Example sentences of "[noun sg] it be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the official closure it was with mixed emotions that we took our leave of Wadeville . |
| 2 | I mean there are some Conservatives who do actually believe in the social welfare of the but there are also , I 'm I 'm sure there are large numbers who actually know what vicious streak there is behind a lot of the other measures of social control that have gone on in this country since consensus was in nineteen seventy nine er you actually realise what what a tragedy it is in this area . |
| 3 | When Caro made her escape after tea it was with all the usual feelings of guilt and frustration ; with her mother suggesting brightly , ‘ Just let me measure you for that new jumper before you go , Carolyn , ’ and , ‘ Did I show you the new suite we were thinking of getting , in the catalogue ? |
| 4 | The reminiscing continued — the deaths of friends , one man marching alone through the night , the terrible hard labour it was for some men to die , night marches from one safe house to another , the rain , the wet , the damp , the cold of waiting for an ambush in one place for hours . |
| 5 | It 's just like an inverse it 's of that number |
| 6 | Artichaut sauce vinaigrette it was for both the girls . |
| 7 | On the spiritual side it was at one time also considered self-evident that the Russians , adherence to the Christian religion put them automatically on a higher plane than the heathen , raw-flesh-eating ‘ savages ’ . |
| 8 | I used to do that when I was working and I had to leave at half four , used to do our kids , see when that clock gets to nine waken me I 'm fucking cold out our Ashley said mummy it 's after nine |
| 9 | In its grace , fire , and expressive fluency it was in some ways an important transition between the old Teutonic Bach style of the nineteenth century and what we expect now from the so-called authenticity movement . |
| 10 | Moreover , if there was maladministration it is of little consequence now in that the new regime established by the Financial Services Act of 1986 has rendered the DTI 's role in this matter redundant . |
| 11 | It 's a wonder it 's still here but it 's no wonder it 's in such a God-forsaken state … ’ |
| 12 | As a symbolic act it was of much importance since it offered the prospect of a framework for a wider Anglo-Irish settlement and provided a hope of genuine political involvement for the Catholic minority in Northern Ireland , not in a failed local assembly but through their co-religionists in the south . |
| 13 | Have a gap there but I mean whereas at the moment it 's like that , not to that . |
| 14 | So he has accepted an offer to drive the new Vector at Silverstone , but insists at the moment it is for this race only . |
| 15 | A the moment it is in most cases just about possible to say that , according to a family history , a certain risk exists . |
| 16 | Although Scottish Homes ' flagship schemes , such as the renewal of Wester Hailes , capture most attention it is in smaller projects that most of the agency 's efforts are concentrated . |
| 17 | Because of its long withdrawal period it is of limited use in meat producing animals . |
| 18 | Embarrassment is under no obligation to be comic , though it is most naturally that , and as a fictional theme it is of inexhaustible power and seemingly unending appeal . |
| 19 | She just sat on the stairs eating biscuit after biscuit until , just before midnight , the telephone rang and she heard the voice of the surgeon telling her that the operation was over , that it had been a complete success and that Paul was likely to make a rapid recovery It was after that call that Annette realised that she had steadily munched her way through two and a half packets of biscuits . |
| 20 | It 's not from a chip shop it 's from that Londis shop . |
| 21 | Do you remember the Caldmore and Palfry shopping festival it was in nineteen twenty three apparently , do you remember anything about that , anything about competitions and odd things like that ? |
| 22 | What humbug it is for some Opposition Members to say that one should buy British and then travel around in foreign cars . |
| 23 | Well this is about , I mean at this point it 's about one o'clock in the morning . |
| 24 | What 's the point it 's like all it has got is a little button and a little microphone as well . |
| 25 | And what a great day it was for 82-year-old George Mitchell of the Belmont Club . |
| 26 | ( b ) Procedure It is of vital importance that the procedures to be adopted in the case of an expulsion are clearly and effectively laid down in the partnership agreement and that they are observed to the letter . |
| 27 | His eyes flashed wide as he said it , and when he looked at his wife it was with unfeigned admiration . |
| 28 | At the top of the backswing it is of great importance for the right knee and toes to be in a straight line . |
| 29 | The dominance of the CPSU appeared unassailable at the start of the 1980s , but by the end of the decade it was in serious trouble . |
| 30 | that 's not er actually my circus on that particular video and we have n't identified which circus it was on that particular one . |