Example sentences of "it [be] [art] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And the thing which really makes it are the three chimneys , without those , I think the rest of it would be okay , but not terribly exciting .
2 Would n't it be a zillion times better to destroy it ?
3 After the signing of the Treaty of Limerick in October 1691 the risk of an invasion via Ireland was slight , but unrest continued in Scotland , with whose problems William III had no sympathy ; he is said to have remarked that he wished it were a thousand miles away .
4 Hence economic growth and cultural change ( post-Fordism and postmodernism ) constitutes as it were the two sides of these new post-industrial urban middle classes .
5 Sitting on the ground in front of it were the two constables who had delayed him at the dovecot during the arms search .
6 But I think it tends to save any type of … any misunderstandings that may later take place as a result of it being a one-on-one deal .
7 After it was all over , we kept hearing about it being a million-to-one chance .
8 So that ma er in any case they 'd of got some of it being the two colours .
9 If somebody 's saying to you do you want our guarantee — it 's fifty pounds , or it 's a hundred pounds — if you 're spending that sort of money you 'll probably pay out for it and you 'll think you 're covered for all sorts of things that might go wrong .
10 It 's a hundred pound a month in n it ?
11 three , it means you 've got three for every lane , it 's a hundred yards to your stopping distance , to you come to a junction
12 I think it 's a hundred places , and there are about a thousand something sa
13 Well , it 's a hundred percent grant that the D of E gives to er the er county council , so then it 's really it 's transferred to us is n't it ?
14 So if you gave that person ten shares , gave ninety shares to somebody else it 's a hundred percent in total , but if that person then dies cos you do n't want any of his relatives to have it then there 's only the ninety shares remaining and ninety shares will be one hundred percent .
15 No , it 's a , it 's a , it 's a hundred percent mortgage is n't it ?
16 Erm it 's a hundred years of parish government really , and er I would have thought probably we 'll find out that the National Association of Local Councils will probably be organizing something we can erm erm you know , adhere to .
17 But most of the others , it 's a nine-to-four job .
18 It 's a twelve month period .
19 The takes it to twel it 's a twelve week cycle is n't it ?
20 It 's a twelve week .
21 Alright here we go then ; the first race tonight is seven thirty erm it 's a twelve ways programme , but the first erm selection 's in the second race which is the seven forty five , and this is a name two grade , four fifty metres erm which is five hundred yards .
22 It 's a one way street and all ai n't it , that makes it worse .
23 Fucking hey must be lunatics it 's only a single lane carriageway hurar hurar and it 's a one way street , dead end fucking inverted brain leg it of the moon , the sun
24 Yes , it 's a one day ,
25 Yeah , well , no it 's a one day course then I 've got four and a half things af , you know follow on
26 And it 's a one year course is it ?
27 It 's a one time thing , it just happened
28 It did but er it 's a two way switch this business you know , you 've got to er you 've got to be together on the job have n't you really two sw two way switch .
29 It 's a two way contract ; if we do n't play our part responsibly , it is virtually impossible for firms to produce the good honest food we say we want .
30 Erm it 's a it 's a two way street .
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