Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [vb mod] [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps unnerved by the suddenness of his summons to the Prime Minister and the vigour of Palmerston 's attack , Scott felt that his case had to be presented in a ‘ more consecutive manner ’ , and on 23rd July , 1859 , he wrote a long letter to Palmerston explaining how much effort he had put into the design and what a loss it would be to the country if it was not adopted .
2 If you honour me with a reply it will be in kind ; and then , God defend the right ! ’
3 Yes to Lochinver yes and that same steamer would be calling in Kinlochbervie and all the villages and this traveller for Hamiltons would be going round beforehand and you would be getting a hundred weight of sugar and tea it would be in a big tea box er er probably er er Ceylon coming from Ceylon but you the whole or you could buy a small quarter .
4 In many of the large catchments to which the DoE refers , impact of nitrate may now be over the limit for only a week each year , but in future it may be for two weeks , then three , then a month or more : when does the UK propose to take action ?
5 The er the defence case is that er there was no duty a and in my submission it must be of assistance to your Lordship to determine that issue to hear evidence from both sides upon whether there is such a practice and if there is what the extent of it is .
6 A puff it may be to the deposed kings of world rugby , but the Taiwanese are taking the training stint , which will be used as a build-up to September 's Asian tournament , in deadly earnest .
7 If a particular form of notice is prescribed , failure to serve notice in the prescribed form will not generally invalidate the notice ( Dean and Chapter of Chichester Cathedral v Lennards Ltd ( 1977 ) 35 P & CR 309 ) ; although where the timetable is tight and the landlord 's notice is required to state a rental figure it may be of the essence that the notice should do so ( Commission for New Towns v R Levy & Co [ 1990 ] 2 EGLR 121 ) .
8 Green it would be in its day . "
9 When the subsidiaries are transferred to the private sector it will be for the new companies to make pension arrangements for employees .
10 It was of no importance to the success of my Superette that I did not know how Spratts Processed Peas were manufactured , therefore when running a football team it can be of no importance if Leslie and I do not know how many players it contains .
11 And if I do get an heir it will be by accident .
12 Up to that moment it can be in a state evolving smoothly according to the Schrödinger equation , gently and continuously trimming the balance between " here " and " there " .
13 erm I mean as I said before , I do n't have relatives out in the Gulf , but I feel immensely for these men that are out there , men and women , and also for the news reporters , I mean nobody 's actually said what an awful job it must be for these news reporters and sort of camera crews that are actually erm doing this sort of wonderful job of bringing us back here all this information .
14 When a car drives slowly into her taxi , stationary at a traffic-clogged crossroads , it is more than the stupid accident it would be in London , New York or Sydney .
15 What a deprivation it would be to be blind !
16 Where blackgrass heads protrude above your crop it may be worth mailing a handful of seed to ADAS to have it checked ( see page 42 ) .
17 At this point it may be worth listing some of the courses requested during the study .
18 At this point it may be worth reiterating a distinction made in Chapter 1 concerning conceptual levels of understanding and the expression of related ideas in language .
19 At some point it 'll be at the University .
20 When Hal discovers Falstaff 's ‘ corpse ’ , feigning death to escape Douglas , he speaks a verse epitaph over him — the wrong medium , but that does n't matter since the death is n't real , either , and when Falstaff receives his true epitaph it will be in prose ( Henry V , II.iii.9ff . ) .
21 The next time your having a trim it might be worth taking a closer look at the stylist snipping the curls around your ears and the junior getting you in a right lather at the backwash .
22 For one moment she thought what fun it would be with them all .
23 a daughter , what 's er , what 's her number the daughter , oh I do n't know her number I said well what 's her name it 'll be in the book , she said it 's Jane
24 So at the end of the day it must be for the courts to decide how to classify particular functions , and this can only be done on the basis of some normative judgment about the desirable scope of judicial review .
25 One day it will be like this for us in heaven when we shall see that some of the things we clung to on earth were only childish attachments .
26 If Vitor did take her to court it would be in Portugal , where she was a foreigner and where he must have all kinds of contacts , muscle , sway .
27 This may not be feasible where there is a very large number of candidates , but if people have got through the original application forms stage of selection it will be worth making an effort to see them in person .
28 If you are buying from a friend it may be worth obtaining an independent assessment in order to avoid the risk of either side feeling that they may have been unfairly treated .
29 What is less obvious is that the marine transgression , or whatever other event it may be at Locality " A " could well be reflected in some way in the different facies at Locality " B " .
30 Early on in his race for the White House Bill Clinton said : ‘ If I win the race it will be on the coat tails of women . ’
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