Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rain said : ‘ Would n't it be destroying part of the evidence ? ’ |
| 2 | Now that Moscow 's hopes for fruitful negotiation with the United States had been shattered , it was necessary for the Soviet Union to adopt a more aggressive stance if it were to maintain credibility as a rival to Washington . |
| 3 | Assume now that the group can not sell all it can make at the normal price of £120 but division B sees that it could win a large order if it were to offer goods at £80 each . |
| 4 | At first all that would come into it were moralising precepts about drink which he remembered from having to copy them as exercises when he was a student : I am told you go from street to street where everything stinks to the gods of alcohol . |
| 5 | If that 's a natural as it were adapted effect of the Trivers Willard effect , there are plenty of cultural ones as well . |
| 6 | With the Jacob/Esau narratives we begin to see it being lost sight of , though the descriptions of Jacob 's cruelty and deceitfulness , and the contrast made with Esau 's generosity , make us think the compiler was protesting against the direction in which his material was leading him . |
| 7 | Christina had just received the last consignment of furniture , arriving in the nick of time to prevent it being dumped higgledy-piggledy in the reception hall . |
| 8 | It 's to relieve congestion like this that an Aylesbury by-pass is planned . |
| 9 | Frenetic close-season transfer activity is new to most rugby countries , but in South Africa it 's become part of the furniture … |
| 10 | He says it 's become part of Cheltenham 's heritage . |
| 11 | Many are already sceptical of MIPS ' independence , following its proposed acquisition by Silicon Graphics , and now it 's drawing fire from all quarters , not least from shareholder DEC . |
| 12 | It 's affecting traffic in both directions . |
| 13 | ‘ But I always watch chimps alone and it 's spoilt Gombe for me . ’ |
| 14 | So it 's getting use to the notation , the number that goes in front of the compound applies to everything in the compound . |
| 15 | The s working at the centre I I can tell you that one of the especially being the activities officer which is what I am , one of the biggest problems with the centre , is not being able to put things on , it 's getting people to be interested in them . |
| 16 | It 's getting sort of light now . |
| 17 | ‘ We are trying to play a different type of game and it 's taking time for some of the players to get used to it . |
| 18 | Code-named ’ Operation Casino ’ it 's targeting drivers in rural areas . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's made contact with something down there . ’ |
| 20 | Now , it 's transmitting uranium into even denser matter — lead and plutonium . |
| 21 | It 's teaching children to be good conservationists . |
| 22 | Apart from the first thing of people coming in and bastardising your work , I think to then actually sell that as our work — it 's not only immoral against us , but I think it 's conning members of the public too . ’ |
| 23 | Whether it 's converting pictures into a compatible format for publication , or just expanding your artistic horizons , then this little program is worth a look . |
| 24 | Your key performance indicators , there 's several indicators , if you like , indicating that your persistency is maybe going down , indicating that your product knowledge , you need a re-enlightened on certain products , if you like it 's warning shots across the bow , hey or it 's drawing your att , your attention to a certain area , yah ? |
| 25 | It 's seen service as a transporter in every action the airforce has been involved in since 1967 . |
| 26 | The technique is a long way from being proved but it 's given hope to thousands |
| 27 | It 's says rule of thumb that eye contact is one to three seconds per person |
| 28 | Providing you can get it palletized and it 's chucking men at it . |
| 29 | Now it 's facing controversy after the death of a French woman who took it . |
| 30 | But it 's provoked scores of complaints from people angry about the constant noise from RAF Transport planes . |