the hospital from what really matters , namely the declaration by the patient of his decision with a full appreciation of the possible consequences , the latter being expressed in the simplest possible terms and emphasised by a different and larger type face , by underlining , the employment of coloured print or otherwise .
4 We went to the christening and my heart was in my mouth it was on edge the whole time .
5 If the premium is paid 100% by the employee it is in order for benefit to be paid direct to the employee without deduction of Income Tax .
6 As a cultural formation it was of type ( iii ) , though there were overlaps to membership of political societies , within the broad formation ( e.g. , the Revolution Society ) .
7 An alternative view might be that as the court considered whether the GMC had exercised its power in accordance with the Act it was in fact embarking on an exercise which involved making a finding of reasonableness ( or the lack of it ) in a fashion analogous to an application of the restraint of trade doctrine .
8 I would like to emphasise how valuable an exercise it is for students and teachers to attempt to analyse some recorded speech for themselves .
9 Those who have not tried to sell — and particularly sell in a highly competitive market where there are very large contracts , the possession or loss of which can have a fatal effect on one 's whole business — do not know how testing it is of courage and nerve .
10 If this is relativity it is like Einstein 's , by which it is not that you can make any measurement come out as you please , but that from any spatio-temporal viewpoint you can estimate what will be the right measurement from any other .
11 And at the moment it 's in New York . ’
12 The moment it is within range it strikes with sudden speed , burying its fangs in the soft neck tissues of its prey .
13 The 10,300 parish priests whose job it is to man these churches are thus a rather scant resource .
14 That the raiseing or keeping a Standing Army within the Kingdom in time of Peace unlesse it be with consent of Parliament is against Law .
15 It really is appalling to see and thank goodness it 's in black and white , it 's not in colour but
16 A school is not a business , but it is important for a school to work out what kind of a business it is in order to make the complexity manageable …
17 I never remember what day it is on nights . ’
18 Gubberford Lane is a winding country lane and for about a mile it is without footpaths .
19 If there was a moon it was behind clouds , causing brightness without form , a glow in the heavens , life struggling to pierce the confusing fog .
20 ‘ About the same time that Mowbray died , the great tocsin of the Tower sounded , convincing the garrison it was under attack . ’
21 Oh god it 's in F , so it 's in E flat .
22 What a shock it was for Nicodemus to learn this truth .
23 Yeah it it 's er when you quote a price it 's per year for two years minimum all right ?
24 It 'll be half the price it is in Boot 's Cookshop .
25 But at the price it was on offer I could not refuse .
26 Forces , being a smallish town and by no means a city , the passing of street pleasantries is not quite the folk art it is in villages but people still enjoy passing the time of day with their neighbours .
27 a good programme on last night it was about B B C
28 At any rate it 's in possession . "
29 The Irish state telephone monopoly Telecom Eireann has denied a report in the Irish Times that it is up for sale , but shares in Cable & Wireless Plc were up sevenpence at 721p yesterday morning on news it is in talks about possibly buying a 25% stake in the Irish phone company .
30 We ca n't come next week , cos next week it 's on Thursday morning Wait a minute , that one 's for you Tim that one 's for me there we go .
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