Example sentences of "[subord] it be this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Going on down er , the profit and loss account , the tax charge er , is lower as a percentage than it was this time last year . |
| 2 | It 's colder than it was this morning I think . |
| 3 | If it 's this cold she might not bother coming back |
| 4 | Wonder if it 's this road surf- there 's a feeling a bit of vibration on the steering then . |
| 5 | And if it 's this evening , I rather doubt … = Still , you could try . |
| 6 | actually caught with , I think he was just starting on that when Mike come down , er but , he got it out this magazine rack because it was at the back of there I put it , cos it 's this year 's the others I 've got upstairs in a drawer |
| 7 | However , for this you need right thinking and a right understanding , because it is this thinking impulse and action of the higher truth that ultimately leads to inner freedom . |
| 8 | all going out for a Chinese because it 's this girl 's birthday tomorrow , so there 's er eight of them all going out . |
| 9 | She had never felt such a queer sensation before and was suddenly sad because it was this man who was going to take her innocence away from her . |
| 10 | To this book ‘ must be given the credit for preserving the ideas of equestrian art to the present day , because it was this book that formed the basis of its renaissance ’ . |
| 11 | This study will , therefore , concentrate on the first wave of evacuation during the ‘ phoney war ’ period because it was this stage that caused most controversy . |
| 12 | The authors have chosen to present PMR since it is this method that we use most often . |
| 13 | I do n't know whether it 's this weekend |
| 14 | Whether it 's this pain that 's doing it I know I do n't know . |
| 15 | The owner of ‘ The Hollybush ’ at Elstree proposed to infill an original coach arch in the pub 's facade and to demolish the timber framed side walls of the passageway behind in order to form a larger and open interior , even though it was this feature that distinguished the building as an historic inn . |
| 16 | As it is this confusion has seen many of Mann 's photographs censored across America . |
| 17 | But it is seldom given as good an excuse for playing rough as it was this week by the blunder of the guerrilla force that has been fighting it for 23 years in Namibia and by the embarrassing unreadiness of the United Nations peacekeeping force to do its job of supervising the Namibian peace settlement . |
| 18 | She had allowed him to come too close , to penetrate her defences far too easily as it was this evening . |
| 19 | It may well be that there are good reasons for following customary practices or for rejecting them in favour of new ones , but teachers ought to know what these reasons are , for it is this knowledge which provides for adaptability , the alternative realization of principles through techniques appropriate to different instructional settings . |
| 20 | The memorandum of association is of crucial importance to the company , for it is this document which lays down the boundaries of the company 's activities . |
| 21 | Clearly , less is more , for it was this novel , ‘ Amongst Women ’ , which last year led to McGahern being nominated for a Brooker Prize . |