Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] be [adj] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | since he came to our Lordships House with some very and has had to sit this thing ever since then with one exception er to speeches deeply and seriously critical er of the proposals er coming from Members of your Lordships House mostly with vast experience of the subject matter former Secretary 's er er former Chief Constable er and er so many others and I arise only to put one point to you if my Noble Friend decides to resist these amendments , it seems to me I may be wrong but it seems to me overwhelmingly clear that they will be carrying against him and they will be put into the Bill which will be very considerably altered and amended , some of your Lordships may think improved , but certainly drastically altered and I wonder whether er my Noble Friend thinks that really would be helpful from the point of view either of the pr future progress of the Bill , or the position of the Government . |
| 2 | As you know , I must be quick or it will go hard . ’ |
| 3 | I should be sorry if it were otherwise . |
| 4 | I do n't know where this Doctor had this idea from but I do n't know how many years ago , but I remember I had my Co-op news every week and , and he said that he could see us going a full circle and I 'm just wondering when he 's gon if I 'll be alive when it comes round again because I , I do n't think that these big mass stores erm as I say they 're all right you see , people with plenty of money with a car they could fill the freezer up . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm extremely nervous , ’ she says , ‘ I 'll be relieved when it 's all over . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll be glad when it 's all over , too . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd be disappointed if it was an old ladies ' outing . ’ |
| 8 | I told her I 'd be late but it 's already seven . ’ |
| 9 | Korg 's A2 Performance Signal Processor has impressed everyone here , and I 'd be surprised if it 's not destined to be the one that others are judged by . |
| 10 | Symphony is such an old program that I 'd be surprised if it has any bugs in it . |
| 11 | ‘ I would be delighted if it was a fixture at parties but I think it is stretching it too far to say Spam will be on the end of cocktail sticks . |
| 12 | I would be surprised if it was n't still possible to go through ten years of education with only the faintest idea of what has been happening in the world , even your own country . |
| 13 | ‘ I would be surprised if it was decided to bring Old Vic back to tackle a mile and a quarter , even though it would be a nice idea , ’ he said . |
| 14 | ‘ I would be surprised if it does n't test 2,200 , ’ says Mr Tora , a view shared by others . |
| 15 | My problem , therefore , would perhaps appear to lie with my speakers , but the G-K cost a fortune so I would be surprised if it were at fault . |
| 16 | I speak on behalf of Playback not as Playback itself , but as Playback being part of the Regional Council that can a bit , now I was at a meeting this morning where I , I sort of absolutely had to read the riot act about Playback because they do not have a set budget whether you know this or not , they do n't have a standard budget as they should have , we 've fought for this for years , what we do is , we survive through crisis to crisis , now some money has been extracted from the Playback budget and whilst I have to share two bits of Playback , you know , the , the actual Playback charitable , voluntary bit , and the Regional Council , I mean they , I , I can say that they do not have a backing of money that they can fall back on , too many backs there , but I mean really I would say that I would be concerned if it was Christmas before we were ready , I , I ca n't help but think if we could and I mean , very , very happy to work with , with anybody and everybody on this to try and get these things pulled up quite quickly , I mean if it 's forms to be filled in then |
| 17 | I mean , I do n't think anyone took any risks , and we were all wearing gloves anyway because of the state he was in — I would be worried that it would make people panic unnecessarily . |
| 18 | I would be worried if it was you . |
| 19 | ‘ I will be delighted if it goes ahead . |
| 20 | Public relations is thus concerned with a company or brand reputation which must be such that it gives people confidence in the company , providing the company with total credibility . |
| 21 | ‘ Somewhere … ’ is a mixture of blues , country and Ramonesian punk which might be good if it was n't played like Status Quo on an off-night . |
| 22 | Moreover , the Thessalians by tradition held the presidency of the Amphictyonic Council ( Syll. 175 ) which could be useful when it came to putting a motion . |
| 23 | In neither case , does the activity of a postman emerge as something which could be good if it existed in isolation . |
| 24 | " Income " includes income chargeable to income tax by deduction or otherwise ( UK source income ) and any income which would be chargeable if it had been received in the United Kingdom by a person resident and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom . |
| 25 | In the US , women were treated for ‘ masturbatory orgasmic inadequacy , ’ which would be laughable if it were not both sad and harmfully misleading . |
| 26 | One is the revision of the clean-water act , which will be ineffective unless it includes taxes or fees on the use of pesticides and fertilisers that leach into rivers . |
| 27 | We may keep certain parts of ourselves well hidden from view , but our behaviour can speak volumes about attitudes , preferences and prejudices , some of which can be important when it comes to dealing with disputes and differences of opinion or possible action . |
| 28 | If you see any star of comparable brightness , you may be sure that it is T. Pyxis is included on the chart with Puppis . |
| 29 | It is not an easy ride , by any means , and you must be sure that it is what you really want to do . |
| 30 | You must be sure that it 's over … ? ’ |