Example sentences of "it the [noun sg] ['s] " in BNC.

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1 It also frets over the Sun/Texas Instruments Inc SuperSparc , awarding it the year 's ‘ Wide of the Mark ’ title .
2 Is it the Government 's policy to arrest the accelerating decline in manufacturing — both in investment and employment — and , if so , when they will do it and how ?
3 Is it the Government 's contention that such an emergency , if there be an emergency , is relevant only in England and Wales ?
4 Now as I understand it the minister 's position is that he be bound to refer that matter to the partner responsible for audit and that partner er would then be put on notice that er he ought to report it to the relevant authority .
5 Then , it the child 's explanation is unconvincing , the team visits the parents .
6 ‘ Was it the King 's body ? ’
7 Fred Hoyle , in 1961 , also suggested that the protosun had originally contracted by shedding more of its outer web , but managed to spread to the outermost periphery of the Sun , carrying with it the Sun 's angular momentum .
8 Is it the customer 's own fault ?
9 In the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian war and the unification of Germany Smith had already calculated that British industry , and with it the country 's future , would be jeopardized unless there were a completely different and far more positive official approach to both technical and art education .
10 About 85pc of the company 's product is sold overseas , a feat which won it the Queen 's Award for Export two years ago .
11 She thought the remark was odd but before she had a chance to query it the attendant 's phone rang and as he disappeared Rachel went on to the changing-rooms .
12 We had we had the two schools , the School and the what we call the Boys School , that was the other one on on the green and it the girl 's school , near this school , you started there as an infant between five and seven .
13 Angela was n't it the girl 's name ?
14 The owner before Uncle Titch had been a retired seaman and he 'd renamed it the Turk 's Head , not after an Ottoman warrior , as most people thought , but after a special type of nautical knot that looked like a turban .
15 Was it the client 's idea or the GP 's ?
16 Silicon Graphics Inc , Mountain View , California , will this week unveil the Iris Indigo DevStation , calling it the industry 's first desktop especially configured for software developers .
17 If those worst fears were to come true , the Soviet-American consensus in the UN would quickly disappear — and with it the body 's best hope of effectiveness .
18 Shortly after leaving the Luzern steamer-quays , the lakeside lido can be seen on the northern shore , and just behind it the city 's camp site .
19 Four inches of rain have fallen in four days in the south-west , making it the region 's soggiest November since 1940 and Britain 's wettest autumn since 1984 .
20 SEVEN sendings-off made it the season 's worst day for discipline and took the total to 50 , compared with 64 at the same stage last season .
21 It may just be reflected sunlight , but it has s sickly and unnatural look to it The Castle 's towers are clearly visible in the distance .
22 I call it the Citizen 's Chunder .
23 Or was it the earth 's enlightenment —
24 Is it the teacher 's job to motivate the child at school ?
25 Is it the teacher 's job or is it the responsibility of the parents to instruct children in good manners , acceptable standards of behaviour , dress and the difference between right and wrong ?
26 By 1980 Miami beach had all but totally eroded , and with it the town 's tourist business ; sand was then sucked from the sea-bed and the beach rebuilt .
27 ‘ Conspiracy ’ is crucial to organisational capacity of the elite ; without it the group 's consciousness and coherence are ineffective and directionless .
28 At the end of 1983 West Germany had 16 nuclear power stations with a total capacity of 11,110 MW , making it the world 's fifth nuclear nation .
29 Two new products promise to make it the world 's leading supplier to the diet food industry .
30 Its strands can grow to a metre in length , making it the world 's longest moss .
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