Example sentences of "it be [adv] [adj] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So would it be more realistic to accept that a voluntary system is doomed and legislate for compliance ? |
| 2 | Mrs Browning handed her Ellen 's missive as though it were hardly fit to handle and she took it with equal reluctance . |
| 3 | Another is that co-operating individuals jointly benefited even though they were not related ; the co-operative behaviour has evolved because those who did it were more likely to survive as individuals and reproduce than those that did not . |
| 4 | Coffin furniture was also exported to the colonies , it being so cheap to buy that it was unnecessary to produce it in far-flung corners of the Empire . |
| 5 | It 's rather nice to think that it happened in that way , that it was done overnight . |
| 6 | It 's probably true to say that some actors just do n't mix well with other actors or directors . |
| 7 | Unless you 're Peter Pan , in which case you probably believe in fairies as well , it 's probably fair to say that you are only young once . |
| 8 | Interestingly enough , even with a wide range of prices and types of hotel-style accommodation available , it 's probably fair to say that the majority of guests expect en suite bathroom facilities as standard . |
| 9 | It might be , I think in actual fact during your er , I think it might be a waste of time , but I think it 's probably advisable to try and find out a bit more about this |
| 10 | The researchers have had some interesting experiences when they 've been out and about — it 's not all work and no play — just mostly . |
| 11 | It 's not possible to say that U2 sound like blah , which is great . |
| 12 | Inevitably , the save and sometimes the print facility has been turned off , and it 's not uncommon to find that a limit on file size ( in memory ) is also applied . |
| 13 | It 's not illegal to buy or own replica guns , a flick through any gun magazine reveals how easy it is to get hold of one . |
| 14 | And well , it 's not nice to say that a girl is fat these days , but she was all ample proportioned we 'll put it like that . |
| 15 | To change from Mozart to Shostakovich in seven or eight hours , travelling to different country to do so — it is n't absolutely needed , but it 's not easy to understand that it 's not needed . |
| 16 | It 's fairly clear when you would use a book or an Overhead Projector or a magazine picture in your teaching and it 's not difficult to see that video makes a different contribution . |
| 17 | It 's not difficult to ride because I already have one at home in Argentina . ’ |
| 18 | track , because it it , no other transport business er has er does has to have a business , which op owns both the track it 's operating on and the operating er facilities themselves , so the we 're not doing anything new here , what we are actually doing , and incidentally the German government and other governments are going down the same route now because it 's not true to say that others are n't privatizing , what we 're doing is saying that we are having a separate track authority , and there are a variety of reasons for that , er but the an and that means actually less investment by the franchisee himself , but he will have control over the th the track operations , because he will have a contract , with Rail Track , to deliver certain services , and if Rail Track does n't deliver them then he 's able to claim penalties so |
| 19 | He says that a substantial amount has been paid in benefits , it 's not true to say that they owe the tenants a large amount of arrears . |
| 20 | A spokeswoman for the liquidator of Continental , Cork Gully , said : ‘ It 's not true to say that the club wo n't get any money but at the moment we do n't know how much any pay-out will be . ’ |
| 21 | It 's not hard to kill or damage any one it 'll be a long old day today I reckon , dragging already . |
| 22 | A I 'm concerned about you , and I 'm surprised your doctor implied it 's not unusual to feel as you do . |
| 23 | It 's not advisable to try and cut them out yourself as they tend to be close to the skin . |
| 24 | He 's a very bright man , Michael Howard , but it 's quite clear that he 's much more concerned with grabbing the headlines and finding scapegoats , than with taking action through law that will actually improve the chance , both of preventing crime and of detecting crime , and then even more so , deterring people from re-offending , and it 's most distressing to see that when research showed that a particular non-custodial method of punishment is effective in perhaps fifty or seventy or eighty percent of cases , whereas prison is not , he goes for prison , he goes for picking on squatters , he goes for picking on the defendants right to silence so that we can see more people like er , jailed when they were innocent . |
| 25 | Who said ‘ it 's completely absurd to suggest that there is anything unprofessional in my friendship with the Duchess . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's completely absurd to suggest that there is anything unprofessional in my friendship with the Duchess . |
| 27 | Er partly because it 's completely impractical to suggest that all patients should have an expensive er video flow study . |
| 28 | It 's er you know it 's completely okay to take and stop taking it , and you wo n't want to have to go on . |
| 29 | Without wanting to appear cynical , it 's pretty safe to say that in the run up to elections , one expects the odd vote-catching ruse from politicians . |
| 30 | None of the six we tested included an invoice for the sample , nor have any , at the time of writing , sent one on later so it 's pretty safe to assume that the trial was free . |