Example sentences of "it be [prep] the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or what can it be in the context of large-scale modern societies ? |
| 2 | But would it be within the spirit of the manifesto to murmur , read my lips , no more direct taxes ? |
| 3 | I reckon it were about the time of the Great War . |
| 4 | Sometimes she dared to wonder at the causes for this way of life , for she could see that it did not represent a normal attitude towards society , though it was so deeply bred in her that all aberrations from it were for the rest of her life to seem to her perverse : but when , occasionally , she glimpsed some faint light of causation , she recoiled from it and shut her eyes in horror , preferring the darkness to such bitter illumination . |
| 5 | This is very difficult because it means er it is a potential threat as it were to the countryside of the county . |
| 6 | Erm , we 're coming as it were to the end of the first part of the proceedings , er , but , I 'd like to give a brief thanks to the er , C R group , that 's the Charities Recruitment Group , for the part sponsorship of this A G M Conference . |
| 7 | Her fresh-faced expression gazing as it were on the threshold of life is a poignant reminder of the passing of time and finite nature of dreams . |
| 8 | For example , an ambiguous stop segment at the beginning of would be less likely to be identified as than if it were at the beginning of . |
| 9 | When he was consecrated , however , Cranmer made a public protestation that any oath which he took acknowledging the authority of the Pope was not intended to be binding if it were against the law of God or the King 's prerogatives , nor would it bind him to be less free in reformation of the Church . |
| 10 | So the technological backwardness means that , and the over population , means that the soil is , is losing its richness and there 's absolutely no way of restoring it artificially by ploughing deeply and turning up er new soil or by re-enriching it as it were by the use of artificial or natural fertilizers . |
| 11 | The potash mine is by far the biggest employer in the Whitby and Loftus areas and all local authorities have been considerate in their handling of problems caused by it being on the edge of a national park . |
| 12 | Now put that on there so that it 's with the rest of it . |
| 13 | Oh now it 's on the back of the house ? |
| 14 | This delightful hotel is close to the pedestrian precinct , yet as it 's on the edge of the town amidst woods and meadows , it 's an ideal start point for walks . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's on the edge of a village , but quite secluded , there 's a little river too . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It 's on the edge of the estate — the council estate . |
| 17 | It 's on the edge of the table . |
| 18 | Now it 's on the verge of close down . |
| 19 | We all know that dreadful ‘ it 's on the tip of my tongue ’ feeling when a name with which we are perfectly familiar remains tantalisingly just out of reach . |
| 20 | Funny it 's on the tip of my tongue |
| 21 | It 's on the end of this . |
| 22 | Have the the teachers telling you a way of learning something like I 've been saying put C K if it 's on the end of the word . |
| 23 | It 's on the theme of families and you 'll be able to use it at Pack meetings . |
| 24 | It 's on the site of the old T. and T. offices in Upper Thames Street , but is a new and grandiose building put up after the merger . |
| 25 | I think the most immediate one in that 's it 's on the control of the party , are those er wards that have a focus leaflet . |
| 26 | Do n't get involved in corruption even if it 's on the side of the angels . |
| 27 | West Lothian it 's on the side of a hill , but how hilly I do n't know . |
| 28 | Speaking to one of the workers in one of the children 's homes , said do you think that child prostitution in the children 's homes is something new because it 's on the front of the T and A ? |
| 29 | It 's on the front of this tape . |
| 30 | It 's on the front of yours love . |