Example sentences of "it be music [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is music of surprises , but of incredible cleanness — listening was like waiting for dawn to arrive . |
| 2 | These two changes — instrumentation and electronic treatment — suggest two points immediately : that this is music created in a recording studio using quite complex equipment and recording techniques ( the Beatles had in fact just given up live performance ) ; and that it is music for listening rather than dancing . |
| 3 | It is music for the coach trade , at which only the most high-minded purist is likely to take offence . |
| 4 | It was music to our ears in a hospital staffed by women from both sides of the great Christian divide , and men of that ilk also . |
| 5 | It was music to a Scotsman 's ears when he said he owed everyone in Scotland a drink , but many were sure it was only an empty promise uttered in the heat of the moment . |
| 6 | It is pleasing that there is a large degree of support for the Southern fire station as I said it was music to my ears . |
| 7 | And it was music to the drum major Gordon Parkes ' ears when the band was awarded the prestigious 30-year-old silver Drumming Trophy and Premium Championship shield . |
| 8 | Meanwhile down at the Arts Centre it was music of a different kind with Melvyn Bragg , presenter of ITV 's South Bank Show . |
| 9 | The music they played gradually grew familiar to Alice ; it was music for the violin , the famous Violin Concerto , and it sounded very strange on the flute and guitar , so strange that it took her a moment or two to recognize it . |
| 10 | Many of the records — ‘ pinched ’ from or discarded by his musical family — were scratched and worn , but it was Music with a capital ‘ M ’ and the first time I heard the Chopin first piano concerto , we nearly had a fight because I insisted on playing it right through four times . |