Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] it be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three pound fifteen shillings yeah and that 's how , that 's how the work went at that time but as I say these boatmen erm they used t they used to sit down on lock gates day in and day out and did n't have a ship to come in but I 've kno kno known them to row down the river at high tide or it 's before high tide and there 'd be another erm , there 'd be other boatmen there , one was called , he went down , he used to go down and get 'em going , there used to be a race between these two families or the and the first one got the boat , the first one roped it in you see , or wh what we call roping in , moor mooring the ship up , that was |
| 2 | The mainsheet is taken down to a track just ahead of the wheel pedestal where it is within easy reach of the helmsman and the genoa is trimmed by a pair of three-speed Barient 37–3AST winches which achieve a ratio of 87:1 in third gear . |
| 3 | Does that rain mean it 's off the coast or it 's in our area ? |
| 4 | Thus , along the south coast of England the movement of material is eastwards , while on the east coast , where the dominant winds are north-east , it is southwards , except along part of the north Norfolk coast where it is towards the west . |
| 5 | It is true that the government used all the influence it could to secure the return of loyal members , and the purges of borough corporations at the end of Charles II 's reign certainly had an electoral impact , but the election of such a loyal Parliament appears to have been more the result of a genuine reaction against the Whigs amongst the electorate than it was of Court manipulation . |
| 6 | It was cold , so cold in the jeep that it was with difficulty that Alexei kept his eyes open . |
| 7 | Within the workforce , unemployment was greater among immigrants from the New Commonwealth and Pakistan than it was among native-born citizens or those from other European countries . |
| 8 | Those are the ones that are really going to matter , it 's too late to talk about an existing gear once it 's in production , |
| 9 | Yes , it occurs to me to ask is Islam less strict in Kuwait than it is in Saudi Arabia , where , I gather , women are not allowed to drive cars , thieves will have their hands cut off and things like that . |
| 10 | At the end of the run , cut off and tie the insulation so it is in close contact with the wall |
| 11 | The sleepers had been taken up and the flat , stony top of the ridge was so overgrown with blackberries and wild rose and hazelnut bushes that it was like pushing through a forgotten forest in a fairy tale . |
| 12 | We must please be clear about those factors which actually matter , always bearing in mind that it is for the county council in the first instance and perhaps for the panel in the second instance , to take a decision about the suppression of past migration trends . |
| 13 | These are questions which history departments must pose for themselves but it should be borne in mind that it is at the end of the key stage that a final assessment will be required . |
| 14 | Lotus Development Corp is declining to comment on a report in the US edition of the Wall Street Journal on Friday that it is in talks to add a database management system to its product line by buying privately-held Approach Software Corp . |
| 15 | Though there appears to be no evidence to support Husameddin " s assertion that Molla Fenari actually went in company with Karamanoglu Mehmed Bey , the fact that the former dedicated his commentary on the to the latter and praises him fulsomely in the preface suggests a close connection between the two and is a further indication that it was during Karamanoglu Mehmed Bey 's rule ( 1402–19 , 1421–3 ) that Molla Fenari 's sojourn in Karaman occurred . |
| 16 | This is more of an illusion than it is for Britain because there is even less semblance in the US of centralised , national government . |
| 17 | In general one might say that Law has become marginally less distinct from other subjects than it was in that quite a few people are doing cross disciplinary research , e.g. in law and economics and law and society . |
| 18 | But companies are reporting that orders are still down on last year , with no sign from the catering industry that it is in a position to re-equip the dining room . |
| 19 | It may be hard to accept , but the argument goes that it is easier for a creative and original performer to learn how to play his instrument than it is for a consummate player to learn creativity . |
| 20 | snow than it is on top . |
| 21 | Despite these traditions , analysis of student results does not indicate that it is more difficult to gain a first in arts than it is in science subjects . |
| 22 | Remember that some criteria are more applicable to certain categories of rug than to others ; for example , the fineness of the knotting is more critical in workshop rugs than it is in village or nomadic items . |
| 23 | Secondly , the gift must be made upon the condition that it is to be absolute and perfected only on the donor 's death , being revocable until that event occurs and ineffective if it does not . |
| 24 | Later changes left ten as an even more arbitrary figure than it was in the TGAT Report . |
| 25 | ‘ The more I 'm into music and the more I 'm into guitar playing , I realise it is n't about how great a guitar player you are ; it 's about writing songs and it 's about fitting guitar and voice together . |
| 26 | I just ca n't imagine how you could rhythm if it 's like that I suppose you got ta s start with them all running but still |
| 27 | Whatever measures are derived from a structured task , we are still likely to be left wondering how they relate to the language the child uses in everyday settings and it is to a consideration of procedures for sampling naturalistic language production that we now turn . |
| 28 | A 20th century factory , in spite of those dates , it could make between £20 and £25 at auction if it is in good condition . |
| 29 | Balance is difficult to define in simple terms and requires great sensitivity by journalists if it is to be achieved . |
| 30 | After the war a man called Alec Howson in Barnard Castle ran the trips and it was with him that we went to Loch Lomond . |