Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] it [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Dutch might have been willing to see a world without territorial empire , if only it had been possible to keep up a trading system on that basis . |
| 2 | EDS has stayed out of the public administration market in Italy because , ‘ up until now it 's been risky , ’ Ribas says , adding that ‘ until the system of favours [ bribes and kickbacks ] is brought under control , we 're more comfortable in the private sector . ’ |
| 3 | Up until now it has been difficult to have the best of both worlds when it comes to running one of the more expensive 4x4 off-road vehicles . |
| 4 | By 1829 , the year of Owen 's return from America , the organisation by John Doherty of workers in cotton spinning into his Grand National Union of the United Kingdom had marked an attempt to make trade union structure national , whereas hitherto it had been local . |
| 5 | His familiarity with his brother 's behaviour would be based on past form , something she had n't wanted to dwell on , for surely it had been different this time ? |