Example sentences of "it [be] [prep] the [noun sg] [Wh pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's like the man who was doing putting the two new windows in . |
| 2 | One way of playing it is for the person who gets back first to get one point and it can be the first team to ten . |
| 3 | ( 6 ) It is for the person who owed any duty under subsection ( 3 ) above — ( a ) if he gave consent and the question arises whether he gave it within a reasonable time , to show that he did , ( b ) if he gave consent subject to any condition and the question arises whether the condition was a reasonable condition , to show that it was , ( c ) if he did not give consent and the question arises whether it was reasonable for him not to do so , to show that it was reasonable , and , if the question arises whether he served notice under that subsection within a reasonable time , to show that he did . |
| 4 | It is for the party who claims that a clause satisfies the test of reasonableness to show that it does ( s 11(5) ) . |
| 5 | It was for the man who looked after the sewage outfall ; he had to be here to open the sluice whenever the tide was right . |