Example sentences of "[conj] it [be] [noun] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're forgetting that it 's Hilary you would have to turn to if you want me taken out . |
| 2 | DEEP THINKERS Forward planning O'Donovan also offers the simple but profound thought that it is women who will be giving birth to the next generation of Rugby League players . |
| 3 | This does not mean that national history and culture will not bulk large in the educational systems of particular countries , especially the smaller ones , or that they may not flourish locally within a much broader supranational framework as , say , Catalan culture today flourishes , but on the tacit assumption that it is Catalans who will communicate with the rest of the world through Spanish and English , since few non-residents in Catalonia will be able to communicate in the local language . |
| 4 | The burden increased when it became clear that it was schools who would be held principally responsible in implementing the national curriculum , in taking the first steps in teacher appraisal and in managing their finances . |
| 5 | The health conditions of the vast majority of Salvadoreans can only be described as critical and it is women who must bear the brunt of caring for the ill . |
| 6 | Throughout it is held that professionals and managers are people and it is people who should be brought to mind whenever such terms as professionalism and professionality or management and managerialism are encountered . |
| 7 | and it was Bisses who used to bring round Tottenham pudding . |
| 8 | Australian cricketers commuting to and from England have breezed through the island since the beginning of such journeys in 1878 , but usually with the attitude that if it is Tuesday it must be Trincomalee . |
| 9 | If it 's Kerry he 'll be round ! |
| 10 | ‘ If it 's crack Ah 'll fuckin' kill ye , man . ’ |
| 11 | If it 's seaweed it must mean rain |
| 12 | When the edge of the knitting flat , steam it to set it ; if it 's wool you can even press it — just the very edge , not the whole rib . |
| 13 | If it was Morrissey who would eventually encourage Stephen to write more songs ( for the set that would become the No.1 album , ‘ Viva Hate ’ , at the beginning of 1988 ) , it was Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr — now one half of Electronic with New Order 's Bernard Sumner — who provided him with the opportunity to learn his craft as the guitar player 's producer par excellence . |
| 14 | If it was Atherton he 'd never get up into the wood and back before his Dad carne home . |
| 15 | If it was path it would point one five would n't it ? |
| 16 | So if it was wine it would have to be something special . |
| 17 | Solicitors , I suppose — if it was mine I 'll find new ones . ’ |
| 18 | She said ‘ If it was mine I 'd do it Jim Dine … |
| 19 | ‘ If it was mine it would be wondrous . |
| 20 | If it was murder we shall be informed in the Family 's good time . |
| 21 | If it were Oliver he would have called out to her , come to meet her as soon as he heard the key in the lock . |
| 22 | ‘ If it were summer I 'd do it even wi' the children . |
| 23 | So I do n't know I just think it 's an extra little booking that we should n't really turn down cos it 's money we would n't normally get . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ We had most of the play , but it is points we need not possession . |
| 25 | But it 's cattle you should think of in this country , perfect dairy pasture , rich it is . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , you 're better-looking , Connie , but it 's Archie I 'd like to have a word with , ’ said Joe . |
| 27 | But it 's Brian I would like to see . |
| 28 | But it was Preston who 'd become the adulterer , not William . |
| 29 | But it was evergreens I can mind mother making them . |
| 30 | Celia , the younger by ten minutes , had always been the weaker , but it was Dermot who 'd come home from school first , complaining of a sore throat . |