Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] it [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or has it been a build up over a ye number of years |
| 2 | Or confirm it is a genuine loss at sea . ’ |
| 3 | Take It Or Leave It is a much more vocal narrative delivered to a fictional audience with jokes , asides and comments on his own style . |
| 4 | This connection between economic performance , marriage , and fertility , perhaps the best known empirical association in social science , then worked through the ‘ valve ’ of marriage : delaying marriage or avoiding it was the only practical way of controlling births . |
| 5 | Not only are the men and women involved people of remarkable courage and strength , but unlike Imperial Typewriters or Spiralynx it is a strike of black workers in an area well known for its tradition of left wing trade union organisation . |
| 6 | ( b ) at the time of such act or default it is a member of or a beneficial owner of a share or shares in the Company |
| 7 | Or had it been a fruit ? |
| 8 | Had her sister known David was back in the country , or had it been a shock ? |
| 9 | Had she been less committed to parenting , perhaps because her children were older and seen to be less in need of her support , or had it been an event which threatened a role or idea to which she was less committed , perhaps losing a part-time job which she did not enjoy , the effect would be less threatening . |
| 10 | Thirty minutes of oratory and twelve of applause ; or had it been the other way round ? |
| 11 | Nor has it been the result of government action and state control . |
| 12 | Cooking and eating it is a grand undertaking . |
| 13 | Not only , therefore , was William party to the decision to request continuation of the supervision order , but he now looks back and agrees it was the right decision . |
| 14 | In his hands she saw something glint and realised it was a knife . |
| 15 | She caught a glimpse of colour — dark red — and realised it was a woman 's dress . |
| 16 | First we thought something fell , but then 15 minutes later we came out and saw the crowds and police and realised it was a bomb . ’ |
| 17 | He smelt the scent of the roses , and realised it was the first time he had walked here , the first time he had looked at them , in four years . |
| 18 | She regarded him suspiciously , and realised it was the best he was going to do for her . |
| 19 | In the case of both /Ε/; and /a/ it is the persons for whom the vowel has less significance as a network marker who seem to be leading the linguistic change . |
| 20 | Being a true professional , she flashed a smile — as Fred hung on for dear life — and admitted it was a pretty paw show . |
| 21 | You 've got to get on and deal with the problem and forget it 's a crisis . |
| 22 | Er most of my points have actually dried up now , sir , in view of what Mr Cunnane has said , and also Mr Jewitt , erm I do actually , I would try to emphasize a point that the people who are proposing new settlements in this location have judiciously avoided the question of need this afternoon , well I think we we almost came to the point this morning that the shortfall was nine hundred and reducing almost on a month by month basis , er one or two quick points I would like to pick up , er in view of the erm small nature or the shortfall in housing supply that we see over the next fifteen years , I can not accept that to avoid the new settlement option would be prejudicial to greenbelt objectives , erm the housing land supply allocations are almost there , there are plans to run through which will un almost inevitably allocate additional sites inside the inner edge of the greenbelt boundary and outside the outer edge of the greenbelt boundary , but both within Greater York , which are bound to assist in making up the shortfall of provision , and probably , if I suspect rightly , would actually exceed it , erm erm I agree with Mr Cunnane on the question of the alternative expansion of existing towns or settlements , the same point really , we 're almost there anyway , the op that option is already there , it 's not that it might be there , it is it is there at the moment , er it 's not a clear expression of local preference , and I would also point out the option of the environmental improvements under the P P G criteria you asked us to look at , erm whether it 's a thousand houses , two thousand , two and a half thousand , whether it has a bowling alley , or a ten pin bowling alley , and a B and Q , and a , probably a Tesco as well , this form of development will not sit comfortably in open countryside , almost , wherever it 's put within the Greater York area , I defy anyone to produce a site where one can satisfactorily put er such a massive form of urban development and suggest it 's a positive environmental improvement . |
| 23 | But I think I 'd actually like to support that idea , I think we ought to er er write back to them and say it 's a splendid idea , erm let's have more of it and and thank you to the local government commission for s er seeing to this after a hundred years . |
| 24 | You can sell a house by saying it 's near to the station , or the shops : or you can be really eccentric and say it 's a life giving spa centre with its own magic water source . |
| 25 | I did n't think it was possible for somebody to stand in the middle of the fairway and say it 's an iron of any description . |
| 26 | He put up his hands and found it was a long strand of seaweed . |
| 27 | If it can survive — and reforming it is a barely an issue in Britain — maybe anything can , even should . |
| 28 | Then they awoke , and behold it was a dream . |
| 29 | ‘ And you knew Feargal , knew his name , knew he came from Slane , and assumed it was the same family . ’ |
| 30 | Exercise , gently at first , and let it be a part of your programme of change . |