Example sentences of "to [noun prp] [conj] it [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to go to Sunderland because it is in my own region , the far north . |
| 2 | I do n't know what happened at this particular gig , but I know it was his home town — it was the most important gig to David because it was in front of a home crowd . |
| 3 | This is as much a story of internally generated reform and state genuflection to Oxbridge as it is of institutional conflict and change . |
| 4 | It 's not as far to Chester as it is to Swansea is it ? |
| 5 | Be that as it may , it is clear that ideology was at least as important to Althusser as it was to Gramsci . |
| 6 | John Bayley , after the remark quoted above , goes on to complain about ‘ the almost purely technical nature of this modern criticism , even more unsuited to how we actually respond to Dostoevsky than it is to most authors . ’ |
| 7 | Do n't you think that man has done enough harm to Jennifer as it is without inflicting any more pain on her ? ’ |
| 8 | And in fact Hartlepool is much more related to Durham than it is to er North Yorkshire . |
| 9 | The Three Valleys are bound to be in there too , with Charlotte 's vote probably going to Meribel because it 's in the central valley of the three and not what is invariably described as a concrete jungle ; Val d'Isere because the skiing is just so brill and Tignes is , well , a concrete jungle really . |
| 10 | First is to Finland and it is to Penti P E N T I , and it reads as follows dear Penti , at the moment I am looking for information on the cost for officially trialing grasses and clovers in your country , stop . |
| 11 | Porto Santo is not connected under the sea to Madeira but it is of a similar age — Miocene . |