Example sentences of "[subord] it [be] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it 's naïvété and many internal contradictions and evasions were easily exposed by its critics ( Chivers , 1987 ) , it is arguable that Swann put multiculturalism and at least weak versions of antiracism on the national educational agenda . |
| 2 | Although it was night and she had a fifteen-mile walk , she felt quite safe . |
| 3 | The television was on although it was morning and Lee was half-watching through the kitchen hatch . |
| 4 | Although it was morning and the quietest time of the day the air was already pungent with the smell of curry and spices , reminding Massingham that it was some hours since breakfast and that there was no certainty when he would get his lunch . |
| 5 | Friday so it 's Wednesday and Friday , right ? |
| 6 | and then time went along until it was September and September the third I was in church when the vicar announced that war has just been declared . |
| 7 | To the immune systems of the animals that it may infect , the resultant mutant virus will look as if it is rabies and so will trigger antibodies and generally stimulate immunity against the disease . |
| 8 | But if it is quality and exclusive , sport still has a place on ITV . ’ |
| 9 | If it 's man and wife arguing , or man , female arguing , and they 're the only two in this place , and I 'm satisfied that it 's gon na be quiet , and there 's no injuries to each other and it 's not gon na flare up , then that 's a domestic , that you can be quite happy with . |
| 10 | If it 's stamina and feeling ‘ fitter ’ that you want then probably a sport such as badminton , squash or tennis will do the trick . |
| 11 | No , but it be beneficial if it 's Comet and the receipt came back for our insurance from Comet erm |
| 12 | If I was walking past a building site , I 'd put my head down , trying not to have eye contact with anyone , but I 'd be expecting it anyway — not because I 'm pretty , but because if it 's summer and you 're a girl and , say wearing shorts , it 's inevitable . |
| 13 | No I should say with a er you know , I mean you 've got ta er i if it 's tongue and groove or , or whatever but as I say , tongue and groove is best . |
| 14 | That looks pretty good — I du n no if it 's steak and kidney or chicken , but either way would suit me fine . |
| 15 | If it 's doom and gloom for a long time , I put it away and forget about it . |
| 16 | ‘ I suppose I 'd know , really , if it was Nick and me . |
| 17 | if it was water and you wanted more to flow off ? |
| 18 | There really is no excuse for this fumbling , flaccid performance and yet this crowd act like they 'd grebo to a belch if it was feedback and amplified . |
| 19 | He swirled the beer in his glass , staring at it as if it was tea and he was reading the leaves . |
| 20 | If it was murder and not some terrible accident . |
| 21 | If it were March and we were still drawing the curtains at four . |
| 22 | This possibility may be less prominent if it were Jack and Jill who went to the cinema . |
| 23 | But I mean the style of it is obviously jacketed person , blousey , cos it 's collar and she 's got three buttons at the front and it 's fitted as a jacket as opposed to a tuck in a blouse . |
| 24 | Cos it 's lights and things is n't it ? |
| 25 | Yeah , cos it 's time and a half ? |
| 26 | Cos it 's flowers and things . |
| 27 | and I 've re I have quite a high awareness about women 's position in society , but because of that I feel that I 've now come to reject the term feminism because erm I think it 's also harming the people who , you know , it 's harming the women that are holding on to that er , label because it is label and that is erm because it 's , because it 's a label it then it 's blocking er forms progress for women . |
| 28 | They hired him after research proved he was more popular than Rik Mayall and Rowan Atkinson among the young drinkers they were targeting He 's already appeared in US adverts for Shell Oil , Ford and Coors beer , but says of the Red Rock series : ‘ This is a different kind of thing because it 's comedy and fun . |
| 29 | And just because it 's Friday and there 's a lot of sport around , it 's Jim Delahunt we join in the Newsroom . |
| 30 | Because it was feelings and stuff . |