Example sentences of "it [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The advantage of this argument is that it allows one to define literature 's relation to reality in a much more positive and coherent way : both literature and the reality which it represents are of the same order and , according to Bakhtin , this order is ideological .
2 Even a small park with a few facilities can achieve ***** if what it offers is to an exceptionally high quality standard .
3 There is no doubt that many of its customers have used loans in cases where they would previously have use ( more costly ) HP a 1977 survey showed that 59 per cent of the loans it made were for motor vehicle purchase .
4 This picture of a universe that started off very hot and cooled as it expanded is in agreement with all the observational evidence that we have today .
5 ‘ All it needs is for a journalist to go down to Abbotsfield . ’
6 And Carol and Ann are white and all it needs is for one of them to lead the other , censoring friendship , arousing hostility .
7 Tranmere Rovers verses Swindon Town.Now all it needs is for the Swindon players to hold their nerve and hold on to their two goal advantage .
8 All it needs is to be made to fit .
9 What is more , the incubation it needs is in any case one or two days less than that needed by its hosts ' chicks , so the young cuckoo stands a good chance of appearing before the legitimate chicks do .
10 His story as it unfolds is at times scarcely credible when we think back to the way things were in Frome in the 1790s .
11 I do n't think the arrears , when they , when it occurred is on the report
12 The speed it has is for motorway shunting .
13 The Department of Employment in their Partnership Handbook publication , recommend and increase in the numbers of teachers undertaking secondment into industry as a key performance indicator of partnership activity , as it has been of the TVEI extension programme .
14 Sir , — It has been of great interest for me to read of small company audits in recent issues , and especially the approaches of other members .
15 The government-run NORP is still in operation today , however the observation that this programme is not mentioned in much of the post-1985 literature on oral rehydration therapy in Bangladesh , suggests that it has been of limited value to the people of Bangladesh .
16 At present any member of the public can consult it all day long , all year round , and there is no doubt that it has been of invaluable help not only to scholars but also to the art trade .
17 Whereas libertarian historians have devoted relatively little attention to this question , for the traditional liberal and Soviet schools it has been of vital importance .
18 It has been of considerable economic advantage to both countries .
19 So it has been with other countries of immigration — the immigrants embraced a new nationality with , if the nationalist fictions are to be believed , unseemly eagerness .
20 It has been with us for the past 10 years .
21 It may seem as if it has been with us forever , but the ubiquitous American Express chargecard has , in fact , only been around for 35 years .
22 Before , it has been with blind faith only .
23 I think erm there is some dispute as to erm what size the new settlement must be to become what 's termed an integrated and balanced community , and given the importance of this issue , and it has been with us for the last three years , ever since the new settlement was first proposed , erm I find it very surprising that North Yorkshire County Council have not undertaken any work of their own on this subject area , and have relied instead on a a residual approach to find the new settlement size , and I must say I find that very unsatisfactory , what North Yorkshire County Council are inviting you , erm , to accept is whatever size the residual for Greater York is , you know , has been in the past I should say , proposals from the public , from the private sector have come forward , an and the County Council have used those proposals as confirmation that the new settlement of that particular size was viable , it 's a sort of self fulfilling prophecy , now I think that 's unacceptable , what they have n't done is the second part of the technical exercise , which is to look at the thresholds of the various services and facilities required in the new settlement .
24 It has been with us all the year .
25 Since Ptolemy tried to solve this problem in the second century , it has been on the agenda of theorists of perception and is still , I understand , not fully resolved .
26 It has been on trial at nine branches and no decision has been made about whether to extend the service .
27 Also , much of the money for the campaign has come from the community itself , and where outside groups have provided assistance , either financially or otherwise , it has been on the terms of the YCCC rather than anyone else .
28 ( Everyone is someone 's cousin in Bala , and a great help it has been on several occasions . )
29 IN MID SEPTEMBER , 28XX class No.3822 returns to the Great Western Society from the West Somerset Railway where it has been on loan since March 19th this year .
30 Leaf-roll sawfly This clever little beast is given a fair description and discussion in the answer to question number 52 on page 208 , which , with Figure 13 above , will enable you to spot that it has been on your plants .
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