Example sentences of "it [verb] [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attached to this plant and the dye it produces are several beliefs which are especially pertinent to the families of fishermen . |
| 2 | But it is a sign nonetheless , and what it signifies is that Eeyore believes he 's out of thistles : simply because he only sighs ( when the subject 's raised ) when he does believe that . |
| 3 | ‘ All it needs is two seats and we could go for a jaunt in it . |
| 4 | With a twenty-one majority it becomes important cos all it needs is eleven by-elections . |
| 5 | Ehm is a it is n't actually a a erm a new school it 's Birchwood High School it used to be Margaret Dane which has been established a few years but Birchwood just been started for a year erm it has is some information but obviously there have n't been any feedback from the school so I starts there . |
| 6 | It has been desperate year for Thomas . |
| 7 | And it has been that way for five seasons . |
| 8 | It has been better weather this year , if rather chilly at times . |
| 9 | It has been better weather this year , if rather chilly at times . |
| 10 | 21 In the past it has been standard practice to have exhibitions open only during normal office hours . |
| 11 | Outside the High Court after the award of £50,000 damages plus costs , the 59-year-old happily married father of three said : ‘ It has been three-and-a-half years of absolute hell . ’ |
| 12 | During the last nine years , it has been richer pensioners who have been the main beneficiaries of the real increase in the value of pensions . |
| 13 | ‘ As you can imagine it has been total panic but fortunately the suppliers have been very co-operative and we will be ready . ’ |
| 14 | Their preferred description of it has been overinclusive thinking which has frequently been used to explain certain forms of thought disorder seen in psychotic patients , such as the tendency to cognitive ‘ slippage ’ , loosely associated ideation , and difficulty in maintaining a tight boundary for abstract concepts . |
| 15 | It has been rough going . |
| 16 | It has been typical weather on Britain 's south coast this August . |
| 17 | I 'm sorry it has been rotten weather at home . |
| 18 | It has been practising rotation internally for a number of years . |
| 19 | WE hear that there was a big attendance at the first meeting of the new Basingstoke branch of the League Against Cruel Sports , when the League 's information officer , Kevin Flack , told them : ‘ I believe that most people are opposed to hunting but it has been recent antics of the Quorn Hunt and publicity from the MacNamara Bill that has convinced them that something has to be done to put an end to their activities . ’ |
| 20 | IT HAS been two years since sultry singer Sade was last in the spotlight . |
| 21 | Since then it has been many times re-invented and used for 3D picture postcards . |
| 22 | It has been many years since the proud Fruithill Park outfit languished in the bottom half of the division after only three games , which is the case this season . |
| 23 | With Eliette von Karajan it has been thirty years of family life , with two daughters , Isabel and Arabel . |
| 24 | It has been six weeks , almost , but the friendly hot flush fills me to the top of my head and it is beautiful . |
| 25 | It has been 14 years since we had an expedition book from him . |
| 26 | It has been sheer delight for them . |
| 27 | ‘ In some instances it has been sheer luck for members of the public with either guns jamming or security force patrols intercepting the terrorists . ’ |
| 28 | I think that you have made the magazine more interesting , more satirical and funnier than it has been this century . |
| 29 | It has been this policy of screening tenants over the decades before the main sale of council houses was pushed through by the Government that has resulted in the buying of houses largely on the best estates , and has helped to reinforce the emergence of the ghetto in many areas of Britain . |
| 30 | In practice , it has been this area which has been most significant in relation to land development and planning policies . |