Example sentences of "[pron] is [prep] it " in BNC.

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1 and you 're a visitor there which is as it should be .
2 In much the same way , nearly all creature comforts must be sacrificed for performance — a condition which is worth it most of the time , but very occasionally not .
3 Discovery of the ownership of the Blue Parrot will enable a person to know the form of business organization which is behind it .
4 Discovery of the ownership of the Blue Parrot will enable a person to know the form of business organization which is behind it .
5 I want to try and get one before May before the exam , but there is a superb production on i the summer , it 's on June and July and it 's at an open-air theatre erm in Lincolnshire and what people do is they go and take a picnic and you sort of take your rug and sit there and cos it it 'll be hot in the summer it would be really nice and you watch it outdoors and it 's in this big stately home which is in it 's own grounds and there 's gift shops and restaurants and bars and obviously wo n't go in the bars but you know there 's lo it 's beautiful and like a big stately home you can wander round the gardens for a bit and then go and watch the performance and if it rains then there 's a canopy you can pull the canopy over like at Wimbledon and you know it 's a really nice day .
6 Uncertainty occurs where the court is not sure whether the statute was designed to cover the factual situation which is before it for decision .
7 Nobody is on it .
8 She is worth it . ’
9 Life passes through her domain , but she is not of it ; she is beyond it .
10 ‘ So who is behind it ? ’
11 ‘ But who is behind it ? ’
12 ‘ As it is , I 've no way of knowing who is behind it all , so there is n't much point fretting over it , is there ?
13 What I really want is to meet someone who I can have a bit of fun with , but who is in it for the pleasure and does n't want paying .
14 Oh , when you 're down there , everything is worth it , everything …
15 You 'll need plenty of courage to face up to the fact that trouble is about to strike and then to deter whoever is behind it .
16 " If living there is worth it to you . "
17 I 'm in , and that 's all there is about it . ’
18 After 10 tumultous years of substantial achievement and disastrous mistakes , the Sandinistas control the army , the unions , the youth movements , much of the media and the money — what there is of it .
19 After 10 tumultous years of substantial achievement and disastrous mistakes , the Sandinistas control the army , the unions , the youth movements , much of the media and the money — what there is of it .
20 But remember , the more people who know , the more chance there is of it all getting out .
21 What there is of it .
22 It can do all there is for it to do , which is to discover regularities among our God-given ideas , and to systematize these in the most useful way .
23 It seems to be a facet of nature that the lower a creature is on the scale of consciousness , the less there is for it to learn , and the more slavishly bound it is to its instincts .
24 This lets you monitor the demand that there is for it and will provide a sound basis for decisions about the possible expansion of your video facilities in the future .
25 That is all there is to it .
26 That 's all there is to it . ’
27 ‘ I became homeless in London so I got on a train and ended up here ; that 's all there is to it , really . ’
28 They see labour as something which can be bought and sold and , for them , that is all there is to it ; when they use that idea of labour they are unaware of and unconcerned with what has caused it .
29 ‘ All the North Bank [ the Highbury hooligan end ] care about is their team and the other end and that 's all there is to it . ’
30 One is young or one is mature and that is all there is to it . ’
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