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 ? |