Example sentences of "[vb -s] it be [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The company produced 29,224 ounces of gold at an average grade of between 2.5 and 2.8 grammes per tonne , and says it is on course to mine 70,000 ounces during the whole of 1989 .
2 USL says it is in contact with the University in an attempt to resolve their difficulties ‘ informally ’ and without recourse to litigation .
3 It says it is in discussions with its ACE partners about Alpha , but continues to hesitate to formally offer it as still another hardware platform for ACE to absorb .
4 He says it was like Aliens in space , no one can hear you scream .
5 The North of England thinks it is in competition with Scotland for industrial investment .
6 ‘ That means it 's between quarter to and four o'clock , ’ she explained .
7 That means it was for use in climates and countries so benign that the natives require no shelter at all , and where a tent is more or less a decorative affectation .
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