Example sentences of "is [conj] [conj] it be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point being made is that although it is ultimately envisaged that the EC will be similar to the USA with each member country being akin to a state and it even being billed as the ‘ United States of Europe ’ , is it a reality when one considers differences in attitude , culture , language and even religion ? |
| 2 | About all one can say is that while it is only too easy to make a weak material ( or indeed a material of no strength at all ) from strong chemical bonds , it is not possible to make very strong materials from weak bonds . |
| 3 | ‘ What I 'd like you to know is that when it was all over and Peter was back from America , the grave-diggers were down here on their bended knees begging him for forgiveness because they knew it was a nasty business and said had they known at the time they 'd have had nothing to do with it . ’ |
| 4 | Local residents again pointed out that so far all the dust that had blown had come from one three-acre section of the lake : ‘ The worry is that if it 's not attended to and if the entire 150 acres rise up and start blowing at the same time it could be a national disaster . |
| 5 | But the difficulty is great , and the greatest danger is that if it is not well performed the music can seem banal . |
| 6 | The implication of this for theology is that if it is really theology , it can only take place as God conveys his own Word to us and enables us to hear it ; but the Word itself always remains his and not ours . |
| 7 | The answer , of course , is that if it were otherwise , there would not be anyone to ask the question . |
| 8 | Well it 's part of the reason that er it 's not celebrated is that because it is n't a holiday . |
| 9 | Oh ooh goody , I know who it is and where it is now |
| 10 | This is because if it is not reserved as rent , the Stamp Office take the view that the application of the " contingency principle " means that stamp duty is payable on the full amount of VAT which may become payable over the whole term of the lease . |