Example sentences of "it be [prep] these years " in BNC.

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1 It is on these years that the government 's historical reputation will surely be based .
2 ISS focused on the fourth and fifth years because it is in these years that pupils tend to narrow their curriculum , as schools frequently have a very small core with large option schemes , with the result that some pupils pursue a curriculum that is neither broad nor balanced .
3 It was during these years in Kidderminster that amongst all his other labours , Richard Baxter found time to write some sixty books .
4 It was during these years that the new Canadian designed Noorduyn Norseman began its long association with Red Lake .
5 It was during these years that Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany enunciated his famous ‘ yellow peril ’ theory , the idea that the millions of China , led by Japan , would overrun Europe and destroy its civilization .
6 It was during these years too that an eastern extension was begun to Exeter Cathedral , with the addition of a square-ended Lady chapel with flanking chapels .
7 It was in these years that the main contours of ‘ Thatcherism ’ as a phenomenon were firmly established .
8 Important as it is to the understanding of the world today , it was in these years only occasionally decisive for Europe .
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