Example sentences of "of [art] [adj] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the records generated by the heavy taxation of the 1690s it is possible to characterize the householders of London , both in the city and outside , according to their places of residence , their occupations , the scale and character of their wealth , and the size of the their households . |
| 2 | By the middle of the 1970s it was evident that a new mood was present in congress . |
| 3 | By the end of the 1970s it was possible to find a Soviet historian proclaim that ‘ It is precisely through controversy that the truth emerges . ’ |
| 4 | Thus , for a particular segment of the rich it was less wealth per se which was of importance , than wealth displayed as a conspicuous distance from the world of practical necessity . |
| 5 | If there is one moral in the interlacements of the latter it is that you must do your duty regardless of what you think is going to happen . |
| 6 | In the case of the latter it is important that students are made aware of which historic cost is appropriate ; ie. cost to the restaurant business not cost to the clothes shop . |
| 7 | Of the latter it was said that ‘ their business is many secrets ’ . |
| 8 | I remember Gary , Gary it was one of the first it was when he |
| 9 | It was not held at this level ; for most of the 1390s it was 8d. and dropped to 6d. again only in 1398 . |
| 10 | Here Colin Turnbull 's much publicized indignation at the depraved behaviour of the famine-stricken it is exceptional . |
| 11 | In the field of care of the elderly it was stated that |
| 12 | After an even opening session and a terrific toe to toe burst at the start of the second it was Oakes who took a grip with McGrath soaking up a steady stream of hard right-hand shots . |
| 13 | During the heyday of the fair it was the right of every villager to brew and sell his own beer , and he advertised the fact by hanging a branch or piece of greenery over his door . |
| 14 | At one point of the fair it was the tradition for the landlord to go upstairs with a frying pan full of Hot Ha'pennies . |
| 15 | The second of these two factors is likely to be the more important constraint in the long run , for even at the end of the 1980s it is rare to find a graduate in geography who is first of all aware of the wide-ranging scope of the subject and secondly is familiar with the operations capable of being performed by a modern computer system . |
| 16 | And so it has gone on , although by the end of the 1980s it was evident that the patience of even a government as dedicated to the eventual triumph of nuclear power as Mrs Thatcher 's was showing signs of severe strain . |
| 17 | By the end of the 1980s it was about 350 ppm . |
| 18 | By the end of the 1980s it was nonetheless possible to say that the USSR was more directly involved in the affairs of the world community than at any previous time in her history , not only at a formal intergovernmental level but also through a variety of personal , commercial , sporting , scientific and other channels . |
| 19 | By the end of the 1980s it was clear that many UK banks were overexposed to overseas lending risks , especially in less developed countries ( LDCs ) . |
| 20 | Yes I suppose I 've had ten points behind anybody else , but erm that 's not too bad , you know , out of a hundred it 's reasonable . |