Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 These observations suggest that the peak β cell mass may be determined early in life , even during gestation , and the factors that influence it are likely to be important in the development of diabetes .
2 ‘ Would n't it be terrible to be bad ? ’ he says to her right hip .
3 Oh absolutely marvellous we watched the house go up brick by brick , you know , we , we used to come down here and think oh my goodness wo n't it be marvellous to be able to run some water and have a bath in the normal way you know cos we do n't , we 'd both always had electricity and baths and everything else until this happened and erm , we er , oh it was wonderful , really wonderful absolutely marvellous
4 Would n't it be lovely to be rich ?
5 you know I always said would n't it be lovely to be thin and I said thank God
6 If it were possible to be clear about what power or general role the House should have , the relations between MPs and the executive could be adjusted accordingly .
7 It involves beliefs such as ‘ There is n't enough to go round ’ , ‘ I never have enough money ’ , ‘ Money does n't grow on trees ’ , ‘ You have to work hard for what you want ’ , ‘ If I have more , others have less ’ , ‘ Better save for a rainy day ’ and ‘ It 's immoral to be rich when so many people are starving and homeless . ’
8 It 's awful to be last , is n't it ? ’
9 As it 's possible to be backward compatible but not forward compatible , you ca n't blame the program for being unable to correctly identify a processor introduced after the program was written .
10 It 's possible to be sad about your babies becoming children , and yet accept the fact that you wo n't have any more .
11 It 's a continuing theme ; dance is fickle and chews up styles so quickly it 's possible to be last week 's thing when your work is still relevant : ‘ Electro was given a bad name by break-dancing , ’ reckons David .
12 But the good news is , with the aid of these space age products , it 's possible to be prettier than ever before .
13 Sibling rows can be beneficial because they show that it 's possible to be angry with someone you love , but there 's a vital difference between that sort of infighting and the division that favouritism can cause .
14 I expect she kicks herself for giving him those special facilities now , because it 's sure to be one of those jaw-breaking pieces of unreadability Americans produce .
15 Then it 's sure to be true .
16 There is a tedious pounding at the heart of this music , a sincerity that allows for only one angle of delivery , a passion that has created a pop atmosphere in which it 's impossible to be clever , cool or cynical , a soul whose impulse is NOT to embrace the avant-garde , like Faustus , and be cut into a thousand pieces by a sampling machine .
17 I 'd say he was dead by eleven but it 's impossible to be accurate about these things .
18 ’ We take all the obvious precautions security tags , chaining up the leather , keeping staff vigilant but at the end of the day , it 's impossible to be 100 per cent secure .
19 It 's impossible to be sure what fate befell the mightiest Orc Warlord of all time , but whatever became of him his reputation and memory lives on .
20 That 's why it 's impossible to be prescriptive about how you should allocate your own time — and that 's why it 's essential that you learn how best to manage your time for yourself .
21 M. You seem to think it 's right to be wrong .
22 I was never any good at lecturing so it 's nice to be good at something . ’
23 erm It keeps it going that way because you know , six games unbeaten , it 's nice , it 's nice to be unbeaten , but we just have n't won enough have we ?
24 Training alone has never bothered me at all , but it 's nice to be able to go down the pub for a good chinwag after a session . ’
25 But it 's nice to be able to get an unexpected comment .
26 It 's nice to be able to say that I saw that big right coming but Ruddock did n't , in fact I do n't think he saw anything that came his way .
27 I came from a pretty poorish background and now it 's nice to be able to give my parents money , and let them do things like go on holiday .
28 It 's nice to be able to say that is n't it really ?
29 But it 's nice to be able to invent the stories as well .
30 ABBERLEY : It 's nice to be able to talk , is n't it ?
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