Example sentences of "it be the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is more likely that the marital conflict which precedes the separation and the stressful events which follow it are the real sources of difficulty . |
| 2 | This term is in some respects a misnomer , for within it are the hepatic lipocytes ( fat storing or Ito cells ) and a specialised basement membrane-like matrix , which consists predominantly of type IV collagen , laminin , and proteoglycans . |
| 3 | Beyond it are the royal conveniences . |
| 4 | The specification of a product and the allocation of resources to develop it are the later stages of a series of planning loops . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It will be interesting to know how the wha how the minister proposes to define er materials er material significance , er who will issue guidance on that point er will it be the professional associations , is it something that the government is going to turn it 's mind to and what is , what does it actually mean er for example if the auditor was looking at the Maxwell accounts er what what is a matter of material er er er significance , er for example would it be materially significant that just about every one er er who you spoke to at the time thought that Maxwell was a crook although interestingly that was n't er apparently the view of the regulator or that are directly responsible for these matters , er but even before Maxwell was exposed for the the crook that he was er many , many people knew from him that his conduct , er the way his conducted himself , the D T I itself of course had said that he was a a a manifestly unsuitable person er to be in charge of a company . |
| 7 | who 'll win the Mackeson … will it be the young lions from Naunton … or the grand old Duke from Ford … the race is on |
| 8 | Should the fuel be of a fossil type such as coal or oil or should it be the radioactive elements in a nuclear reaction ? |
| 9 | Would it be a time of wonder , or would it be the old conflicts continued ? |
| 10 | yes , that 's right I think it were the first ones to come out |
| 11 | Yes , I think that the crucial thing that 's emerging , especially from the area of artificial intelligence , is that we 're beginning to understand that what the name of the game is getting people to express their intentions , and for a long time we 've been , as it were , stuck in languages that do n't really help you to do that and we 're really beginning to understand now that erm what people are doing when they program indeed , I mean as it were the ace programmers , are expressing their intention for whatever 's to be done in the task the computer 's to perform clearly . |
| 12 | I think it were the Irish Times or something , or the Irish Betting Times or something like that , and she was the only one who did n't draw a horse , and she thought oh well that 's it , no chance . |
| 13 | Money and how to get hold of it were the perennial problems that refused to go away . |
| 14 | Within it were the strong echoes of the disgust with politics that McCarthyism had induced , and the early excitement of the Beats and their progeny in Greenwich Village . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Sitting on the ground in front of it were the two constables who had delayed him at the dovecot during the arms search . |
| 17 | Pitted against it were the great princes , some with ambition to achieve political and legal independence of the crown . |
| 18 | So that ma er in any case they 'd of got some of it being the two colours . |
| 19 | So it 's the educated women who suffer . |
| 20 | And it 's the Liberal Democrats , friends , that have got the best policies on these things . |
| 21 | But there 's no doubt it 's the smelly ones which will be attracting all the attention when they make their appearance at the Chelsea Show . |
| 22 | It 's the unsocial hours we have to work . ’ |
| 23 | Cos it 's the solid ones . |
| 24 | It 's not your favourite sport it 's the hunky wrestlers themselves , that 's your favourite sport ! |
| 25 | It 's the political tactics of divide and conquer , you see ? ’ |
| 26 | But it is n't ; it 's the good rounds that bring you back . |
| 27 | But it is n't ; it 's the good rounds that bring you back . |
| 28 | And , go through the enabling factors first , they 're very very straightforward , it 's the motivating factors which are more complex . |
| 29 | I mean , in essence it 's the small committees at the end of the day which actually find the target and the larger committees at the beginning of the list which do n't find them . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's the small things that matter , ’ she said . |