Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] it be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stunned by a Thameside painting by Whistler , it was only later that Strayhorn discovered it was actually a view of Battersea Bridge that he 'd admired ! |
| 2 | The biggest complaint was prison food , with just one in eight prisoners saying it was good . |
| 3 | She said : ‘ The fact that American Airlines started a new route in the middle of the economic recession meant it was slow to take off . |
| 4 | However , a degree of sensitivity is required as the purchaser may need their assistance in any due diligence exercise it is undertaking , and to effect a smooth handover of the business . |
| 5 | ‘ Are yer sure it 's what that geezer said it was ? ’ |
| 6 | Now that all the poll tax register computer equipment is installed , there is a strong case to let it be used to compile the electoral roll on the same basis . |
| 7 | Although the Labour Party adopted a policy of ‘ comprehensive education for all ’ in 1951 no political action to implement it was taken for another 14 years . |
| 8 | I want to tell them I 'm going to Drama School , but I ca n't stand the look on their faces , the thought of their whining voices saying it 's not a suitable occupation for their darling daughter . ’ |
| 9 | Yeah well Richard does that Richard says it 's not bus it 's bus . |
| 10 | That means , he says , that TI realises it 's going to have to make ‘ lots and lots and lots ’ of chips to get a reasonable 50MHz yield . |
| 11 | That pleased the smart set , but secretly the old money decided it was a bit tacky . |
| 12 | The sparing use of the Practice Statement is confirmed by the statistics : the use of the Statement was made 39 times between 1966 and the end of 1989 , but in only 12 cases has it been applied to overrule a previous decision . |
| 13 | Indeed , Ford 's own potted history of Dagenham records that ‘ some experts said it was unworkable ’ . |
| 14 | Since in some building projects it is impossible to define the extent of the work in advance , a number of forms of agreement are available where the contractor is reimbursed his costs for carrying out the work . |
| 15 | we always we always go to Spalding well not always but a lot of the time we go to Spalding and I always have what is called the raw vegetable dip it 's all vegetables , you name it , the vegetables are on there you know carrots erm |
| 16 | they 've just rehashed the old plan , and just drawn a red line round the bit they want us to look at , erm , this bit know it 's a computer . |
| 17 | Regular microbiological checks ensure it is bacteria-free — especially important in the orthopaedic operating room , where the slightest infection inside open joints can be disastrous . |
| 18 | British Rail says it 's sympathetic to the disabled . |
| 19 | The impact itself caused severe damage to the front of and underneath the engine , but British Rail said it was a tribute to its design that there were n't any injuries . |
| 20 | On the trains British Rail say it 's all fine no problems East Midlands Airport it 's all fine there no delays to the services at the moment . |
| 21 | When public opinion is central to the fortunes of a government , unscrupulous expedients to manipulate it are to be expected . |
| 22 | We gave you this faith believing it was good , but innumerable people have been slain — Julius , Gabriel , Takla Giorgis , Sarsa Kristos , and now these peasants . |
| 23 | As for the LPO , no-one was quite clear ; some researchers thought it was primarily an ‘ output ’ region , coordinating motor responses such as pecking ; others saw it as more to do with the bird 's emotional responses , which would certainly include fear and distaste . |
| 24 | be six million people in the world are taking this drug saying it 's really really helping them and you 're telling them it 's crap . |
| 25 | A spokesman for the Inland Revenue said it was early days but added : ’ There are stringent quality controls to make sure the estate agents are doing their jobs properly . |
| 26 | starting a little brown smoulder mark it were like that all the through the electric blanket of course all the through the the sheets all through the sheets and blankets and it had just coming through the top counterpane we used have a |
| 27 | But some traders felt it was all too little too late . |
| 28 | After all the drama of ‘ 68 , de Gaulle , of course , simply went querulously into retirement in 1969 after the students had gone back to their studies and the French electorate felt it was safe to dispense with his services . |
| 29 | Tony Soper was Nature 's early-riser and this programme suggested it is something of a habit with him , for we also saw him in the Falklands carrying out an investigation into whether the war — or was it just a conflict ? — had upset the wildlife there . |
| 30 | The Archive 's location in a university which has a reputation for excellence in social research ensures it is perceived to be upholding high standards . |