Example sentences of "it be [adj] [noun] [Wh det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lying near it were some plates which had been washed and left to drain , and beside them stood the most delicate of porcelain cups . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's five times what Sun has ever sold as the most successful Unix vendor . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's five times what Sun has ever sold as the most successful Unix vendor . |
| 4 | The Malvern Hills have been looked after by the Conservators for around one hundred and ten years.Now they 're asking Parliament for more powers.And it 's that request which has led to controversy . |
| 5 | And it 's that moment which , when we trace the expansion backwards , will have occurred between about fifteen and eighteen billion years ago , but we ca n't say what , if anything , may have happened before that , whether the universe bounced out into another state of expansion , so we have a sort of a cut off in our ability to retrodict , or extrapolate backwards into the past . |
| 6 | A lot of people took risks to make the tractors sell and some economists feel it 's that confidence which will eventually pull Britain back up out of recession . |
| 7 | Yeah but I , it 's these , it 's one person whose class is supposed to have it depends |
| 8 | " It 's all lies what you 're saying . " |
| 9 | Erm , I think that this erm , part of the agenda is most interesting because I think it 's other departments which also report back to the policy resources , which really , we as a erm , council do n't get much chance to see it 's doing . |
| 10 | So today we reverted back to what we used to do and it 's traditional dishes which quite frankly , what we build empires on , sausages , mash and onions , steak pie , chips and peas . |
| 11 | However , it 's the notes in the former chord which by intervallic interchange become chromatic notes in the latter chord , and it 's this approach which produces the most effective results . |
| 12 | And it 's this approach which is a key the scheme 's success . |
| 13 | I feel that it shows itself in the contrast between the child 's — we 're talking about children for the moment , although obviously there are dyslexic adults — it shows itself in the contrast between the person 's ability to express him or herself in words and their ability to put it down on paper and to read it off paper , and it 's this contrast which often arouses one 's suspicions that there might be some problem and , having gone into it a little , we find that it stems from a failure of the sensory motor system — the brain is n't processing the information it 's receiving through the ear and eye . |
| 14 | It 's this dream which prompted Rita to leave her Caribbean home for Canada six years ago . |
| 15 | And it 's this journey from external reality to the profound truths of art , a journey which takes Proust through a series of investigations of the nature of time , the nature of the intellect , the nature of memory , it 's this journey which I must now attempt to trace , and I perhaps just ought to say that I think I get abstract once or twice from this point onwards . |
| 16 | It 's this version which is now recognised as the rarest Dylan record in the world and valued in Neal Umpred 's Goldmine Price Guide To Collectible Record Albums as being worth $10,000 , though a bid of over $12,000 eventually secured a deal . |
| 17 | It 's this combination which has made Stoddard Templeton the proud holders of the Royal Warrant since 1966 . |
| 18 | This is the role of commercial group 's distribution services and it 's this department which has drawn up a new packaging policy and code of practice . |
| 19 | It 's these lectures which finally unbalance Bob Roberts , which shifts from crisp satire to stodgy tract under the sheer density of Robbins ’ disgust with US politics , losing along the way the warped rock ‘ n ’ roll and documentary trappings which give bite to the first film intelligent enough to see assassination as a career move for the victim . |
| 20 | I it 's these bones what hurt here . |
| 21 | It 's always it 's timed appointments what beats you . |
| 22 | I 'm afraid it 's another story which does n't reflect much credit on me — I seem doomed to show you the worst side of my character . |
| 23 | It 's another place which needs treating — if you like with some of the same rules you would apply inside . |
| 24 | Microsoft says it is developing tools which will enable C and C++ developers building Windows-based applications to target the Macintosh . |
| 25 | Microsoft says that it is developing tools which will enable C and C++ developers building Windows-based applications to target the Macintosh . |
| 26 | Perhaps it is religious education which is in large part to blame for this , together with the restrictions on sexuality imposed upon children in schools and colleges . |
| 27 | It is joint working which involves all the groups , agencies and individuals — voluntary organisations , consumer groups and private agencies , housing associations , education departments . |
| 28 | It is temporary accommodation which puts most permanent local housing to shame . |
| 29 | It is populist zeal which is moving Mr Hamilton to clip the Fed 's wings . |
| 30 | It is technical advance which makes it possible to create the world 's goods with the labour of fewer and fewer people . |