Example sentences of "[subord] it be a [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | English copies would have been available in Europe and mention of distribution in the new American Colonies has been made , so it was an internationally known work by the latter part of the eighteenth century . |
| 2 | The young Palestinian men who had gathered in the room to hear her story sat quietly , knowing that she would finish her grief and that this was a ritual even if it was a deeply felt one . |
| 3 | National Power has agreed to operate its supply business as if it were a separately financed company to ease concerns . |
| 4 | Why do we continue to talk about marriage as if it were a commonly understood state when these differences so obviously exist ? |
| 5 | Now surely if you 're gon na intern the leaders and m might they include Gerry Addams and we we could talk about the other side , we could talk about the Loyalist er paramilitaries equally , surely there 's just another wave gon na come along because it 's a never ending assembly line of terrorists , so what 's the point ? |
| 6 | Passive avoidance learning , just because it was a precisely timed , one-trial task , seemed to offer that prospect . |
| 7 | Lothian Region Transport is a bus company which , although owned by the Council , acts independently as though it were a privately owned firm , it has no powers or funding to subsidise bus services . |
| 8 | It was a severe test for him , for it is a widely held view that his talents as a party manager are not matched by his capabilities as a potential Prime Minister . |