Example sentences of "be [noun] [conj] it [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They have turned the company around against a tight economic background and it would be shame if it was pounced on . |
| 2 | There were fears that it was intended to remove him and substitute someone more acquiescent . |
| 3 | The Supreme Court had been increased in size from five to nine judges by President Carlos Saúl Menem in April , and there were accusations that it was biased in favour of the government . |
| 4 | The return fare to the conference is £1,800 and it is felt that Cleveland Ambulance can not justify the expense of public money on one person . |
| 5 | The term used for this is polydispersity and it is described by parameters derived from the statistics of the method used for molecular weight determination . |
| 6 | A tumulus on the summit ridge is evidence that it was known , probably as a hunting ground , and may indeed have been occupied as a settlement by primitive man . |
| 7 | Oh no no no , there was no such , there was there was distemper as it was called , er not like emulsion is today , there was this distemper that was called but er oh no that was that was for the pigsty the distemper was , whitewash . |
| 8 | The benefits will be very substantial and I believe this initiative could be as significant to us in the future as was SRS when it was introduced all those years ago . |
| 9 | The estimated cost was £100 and it was decided to have a special gift day the following December . |
| 10 | There was annoyance when it was learned that the claims had first appeared in the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal , both prominent business dailies , not refereed scientific journals . |