Example sentences of "[noun sg] it be " in BNC.

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1 hit the head and , and my front wheel it 's always the front bumper !
2 Before responding to this objection against religion it is important first to acknowledge the insights it brings — insights often neglected in earlier centuries .
3 It is learning about religion it 's an educational process and it has an importance , whether it 's learning about religion and whether its learning it as a cultural , historical and a religious er tradition of the country and that is what is important .
4 So sort of isolation it was
5 You know that if the score 's above the mean do n't worry , I 've got an overhead for this , that 's if the score 's above the mean then i you know relatively speaking to the mean it 's high right ?
6 Well I , I remember once going into er a British restaurant because it was my birthday and there was trifle on the menu and trifle was some sort of weird jelly thing that was thi instead of sponge it was stale bread and I think it was sort of stewed apple and mock cream but the fact that it it was my birthday and it was trifle you know I just sort of sat there like a queen but I think I 'm sure that it tasted quite revolting .
7 Being an equitable remedy it is discretionary and the plaintiff must have " clean hands " and have acted promptly in enforcing his rights .
8 But since reorganization it 's become much more diverse and we 're expected to do a lot more different things . ’
9 erm , it never , with reorganization it was a bit of a problem because erm I well remembers too just after reorganization the County Treasurers took all the telephones off the hook , so there was no communication between our department and theirs .
10 Although identification of left or right hemisphere activity represents a fairly gross level of localisation it is sometimes possible to be more precise as to the area of brain that is active .
11 In the exile it was decreed that circumcision was to be the official rite of initiation into Judaism and all that that now meant .
12 The formation of the Napier Debating Society has , unfortunately , progressed slowly ; however , with the changeover in Sabbatical Officers of the Napier Students Association it is hoped that the Society will be able to start a recruitment drive in Fresher 's Week of academic year 1993/94 .
13 I could understand its thinking it is a vampire but a woodpecker ?
14 The total investment need is there from the beginning but it is split into two phases and in our thinking it is only too easy to look only at the first phase because this almost returns the organisation to profitability , and to ignore the second phase which may be essential .
15 You 're afraid of doing this and afraid of going into this and afraid of going into that thinking it 's not yours .
16 Is it your understanding then that the bill makes some acts of doctors lawful when they respond to the signing of a directive , but does n't make lawful what you did thinking it was perfectly good medical technique ?
17 Her eyes filled with tears — whether of shame , frustration , or grief it was difficult to tell .
18 The basis for all these conclusions seems to be that because there are bad comprehensive schools the system must be abandoned ( and if this is not the intention it is likely to be the secondary education for all , which led to the establishment of comprehensive schools in the first place , has , it seems , to be given up in favour of ‘ good ’ education for some and ‘ bad ’ for others , the ‘ good ’ now being variously identified with the rigorous , the vocational , and the wealth-producing .
19 … however worthy the original intention it is almost inevitable that one ends up with a pretty fair rag-bag and that a carefully drawn long title offers no real defence .
20 In practice , this provided a shield behind which those whose intention it was to distribute material generally were able to disguise their activities .
21 ‘ Bankrupt stock it is , shops ca n't afford to take delivery — it 's the recession , you see . ’
22 In such circumstances , if the Bank wishes to sell the stock it is holding over a reasonable time period , it will often be unable to avoid reducing its price .
23 During a full meeting of the convention later , Councillor John Connolly , of Central Region and chairman of the COSLA water and sewerage committee , said that since a great deal had been heard about taking stock it was time Mr Lang faced up to the fact that he had completely lost the argument for privatised water and sewerage services , including a franchise arrangement .
24 To use a Reset poke it 's vital that you possess a Reset cartridge or much cheaper Reset switch ( if you can find one ) .
25 If this was delusion it was given a sense of realism in the immediate post-war world through the UK economy being clearly stronger than the economies of either Europe or Japan [ Barnett , 1972 ; Maddison , 1984 ] .
26 Although this amazing armour protects the soft body of the clam extremely well , the animal is not the killer it is so often made out to be .
27 I went to this gallery opening of my work and there was silence except for someone coming up and saying ‘ I like the green card it 's on ’ !
28 For example , if any property has been lost or found in the rooms then by referring to the room history card it is possible to discover who was the occupant of the room at a certain date .
29 ‘ We 're on such a good deal it 's a joke , ’ David told me .
30 With the font world in a state of turmoil following the Apple/Microsoft deal it 's time for a few words about maintaining standards .
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