Example sentences of "[subord] it [be] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it was midday everything was pitch dark . |
| 2 | Although it was Dorothy who had come to interview the officials at PopCon ( ’ an Intergovernmental Agency for Fundamental Research into the Worldwide Problems of Population Stabilisation' ) , she kept getting the impression that it was they who were interrogating her . |
| 3 | Although it was Church who originally proposed the use of ‘ pinches ’ and ‘ scoops ’ for measuring out the components of salt-sugar solutions for the purpose of oral rehydration , it was BRAC which adapted this method for use by the people of Bangladesh . |
| 4 | Their total of thirty-six questions was less than 2 per cent of all the questions put , although it was Stirling who revealed the attitude of the lay judges towards the assessors . |
| 5 | Although it was Aladdin we were watching , Wishy Washy ( Michael Barrymore ) took over the show with his never-ending wisecracks . |
| 6 | These are pretty hot stuff so it is £80 I am afraid . |
| 7 | ‘ OK , so it 's honesty you want . |
| 8 | ‘ So it 's my brothers really I 'm bothered about — not so much Scarlet , though she is being a bit limp — so it 's Barbs I 'm really worried about . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Women have babies , ’ I said firmly to my redeeming friend , ‘ so it 's men who have to decide about spending money , such as money on restaurant bills . ’ |
| 10 | I was still obeying my father when the war came , so it was Hitler who really promoted my release . |
| 11 | ‘ I do not know if you are so frank with me because you do not care how I react , or if it is honesty which prompts you . |
| 12 | ( 2 ) … a doctor shall be under no obligation to give treatment personally if such reasonable steps as are appropriate are taken to ensure continuity of treatment , and treatment may be given — ( a ) by another doctor acting as a deputy … ( b ) if it is treatment which it is clinically reasonable in the circumstances to delegate , by a person whom the doctor had authorised and who is competent to carry out such treatment . ’ |
| 13 | If it is contractors they 're happy doing anything . |
| 14 | ‘ If it is defenders we need , who will lead until we can join them ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Liam Devlin , if it is Devlin they choose , is hardly going to parachute into the courtyard at St Mary 's Priory tomorrow night , Jack , and if he did , so what ? |
| 16 | Here Lévi-Strauss argues that behind the original question from which Sartre began — how can man make history if history makes him ? — lurks another : if it is man who makes history , how does ‘ History ’ gain its exorbitant status as the desired , unachievable object of Sartre 's text ? |
| 17 | Italy is a country packed with things to do and sights to see , and if it is sports you are looking for , Italy is , again , the place to go . |
| 18 | If it is power we seek , then our grammar of living is to communicate the need of achievement . |
| 19 | If it is politics you are interested in — as distinct from government , which is something quite different — the place to look from now on is the opposition . |
| 20 | Australian cricketers commuting to and from England have breezed through the island since the beginning of such journeys in 1878 , but usually with the attitude that if it is Tuesday it must be Trincomalee . |
| 21 | If it 's Kerry he 'll be round ! |
| 22 | Oh , I always wonder about that , I never know whether it 's correct I mean it certainly sounds better as you said , she did n't take her hand away , but I always find that when I 'm writing something down , I 'm torn , if it 's dialogue I want to say they did n't , could n't and all things come in . |
| 23 | If it 's pasta she comes here and asks us to cook it for her . |
| 24 | Also if you 're in rented accommodation you 're claiming housing benefit , you 'll probably have n't got to pay any rent , specially if it 's Council there 's relief , relief from paying |
| 25 | If it 's crowds you want , you can even get to Venice in three hours . |
| 26 | ‘ If it 's crack Ah 'll fuckin' kill ye , man . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ That wo n't do you any good if it 's escape you 're looking for . ’ |
| 28 | It ca n't be Rachel , it wo n't be Jancey , and if it 's Victor I 'm not at home . |
| 29 | Now if it 's tablets they 've taken we do n't do whatever Angie did years ago in , in Eastenders and , and then she 's walked up and down and given gallons of coffee , what you do is keep your casualty at rest , nil by mouth because you , if you give them any fluid whatsoever it 's going to dilate , dilute the tablets that are in the stomach , and once they 're diluted they 've gone into the system quicker , mm , so there 's nil by mouth , now if you 're going to get up and walk them up and down because come on you must walk up and down , what 's happening to this per these tablets ? |
| 30 | I mean it 's different if it 's clothes they need , good . |