Example sentences of "it [be] the [noun] of our " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes he seems to be getting caught Gary does whether it 's the pace of our game or the fact that he is n't fit enough yet , who knows ? |
| 2 | Di smiled ruefully : It 's the story of our lives . ’ |
| 3 | It 's the rhythm of our lives at the moment , is n't it ? |
| 4 | ‘ It 's the nature of our business that we will lose money as well as make it . |
| 5 | ‘ It is the quest of our ego that drives us along the eternal and never-ending journey we must all explore … what am I ? |
| 6 | It is the sign of our redeemed and forgiven sin in being the sacrament of our unity in love . |
| 7 | For it is the will of our courteous Lord that we should be as much at home with him as heart may think or soul desire . ’ |
| 8 | It is the knowledge of our grossness that causes us , like Caliban , to cry to sleep again . |
| 9 | In a sense , it is the counterpart of our need for autonomy : while autonomy is the freedom to make things happen , security is the freedom from things we do not want to happen . |
| 10 | He 'll put a coin or a note in a charity box : he uses money to salve his conscience : the very money that causes in its plenty the rich man 's grief , in its absence the poor man 's woe : it is the symbol of our failure , not our success . |
| 11 | It is the Sodom of our century , destroyed for her sins and then left as a stern reminder . |
| 12 | The librarian as custodian of culture is a cliche but it is the essence of our professional activity . |
| 13 | It is the root of our sense of smell and taste , fear and desire , and it still remembers the dragons we ate and were eaten by . |
| 14 | Photographed from all angles , toasted by the people and politicians alike , it was the symbol of our rugby supremacy and treated with extraordinary reverence by the whole population . |
| 15 | It was the beginning of our curiosity about each other which led ultimately to a mutual understanding and respect upon which our friendship became firmly based . |
| 16 | In fact , Richard 's hundredth game co-incided with a red-letter day in the Palace annals , for it was the occasion of our Zenith Data Systems Cup Final victory over Everton at Wembley , in which the young defender had an exemplary afternoon and was a worthy member of the team that gained our 4–1 success . |
| 17 | We had observed that older people in the area seemed to die like flies in the winter from heart attacks and cold-related illnesses and we were confident that it was the inside of our houses that were killing them , not the outside . |
| 18 | After all , it was the death of our people in these situations that has brought us together . ’ |
| 19 | Speaking to The Art Newspaper , Senator Evans said : ‘ It was the infrastructure of our mission in Phnom Penh [ established on 30 October 1991 ] that was important in making everything work . |