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

No	Sentence
1	so it , it is a sort of it 's a kind of sort of liveish topic it 's sort of in one of those stages where it 's not actually happening yet because a
2	So you would n't have to spend a fortune on , on , on I mean it 's only a matter of most of it 's a matter of paint , and then hanging a few things up is n't it ?
3	up and spouts , and a lot of it 's a load of rubbish
4	Some of it 's a load of rubbish !
5	I think a lot of it is a case of pressure Peter , you know if the girls want to make twenty five appointments that week , if they 've got an appointment , yes , I 'll have it in , regardless of where it was , they would .
6	Since I know that it is not , then my use of it is a bit of rhetoric .
7	Perhaps too much of it is a text for skilled professionals .
8	A lot of it is a matter of hearing : you just start to hear it that way after a while , especially if you listen to a lot of Coltrane and people who really developed that part of the language . ’
9	Much of it is a matter of planning and approach , and most of us from time to time talk with colleagues and seek advice from older and perhaps wiser hands .
10	I ca n't remember enough detail to produce a coherent report , but the upshot of it is a win for Leeds would have been a fair result , and a draw less fair .
11	And you would take this book and you 'd put a hard piece of it was a kind of a a cardboard that would n't absorb water I 've forgotten what the thing was made of .
12	Town growth , too , as William Hutton 's history of Birmingham indicates , threatened space , especially as much of it was a matter of infilling within existing boundaries .
13	It was a gold chain , and on the end of it was a picture of a very beautiful woman .
14	Great practical achievements jostle with the expected financial and administrative problems but throughout it is a story of people doing their very best to improve the health and welfare of animals of all shapes and sizes and in all circumstances .
15	But , forgive me , that just seems like it 's a drop in the bucket .
16	But , or because same thing like it were a couple of years ago , with finances .
17	It felt so good tucked there , so snug and firm under his armpit like it was a part of him .
18	‘ I do n't know why we were making the damn thing — everybody was acting like it was a pain in the ass .
19	Bill takes a Coke , rips the ring pull cleanly off like painful bandaging and drinks it down in one , like it was a glass of water .
20	He said it like it was a joke to be shared , but I winced , knowing what was coming .
21	Underneath it was a map of London .
22	Beneath it was a quote from Willy Brandt , elder statesman of European democratic socialism : ‘ Now grows together what belongs together . ’
23	Beneath it were a photograph of a beaming Ruby Dobby and a few hundred words about her having a psychic revelation that Sniffy Wilson was near London and trying to make contact with a friend .
24	Behind it are a couple of clapboard cabins , their windows gone and their planks left to loosen in a wind that never quite dies .
25	The position taken by the accounting profession is that the function of the accounts is to provide verifiable information : what users of that information choose to do with it is a matter for them .
26	The Nature Conservatory Council , who thankfully own Creag Meagaidh , have a couple of suggestions , including it being a monument to a lost lover or an old protection for a rowan tree .
27	Above it is a layer of gas at lower pressure .
28	Just above it is a block of plastic which combines a Euro-style power socket , a fuse carrier and the main power switch — which should be easy to find in the dark , as it 's directly above the mains lead .
29	In my view death resulting from it is a death by natural causes .
30	Far from it being a departure from a voluntary approach , it is a voluntary approach : it depends upon a contractual relationship being agreed between the employer and the employee .