Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb -s] it be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if she thinks it 's worth the risk , then it 's up to you to try and contain that risk — make sure there 's nothing to trip over , and that someone who can react quickly is on hand to give tactful support where necessary . |
| 2 | There is controversy over whether this sort of fusion occurs under pressure inside the Earth , or inside the heavier Jupiter , but even if it does it is at levels that are useless for commercial fusion . |
| 3 | The man from Dunkeld will come today or tomorrow — if he thinks it is worth his trouble . ’ |
| 4 | If he believes it 's worth trying , then I think he should try . ’ |
| 5 | I even know , thanks to Montesquieu , that one may be a Persian , but as for Man , I declare that I have never met him in my life ; if he exists it is without my knowledge.1 |
| 6 | To buy it back cost thirty one thousand , but he says it 's worth every penny . |
| 7 | He 's not Robinson Crusoe , there are other old newspaper owners so he will say okay the government in Australia is doing what I like , therefore my newspapers or usually most of my newspapers , in fact one or two of them wo n't , will support that government and that government can be totally different one in the United States where in the Washington Post or you know in the New York Post or whatever will go and attack or support because he thinks it 's in the less interest that his commercial interest and the U S because he sees us doing the same thing there . |
| 8 | Like so much else in these cantos , the last line is midleading , since it suggests it was by an edict of Henry III that the Magna Charta was sent to all cathedrals and read four times a year , whereas Coke 's Institutes make it clear that this was on the contrary an enactment of Edward I. ‘ Selinunte ’ and ‘ Akragas ’ ( the old name of Agrigento ) are ancient Greek cities in Sicily . |
| 9 | When he prays it is in a voice ‘ humble , treatable and slow ’ ; the congregation 's responses ‘ are to be done not in a huddling , or slobbery fashion , gaping or scratching the head , or spitting in the midst of their answer ’ . |
| 10 | Once he is satisfied that the law as he understands it is for Mrs. McLoughlin , he will feel justified in deciding in her favour , whatever the present legislature thinks and whether or not popular morality agrees . |