Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adv] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ BY DAYLIGHT , the bower of Oak 's newfound mistress Bathsheba Everdene presented itself as a hoary building of the Jacobean stage of Classical Renaissance as regards its architecture , and of a proportion which tells at a glance that , as is frequently the case , it has once been the manorial hall on a small estate … |
| 2 | But what I 'm wearing now I 'll be wearing in a year or eighteen months , it does n't chop and change like a fashion ; the meaning it has now is the same one it will have in eighteen months ' time . |
| 3 | It has long been the largest voluntary nature conservation organisation in Europe . |
| 4 | On European monetary union , it seems to me that it has long been the cherished aim of Conservative Governments to find a means by which we could control the value of our currency — to make it predictable in its exchange rate , as it was for much of the 19th century . |
| 5 | It has long been the French preference to maintain the Council as the primary decision-making body of the Community , and indeed to reinforce its role ; the Germans want greater powers for the Parliament in Strasbourg . |
| 6 | Of course , what applies to animals applies equally to people : indeed , it has always been the declared aim of the behaviourists to understand and to control human behaviour . |
| 7 | In Molly 's own words : ‘ Thinking back to these early classes , I realise that it has always been the enthusiastic response of the class members that has made it seem supremely worth while to go on … |
| 8 | It has never been the Royal Family 's policy to comment on private matters . |
| 9 | As the sun rises and the day warms up , the outer surface of the hill may become so hot that it is almost painful to touch , but the full strength of the midday sun is minimised since all it strikes directly is the thin top edge of the hill . |
| 10 | We 've had another chi You see it 's always been the same kind of chiller . |
| 11 | No cos we was my friend Pat said to me oh she said , cos everyone have always come up to my house Christmas night , I 've always had the mess and that , she said oh she said , cos we 've got a house now come down to me , I said oh great , I can clean up and every Boxing morning it 's always been the same hangover , fucking |