Example sentences of "the [noun sg] and it be [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I 'd look on the field and it was his brother who 'd been tackled . ’ |
| 2 | The down hairs are the ones closest to the skin and it is their primary task to keep the animal warm and to conserve its precious body heat . |
| 3 | It is not for the likes of us to try and tell you your job , after all , you are the boss and it is your decision as to who gets in the squad , but when rubbish like Terry becomes a regular , well … it reflects on the whole team and your lousy judgement in particular . |
| 4 | But Mal Reilly is the coach and it is his judgment . |
| 5 | The co-ordinator is the only full-time member of the team and it is his task to ensure that the others , who should be sufficiently senior to be able to take decisions on actions proposed , feel involved and committed to the value improvement concept . |
| 6 | The co-ordinator is the only full-time member of the team and it is his task to ensure that the others , who should be sufficiently senior to be able to take decisions on actions proposed , feel involved and committed to the value improvement concept . |
| 7 | We are er overseeing them , as we do with other contractors , but it is , it is the district and it 's their own contractor and we hope that they will improve their performance . |
| 8 | I remember an occasion , some years ago , when the front door bell rang here and I opened the door and it was my secretary coming for work in the morning . |
| 9 | But Gould said : ‘ I knew the financial problems facing the club when I became manager in the summer and it was my idea that I should work without a contract . |
| 10 | However , some of the Holkham tenants , almost in reaction to their landlord 's introduction of the alien West Country breed , decided to combine their native Norfolk and Suffolk types as being more suitable to the region and it was their efforts which , by 1810 , produced by the first selectively bred combinations of the horned Norfolk meat types and the polled dairy Suffolk in the Norfolk and Suffolk Poll . |
| 11 | I myself thought that the matter was one on which no degrees of murder could be properly invented and was very loath to move the clause , but I was the Attorney-General at the time and it was my duty as Chief Law Officer to carry out the decision of the Cabinet . |