Example sentences of "[noun] it [be] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm , it never , with reorganization it was a bit of a problem because erm I well remembers too just after reorganization the County Treasurers took all the telephones off the hook , so there was no communication between our department and theirs . |
| 2 | For equities it was a day for special situations . |
| 3 | For such organizations it is a matter of balancing the demands for their services against the limited resources available . |
| 4 | Even to twentieth century eyes it is a symbol of power ( 557 ) . |
| 5 | In practice it 's a piece of paper that 's been written out by you or at your direction to say what is to happen to all your goods and chattels and property when you die . |
| 6 | We 've got it 's in other words it 's a sort of negative feedback . |
| 7 | In other words it is a part of the larger and even more complex issue of the relevance of current cost accounting . |
| 8 | Modal choice , however , is not solely concerned with the start point of a trip : for those Journeys that terminate beyond the immediate neighbourhood it is a question of finding the easiest mode for the whole route . |
| 9 | It is no more than a large village with shops , yet to the folk of the remote parts of Sutherland it is a metropolis of great importance . |
| 10 | In effect it was a return to the conditions of mid-Silurian times , with a corresponding decrease in provincialism , but it lasted longer and led to the fantastic flowering of the Frasnian reefs . |
| 11 | In essence it was a development of policies which Lloyd George had advocated at the beginning of his political career . |
| 12 | But it 's a compliment it 's a compliment from the company saying we 've got a looking people that we 're quite that people can you know . |
| 13 | I get another star , thing is he does n't actually , I can remember them cos he can read them , I do n't know whether she 's got them wrong for the test it 's a bit of a really is n't it eh ? come on |
| 14 | For Heath it was a partnership in Indo-China between France and the US , whose interests required loyal and ungrudging although not uncritical support from the US . |
| 15 | In other countries it was a vehicle for selling processed peas or indoctrinating the masses . |
| 16 | It was a time of plenty for everyone ; for Gould it was a period of unparalleled excitement and surprises . |
| 17 | Even for the natives it is a point of pride to understand the system . |
| 18 | To Carol it was a symbol of victory . |
| 19 | When he made a successful speech to the Conservative backbench committee it was a matter of surprised comment . |
| 20 | Judging from the cleanness of the candleholders it was a facility of which they seldom , if ever , took advantage . |
| 21 | Well I think it 's been open to any higher education institution to grab this idea because it 's been around for a long time , the great beauty of Napier is to some degree it 's a centre of excellence it 's got its B A course so has Queen Margaret but at the bottom end but why should I say the bottom end at the bottom end it 's got the B A communications course at the top end it 's got apprentice training for printers . |
| 22 | In large part lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions ; to some degree it was a consequence of the different interests of the departments within which economists were employed . |
| 23 | When Christians hear that they usually think it 's spelt S O N but it is n't , it 's S U N and the Sun of Righteousness er with healing in his wings , so Freud says and I believe it 's actually this seen it , it 's very common on Egyptian monuments it 's a picture of a sun er with , with wings , with rays shining out of it . |
| 24 | Well Mick it 's a bit of a surprise , this signing was n't it , did it take you off , off guard ? |
| 25 | In the first half it was a case of premature ejaculation . |
| 26 | In rehearsal it is a matter of establishing the correct way to play the notes . |
| 27 | That is a matter of judgment , and on 16 December it was a matter of compromise . |
| 28 | Well in War and Peace it 's a story of the er I mean there are many themes go on but the broad sweep of history is about the Napoleonic invasion of Russia and the way the Russians defended themselves against the French armies . |
| 29 | For Callinicos it is a belief in this possibility , and that alone , which remainders melancholy and irony — that is to say , Modernism — as an adequate response to modern life . |
| 30 | you know , there 's no , whereas when you do it with a chisel it 's a bit of a , inverted commas |