Example sentences of "it be a [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In this case the relationship is treated as if it were a one-to-many relationship , but the records on the ‘ many side ’ are duplicated because each record can be related to several parents .
2 Well it 's a neither entity .
3 It 's a neither entity , cos it 's
4 At least it 's a half day today .
5 The rhythm section of Jeff Andrews and Dennis Chambers are just killin' this tune ; it 's a half time triplet groove , and be sure to practise this in all keys .
6 It 's a few hours before he 's due onstage at the Tower Theater in Houston and Mister C is telling me , in a roundabout way , what his name stands for .
7 When your sort of body 's running down anyway , you know it 's it 's a few hours after dinner time , it 's not quite time to go home from work .
8 And if it 's a few pence out , they 're not going to worry about it , particularly if I tell them , I , I added a bit on so that I 'm telling them less .
9 Oh I 'm , I 'm not sure , it 's , it 's a few hundred pounds a year and I , I , I 'm really guessing it 's a few hundred pounds a year for what they call a retaining fee , for being firemen , and then it 's a few pounds every time they attend , and a lesser amount every time for an , a greater amount every time they go out on the fire engine , but it 's nothing er nothing exceptionally high , it 's , it 's very reasonable when you think they 've got other jobs to do
10 Yes , well it 's a few people .
11 He also quipped that , since NT stands for New Technology , ‘ we will will have to change that when it 's a few years old . ’
12 He also quipped that , since NT stands for New Technology , ‘ we will will have to change that when it 's a few years old . ’
13 Erm it 's a few years old but it 's hardly had any use .
14 ‘ Just go down the plaza here , turn right into the old section of the building , and it 's a few doors down on the right .
15 I think it I think it 's a few months to go yet .
16 Yeah but it 's a few weeks yet though .
17 That 's not bad it 's an all time record .
18 Milwall just caught sleeping for a moment can get a good ball in for here and Hendry it 's an own goal .
19 It is a little time when we can talk together , and I encourage her to talk about her father .
20 If we consider an ordinary tree , by the time it is a few years old it has usually acquired a number of little branches , coming out more or less horizontally from the main stem or trunk .
21 I mean it is a few years back but I can remember not long ago it was eighteen P
22 The important fact about a field survey is that it is a once-and-for-all operation which can not be repeated .
23 The damaged one was still working , although it was a little way out of alignment .
24 It was a few feet by a few feet with a bench to sit on .
25 To this extent , we may consider society today to be healthier than it was a few decades ago .
26 It was a few minutes after Allen recovered his bow that Friar Tuck and Simon the Trapper arrived at the tree .
27 Rather unfairly , as he had been very nice that morning , it was a few minutes before I remembered there was a third guest present .
28 ‘ He thinks it was a few minutes after six . ’
29 Fran murmured her thanks as the woman collected the dog and went on her way , but it was a few minutes before she followed her .
30 It was a few moments before an answer occurred to him .
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