Example sentences of "[conj] it be [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I 'm begging , especially our leaders so to speak , to do is to stop thinking that it 's all kind of a joke that 's being perpetrated by idiots or by of some sort against the public . |
| 2 | Th that 's what th the books are saying , that it 's that production of tea in the Soviet Union has gone down . |
| 3 | I get the impression that it 's some sort of systematic research , maybe a response to a leak . |
| 4 | She tilted a defiant chin at him , ‘ From a friend — not that it 's any concern of yours . |
| 5 | ‘ And even if he has , I ca n't see that it 's any concern of yours , Dr Kent . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I thought , ’ she said , ignoring her father 's advice to treat him with kid gloves , ‘ not that it 's any business of yours , that I might potter into Nice for the day . ’ |
| 7 | The Labour benches had several new members and , dare I suggest , green Councillor , with no memory of the disastrous economic policies of the last Labour Government , or the ensuing distress that it 's huge army of unemployed . |
| 8 | Just that it 's different way of dealing with it . |
| 9 | When you look more closely at this apparently innocent use of words , it is easy to see that it is all part of a very carefully engineered process . |
| 10 | There has been some sharp criticism in some areas of the sporting press — principally on three counts : That the turnover generated does not contribute to the levy ; that it is a snub to the all-weather experiment ; that it is pure exploitation of the punter . |
| 11 | The depression on the ‘ blade ’ and the overall shape suggest to me that it is some sort of agricultural implement , such as a weeding paddle or potato lifter . |
| 12 | Er are you saying that it is any part of the Council 's case that this land th it it 's it is er a possibility that having this land as a strategic reserve er can er is of assistance , or are you saying that it is simply er having included it in , it might form part of a strategic reserve ? |
| 13 | How can I avoid seeing that it is this kind of government that threatens my grandchildren ? ’ |
| 14 | They go on to note that it is this feature of the market that necessitates detailed regulation to protect the interests of the shareholders , a principal objective of the City Code on Take-overs and Mergers being , for instance , to ensure a fair distribution of the take-over premium among the members . |
| 15 | In the case of Venus thermal tides make a very large contribution and it can be shown that it is this component of the overall circulation that may drive the 4–5 day zonal circulation and thus speed up the axial spin ( section 4.2 ) . |
| 16 | Now ultimately I think that it is this definition of ‘ autonomy ’ in terms of origin , and the associated distinction between an ‘ inner ’ self which can in some way spontaneously generate its ‘ own ’ actions , and ‘ external ’ influences which are not ‘ part ’ of the self , that will need challenging . |
| 17 | The ‘ new approach ’ they propose , is ‘ a programme consciously directed towards broadening the ideological and cultural content of Britain 's mass media so that it is more representative of the spread of interests and views within the community ’ . |
| 18 | Remember that it is these kinds of tests that are carried out in conventional ( econometric ) tests of economic theories . |
| 19 | I can not find that it was undue influence of the kind which sapped her will and destroyed her volition , but I am satisfied that the pressure of her mother , the very presence of her mother , the mother 's fervent belief in the sin of blood transfusion , the patient 's desire to please her mother , despite their troubled relationship , all of this contributed to the focus of attention being drawn to blood transfusion before anyone else had ever contemplated its need . |
| 20 | Although the New Statesman suggested that it was possible abuses of the law that required assessment , much of the pressure for change , as has been suggested , came from those who viewed with concern what appeared to be the increasing visibility of homosexuality . |
| 21 | Nowadays , of course , we understand that it was this way of talking about ethical abstractions that made them seem so mysterious . |
| 22 | We are therefore not surprised to find that it was this part of his work which most nineteenth-century readers chose to ignore , as any Victorian anthology will prove with its selection of passages relating to Nature . |
| 23 | The answer lies in the fact that it was this part of the state apparatus that was dominant under colonialism and freed from political control by the metropolitan power at independence . |
| 24 | She wanted to make some sarcastic retort about his being so bossy , but he was already clearing away the plates , not paying the slightest scrap of attention to her , and she realised that it was this lack of attention that really annoyed her . |
| 25 | He had found one protection from those " storms " in the Anglican communion ( although he indignantly denied that it was any kind of comfortable haven ) , and during these years his role as one of the most prominent laymen in that communion was increasing ; as one biographical note in 1937 described him , Eliot had done much " to interpret literature to the theologian and theology to the men of letters " . |
| 26 | Not that it was any sort of crackdown on muggers or pickpockets , but in the week before the Season of Goodwill , the Marks and Spencer store on Orchard Street gets more bomb threats than the average American Embassy east of Cyprus . |
| 27 | Abolitionists successfully used the convention drastically to reduce the freedom of parliamentary action and to claim that it was more representative of national opinion than the legislature . |
| 28 | Early explorers of the Pacific coast of North America , who coveted the pure white pelts worn by the resident Indians , thought that it was some kind of polar bear . |
| 29 | The doctor examined him cursorily and told Carolyn that it was some kind of viral infection . |
| 30 | I know he told me that it was some sort of favour for something he did for your father a long time ago , but what ? ’ |