Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [be] [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a period of activity and shouting it is surprisingly easy to introduce a game like ‘ dead lions ’ ( p.39 ) and have all the children being as quiet as they can be . |
| 2 | At the time of writing it is too early to determine whether the IEBPC 's Frankfurt seminars , presentations and cocktail parties will lead to a significant international force stimulating a vigorous wave of Data Discman publishing . |
| 3 | She snuggled back down under the covers , deciding it was too early to get up yet . |
| 4 | It recently boycotted a visit by a South African diplomat to Darlington , saying it was too early to allow the economic barriers erected against the country 's apartheid policies to be brought down . |
| 5 | But he is flying in the face of opposition from the ruling Labour group who recently boycotted a visit by a South African diplomat saying it was too early to bring them in from the cold . |
| 6 | Two weeks ago the ruling Labour group on the council boycotted a visit by a South African diplomat saying it was too early to bring that country in from the cold . |
| 7 | By the time he realized that war was coming it was too late to get out . |
| 8 | It can be seen that in terms of the formal equations it is possible to make some juncture , but in so doing it is also possible to lose sight of the quite different perspectives from which they derive . |
| 9 | ‘ She 's over there , ’ she pointed out , knowing it was too late to back out . |
| 10 | At advanced levels of language learning it is less easy to predict accurately what exactly the learner wants to communicate , or in what situation he is likely to find himself . |
| 11 | The manufacturers of these products recognise this suggesting it is nevertheless possible to reduce such odours to an acceptable level without neutralising them completely . |
| 12 | The general picture which emerges is one in which , whilst a considerable amount of assistance does pass between relatives , the procedures for asking for , offering and accepting it are quite tricky to handle in practice . |
| 13 | While stressing it is too early to predict the final outcome , the survey organiser , Jeremy Wilson , says in the latest issue of BTO News that ‘ significant results ’ have emerged from analysis of early findings . |
| 14 | The Vet School is also collaborating with pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs that speed tendon healing , and although the results are promising it is too early to say anything specific . |