Example sentences of "[noun pl] and it [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first meeting was held in January 1992 for tomato growers and it is hoped that clubs will be established for all crop groups by the end of 1994 . |
| 2 | We had a word in their ears and it was left to the hospital to deal with them , ’ said the police spokesman . |
| 3 | One of those who will be first to move , Mrs Jean Cooke , a secretary in the Sales Department , said , ‘ I have seen the plans for new offices and it is going to be super . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , within the party , there is widespread distrust of the approved list of candidates and it is regarded as anything but fair . |
| 5 | Pork was the staple diet of most Europeans for many centuries and it was said that the peasants of Britain lived on bread , bacon and beer . |
| 6 | ‘ In future it will run on Thursdays and it 's designed for people who are a bit shy or who want to protect their anonymity . ’ |
| 7 | The Phoenix Arts Centre in Leicester is trying to shake off its persistent image of being just too highbrow for words and it is striving to show the general public that they might actually enjoy some of the things that go on there . |
| 8 | A spokesman for the Banking Industry has denied that there are about to be any job losses and it is hoped that that statement is correct . |
| 9 | ‘ In the States , most of the big races are over a mile or ten furlongs and it is becoming trickier by the season to be absolutely sure you have made the right decision . ’ |
| 10 | In Amersham , the church meeting of the Lower Meeting House ( Baptist ) heard in 1892 that ‘ several of our young members have been absent from the means of grace [ communion ] for many months and it was resolved that they be visited by two members of the Church ’ . |
| 11 | Mervyn Wilson gives a good service to his cricket clients and it is hoped that he was able to put his money where his mouth is and lay this price to all that wanted it to reasonable limits . |
| 12 | Teachers felt that this text offered them many opportunities for the development of the understanding of parental roles and it was thought to be a book from which all sorts of related topic work could be derived . |
| 13 | Once a Bill or a proposed measure requiring parliamentary approval enters the lists and it is realised that an environmental impact assessment must be produced , and once it is decided to commission an environmental impact assessment it becomes public property . |
| 14 | After a time there came quick steps and it was opened a crack . |
| 15 | Battells have also pointed out that they very often receive separate orders from the same areas and it is suggested that to save on carriage etc . |
| 16 | Outside his window the moon had risen over the fells and it was reflected exactly in the round lake . |
| 17 | But they reckon when they did obviously it 's a set that probably someone had to say the same thing doing or the same person went through so many functions and it was worked using different ways of saying . |
| 18 | At our last Directorate it was noted that there had been further difficulties with unauthorised visitors and it was agreed that there was a need for additional security between the entrance foyer and offices . |
| 19 | Bobby and Ian both sacrifice a lot of time to Lisburn 's teenage golfers and it 's beginning to show . |
| 20 | It brought to an end the era of amphibians and it was introduced by the next great group to appear , the reptiles . |
| 21 | I was scared to cross the stepping-stones and it was turning back to encourage me that caused her to slip . ’ |
| 22 | Following the recent House of Lords decision of Pepper v Hart [ 1992 ] STC 898 it is possible to refer to Hansard in certain circumstances and it is felt that it is proper to refer to the relevant Hansard to discover who the individual is referred to in the provisions . |
| 23 | George Wood conducted him to the parlour with reverence : high class was meeting great riches with talk of splicing these two irresistible institutions and it was happening in George Wood 's back parlour . |
| 24 | But there 's been a few hairy things , stabbings and it was getting a wee bit dodgy so she 's given that up . |
| 25 | No , I was walking up the ramps and it was ripped out of my hand actually . |
| 26 | The ride from Pimlico to Portobello took well over ninety minutes and it was gone midnight when I beached the car on a double yellow line outside my sock . |
| 27 | And I 'm very neat about things , so everything was in line , I had seven vegetables and it was piping hot , it really was , I 'm going to say it again — it was superb . |
| 28 | So nowadays I can say it was a German bomb of five hundred kilograms and it was dropped by a crippled He . |
| 29 | This book is now being sold freely to children of all ages and it is intended by the publishers to be read by children of eight years upwards . |
| 30 | Small groups of men at Bristol or Glasgow might succeed in obtaining advances in wages ; more often than not their efforts were countered by the employers and it was noted by the Board of Trade that disputes ended when " crews were obtained elsewhere " or " seamen were replaced by others at a reduced rate " . |