Example sentences of "[be] afraid it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something has to break : you are afraid it is you |
| 2 | I am afraid it is the latter rather than the former . |
| 3 | I am afraid it is tough ( at least at the beginning ) , as are all restricted diets , but I promise you , it does work ! |
| 4 | Request : Joan Hammell , his secretary , wrote to say : ‘ I am afraid it is not going to prove possible for Mr Kinnock to make a contribution as much as he would love to . |
| 5 | It is a place of calm and classical beauty : I am afraid it is exactly the sort of place for which one must long most desperately when out of Greece . |
| 6 | A There are a lot of Tanganyikan cichlids you can keep in your tank , but I am afraid it is only large enough for you to keep a pair of a single species . |
| 7 | A. If your Temporales are still about the same size they I am afraid it is extremely likely that you have two of the same sex , as size is a major sexual difference in this species , with males around 50 per cent bigger in all directions than females . |
| 8 | I am afraid it is written in enviro-jargon , which will need translating into ordinary English or Welsh , but I hope it helps you think about the kind of issues that need to be got across in a popular television programme . |
| 9 | All for now — it is chucking down hail , so I am afraid it is the post lift near here tomorrow Monday and not the trek to the main sorting office . |
| 10 | ‘ I am afraid it is too late for that , ’ Mr Aycliffe said with a faint smile . |
| 11 | I am afraid it was because he did not want to get entangled with the left on such an emotional issue . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I am afraid it was . |
| 13 | We did what we could to help him but I am afraid it was little enough . |
| 14 | I am afraid it was a case of necessity . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm afraid it is my duty to search you before you go . |
| 16 | ‘ Forgive me , mademoiselle , but I 'm afraid it is my duty to ask whether … that is , if you were … ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm afraid it is , ’ said Breeze , and he rescued it from its watery grave , and shook it before handing it to her . |
| 18 | ‘ I think there 's something I ought to say but I 'm afraid it is n't , well , gentlemanly . ’ |
| 19 | A.I 'm afraid it is impossible for me to guess what was wrong with your Ram . |
| 20 | ROS : I 'm afraid it is n't your day . |
| 21 | GUIL : I 'm afraid it is . |
| 22 | I 'm afraid it is n't suitable for the competition , Timothy . " |
| 23 | Well , much as I 'd love to stay on here , I 'm afraid it is n't going to be feasible . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm afraid it is essential , ’ he said . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , I 'm afraid it is . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm afraid it is . ’ |
| 27 | Yes well I think to answer bo both of yo your concerns , first of all we have to accept that the Planning Committee has , actually has power to make its decisions not to come back to this Council so I 'm afraid it is a decision of the Planning Committee . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , I 'm afraid it is . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm afraid it is , ’ said Sister . |
| 30 | ‘ I thought you might wish to know , which is why I enquired of Edita , ’ he replied urbanely , ‘ But I 'm afraid it is nothing more than plain ‘ vepřové řízky plnëné žampióny ’ . ’ |