Example sentences of "it be the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Treasure and the maps to locate it are the stuff we dream of , whether the treasure be a golden Celtic torque or a Roman pottery shard is not as important , perhaps , as the quest and excitement of making the find . |
| 2 | I mean the only people who do it are the parents themselves . |
| 3 | After a long pause , Claire said , ‘ Would it be the Gardai who opened them … ? ’ |
| 4 | Should n't it be the people who have as their driving force the desire to reveal truths about human life ? |
| 5 | History is taught as if the industrial revolution , the most significant event since the development of agriculture , just happened , simply by the outworking of blind economic forces ; and as if the only people to be consciously aware of it were the aesthetes who reacted against its artifacts , or who , like Karl Marx , sought to analyse those forces and to predict their course . |
| 6 | Brutal it were the way he knocked the other feller about . ’ |
| 7 | For if it were the man himself would crumble . |
| 8 | I were thinking , oh it were the day you came up with them and then you went off to , er |
| 9 | Well it , it were the variety you got at . |
| 10 | In chapter nine of The Form Rolle uses this Jesus prayer to recapitulate the whole progress in love he has so far described — it becomes as it were the tool which shapes and conveys his understanding of redemption : The prose is orchestrated to a climax . |
| 11 | So erm the funeral , with it being the weekend it wo n't be till next , next week the funeral . |
| 12 | It 's the thought what |
| 13 | ‘ Ah , you 're right , ’ Joe Burns nodded ‘ It 's the daughter she had … the one that married that English fella . |
| 14 | It 's the hold he 's got on me that 's the trouble . |
| 15 | It 's the individual who finds out how to paint . |
| 16 | It is n't really you who 's feeling this way , it 's the girl you used to be who 's been somehow resurrected — brought back to life by all the memories that surround you . |
| 17 | Yes , either that , or it 's the work I 've been doing . |
| 18 | it 's the style you want |
| 19 | It 's the evidence he gives on oath what matters . |
| 20 | It 's the policeman you know |
| 21 | We are told it 's The Smiths who remain qualified to compete in the independent charts despite whatever gigantic deals may take place in the background . |
| 22 | It 's the streets I like . |
| 23 | It 's the houses they dreamed and sketched . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's the players who have suffered , but now there are signs that things are on the mend . ’ |
| 25 | It 's the players who will suffer because of this , not just this week but for years to come . |
| 26 | ‘ We begin around 12 telling them what a baby is , why it 's the sex it is and how it comes about . |
| 27 | It 's the organisation which erm universities themselves have set up and finance in order to promote those interests which all universities have in common , and this includes negotiations with the Government about erm money , it includes negotiations with erm university staff , erm and it includes a general service function of monitoring legislation , Government activity which affects universities , and generally promoting the universities in the public consciousness . |
| 28 | ‘ But what if it 's the document they 're after , Charlie ? |
| 29 | in the audience , be careful cos you 're going do n't be under any illusion when your region , your job , or your elected position is under threat , it 's human nature to protect your back and when this happens , it 's the members who end up being the casualties . |
| 30 | She has n't got any comedy in her , she 's quite serious it 's the home her say in the prologue different mentality . |