Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [be] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the late 18th century onward these brought sealers from North America and Europe into the Southern Ocean ; during the subsequent decades of competitive exploitation it was sealers who discovered most of the cold temperate islands , the ice-covered islands within the pack ice belt , the tip of Antarctic Peninsula , and the great ice-filled bight of the Weddell Sea . |
| 2 | When the rise in rents from 1912 onwards threatened to overwhelm the family economy it was women who protested and led rent strikes , for example in Leeds and , more famously , Glasgow , leading to the imposition of rent control in 1915 . |
| 3 | In times of trouble it is children who suffer most — whether through war or the daily grind of poverty . |
| 4 | JP : ‘ Next time it 's releases we 'll give you a credit . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I expect Mr Gajdusek will give you time off to compensate , ’ she suggested , holding down more remarks , though in actual fact it was questions which sprang to her lips : where had Mr Gajdusek gone and how long would he be away ? |