Example sentences of "it be [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Do you think it would be a good idea to privatize planning control in the sense of letting it be up to developers to choose whether they should go ahead or not on the basis of what they conceive to be constraints , or that that should be within the entire realm of the local planning authority ?
2 Is The Simpsons any good on tape and when will it be out on budget ?
3 The date must not be a future one , nor must it be out of date ( more than six months ) .
4 Not at all , says Sir Peter , nor would it be out of character if he went in his own carriage — and Mr Moses agrees .
5 Would it be out of order to ask what they do get paid , or what they did get paid ?
6 I thought it were on past Worksop .
7 But also , by the time the programme drive came to an end [ when the Emergency ended and with it the effective coercive powers of than government ] , millions had suffered harassment at the hands of government officials bent on implementing it , many , perhaps hundreds , had died from it ; the political leaders who had willed it were out of power , and in disrepute , and the programme itself was in total disarray .
8 There was a pretty pathetic little click , it being out of bullets and everything .
9 " It looks as though it 's over wi' awd Blossom , then , " he said , and rested his hand briefly on the old cow 's back It was an enormous , work-swollen hand .
10 No it 's over towards Naples .
11 And it 's over to Ruben at the , at the stand commentary box .
12 I 'll be back with our late bulletin after News at Ten , but for the rest of the programme , it 's over to Anne Dawson , at the International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire .
13 BBC1 have the London Marathon in the morning , starting at 8.55am , then it 's over to ITV in the afternoon for the Rumbelow 's League Cup final between Manchester United and Nottingham Forest , and in the evening BBC2 give more than three hours to the closing stages of the US Masters from Augusta .
14 The lights in the sky mean it 's over for Heyford 's last remaining servicemen in the Gulf .
15 Well I er do n't agree that there has been er understaffing and in the statement which I made to the House today I was able to point out what a very big increase in er the total complement of the prison officers has taken place during recent years , but it 's up to Lord Justice Woolf to look in to whatever evidence is put before him , it 's for him to look at the terms of reference and he will no doubt decide what is relevant and what is not .
16 As I see it , it 's up to Peggy , and knowing her I ca n't see that she 'd let anything happen that was n't above board . ’
17 It 's up to Zoe to tell her .
18 He paused , and said , ‘ So it 's up to Mick Crackbene then , is n't it ? ’
19 Well it 's up to Stan to yeah to have a go he 's got the pace he 's the quickest man on the field probably .
20 A lot of women here have said it 's up to women , it 's up to mothers
21 It 's up to women to change attitudes and if our protest makes one woman think , then it 's a victory .
22 It 's up to Peter what he does .
23 If that were the case then I would say to you that there must be some exceptions to it and the one exception I am particularly concerned with , and it 's up to others to bring forward their particular exceptions , is that of rural affordable housing .
24 Now it 's up to Stewart , whatever he blooming took !
25 And then erm it 's up to Road Police Station to deal with it .
26 It 's up to mothers to try to change the next generation — I will be teaching my son to wash , iron and darn . ’
27 A lot of women here have said it 's up to women , it 's up to mothers
28 It 's up to mothers to protect the youngest and most vunerable .
29 Major sponsors Elf , the French petrol suppliers with 800 filling stations in Britain , told me : ‘ It 's up to Frank Williams to sort it out .
30 ‘ But everybody seems to want me to stay on — it 's up to Frank to give me the nod and I will sign . ’
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