Example sentences of "it [be] the [noun sg] [prep] our " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes he seems to be getting caught Gary does whether it 's the pace of our game or the fact that he is n't fit enough yet , who knows ? |
| 2 | Di smiled ruefully : It 's the story of our lives . ’ |
| 3 | It 's the rhythm of our lives at the moment , is n't it ? |
| 4 | ‘ It 's the nature of our business that we will lose money as well as make it . |
| 5 | ‘ It is the quest of our ego that drives us along the eternal and never-ending journey we must all explore … what am I ? |
| 6 | It is the sign of our redeemed and forgiven sin in being the sacrament of our unity in love . |
| 7 | For it is the will of our courteous Lord that we should be as much at home with him as heart may think or soul desire . ’ |
| 8 | However , I believe that the vast majority of woodturners in the UK are amateurs like myself , and it is the contrast between our approach to pricing and that of the professional which I wish to discuss . |
| 9 | It is the knowledge of our grossness that causes us , like Caliban , to cry to sleep again . |
| 10 | In a sense , it is the counterpart of our need for autonomy : while autonomy is the freedom to make things happen , security is the freedom from things we do not want to happen . |
| 11 | He 'll put a coin or a note in a charity box : he uses money to salve his conscience : the very money that causes in its plenty the rich man 's grief , in its absence the poor man 's woe : it is the symbol of our failure , not our success . |
| 12 | At the moment , it is the policy within our community to help as many people as possible achieve an independent life outside of an institution . |
| 13 | If the hon. Gentleman will allow me to proceed , I shall cogently answer that question , because it is the key to our decision . |
| 14 | The librarian as custodian of culture is a cliche but it is the essence of our professional activity . |
| 15 | It 's a terraced house and er , it 's double storey , two floors up and er , it was well-used at that time because the reason was one er , there was n't much accommodation available and secondly it is the custom amongst our people that who 's ever er is in need we have the person , like the two of us came from India , my brother and myself , so we di could n't get a job . |
| 16 | I believe it is the answer to our prayer . |
| 17 | It is the root of our sense of smell and taste , fear and desire , and it still remembers the dragons we ate and were eaten by . |
| 18 | Photographed from all angles , toasted by the people and politicians alike , it was the symbol of our rugby supremacy and treated with extraordinary reverence by the whole population . |
| 19 | It was the beginning of our curiosity about each other which led ultimately to a mutual understanding and respect upon which our friendship became firmly based . |
| 20 | With horror I suddenly recognized one of them — it was the man in our village pub who had given me the two pound notes ! and strangely enough , during the journey I heard the prisoners talking about it . |
| 21 | In fact , Richard 's hundredth game co-incided with a red-letter day in the Palace annals , for it was the occasion of our Zenith Data Systems Cup Final victory over Everton at Wembley , in which the young defender had an exemplary afternoon and was a worthy member of the team that gained our 4–1 success . |
| 22 | We had observed that older people in the area seemed to die like flies in the winter from heart attacks and cold-related illnesses and we were confident that it was the inside of our houses that were killing them , not the outside . |
| 23 | B. T. We had to make sure — it was the strictness on our part — that gangs were n't allowed to gather on the corner . |
| 24 | After all , it was the death of our people in these situations that has brought us together . ’ |
| 25 | Speaking to The Art Newspaper , Senator Evans said : ‘ It was the infrastructure of our mission in Phnom Penh [ established on 30 October 1991 ] that was important in making everything work . |
| 26 | It was the point in our marriage when Francis 's absences from England were increasing . |