Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] it [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But though this was so , Lord Coke reports that it was resolved by the whole Court of Common Pleas ‘ that payment of a lesser sum on the day in satisfaction of a greater can not be any satisfaction for the whole , because it appears to the judges that by no possibility a lesser sum can be satisfaction to the plaintiff for a greater sum : but the gift of a horse , hawk , or robe , etc. , in satisfaction is good for it shall be intended that a horse , hawk , or robe , etc. , might be more beneficial to the plaintiff than the money , in respect of some circumstance , or otherwise the plaintiff would not have accepted it in satisfaction . |
| 2 | The drafting of such a provision is critical for it will be strictly construed against those with the power to expel . |
| 3 | But the humiliation of the state and de Gaulle 's consenting to it would be irreparable . " |
| 4 | If , however , one wished to explore the immediate outside it might be necessary to examine specific aspects in detail . |
| 5 | If the potato is green throughout it should be discarded . |
| 6 | On the other hand , the introduction of staff external to it could be seen to guarantee the objectivity of the exercise for all concerned . |
| 7 | In the light of ‘ Be aware ’ , the spontaneous recoil from the object in becoming aware of it will be the right reaction ; but the suffering as a spontaneous shrinking from awareness itself , will be bad , just as pleasure , as a spontaneous welcoming of awareness , will be good . |