Example sentences of "[coord] it be a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If somebody 's saying to you do you want our guarantee — it 's fifty pounds , or it 's a hundred pounds — if you 're spending that sort of money you 'll probably pay out for it and you 'll think you 're covered for all sorts of things that might go wrong . |
| 2 | Also now I tend , as you 've probably come to realise I 've tended to include specific types of bonding arrangements as a functional group for example , I call a carbon carbon double bond , I call that a functional group for the simple reason that that arrangement of bonds dictates the principle properties of those compounds and in that context I 'm then using the word group a bit more liberally instead of saying it 's a group of atoms which dictate the properties I 'll say it 's a group of atoms or it 's a special grouping of electrons , which dictate the properties . |
| 3 | It is a cuddly pet , an animal to be loved and treasured by children , or it is a real pain in the neck — for Britain 's farming community . |
| 4 | Strict logical positivists only have two categories for the logical status of propositions : a proposition is either verifiable or falsifiable , using empirically observable and measurable , variables ; or it is a mystical , poetic , emotional insight . |
| 5 | This is either some magic geometry of which I know nothing or it is a happy coincidence . |
| 6 | Garland was murdered because he was Garland , or it was a motiveless killing , or it was a mistake . |
| 7 | If you do n't make a sale , or it was a successful day , it 's the fact that you 've had a full day of activity that matters . |
| 8 | It was n't lumber or it was a funny name , backscratch or something , a dance . |
| 9 | Sophie was after all thirteen , and it 's a rare contemporary child — especially born to parents in the communicative arts , that being the only umbrella heading under which both Lou and myself could suitably cluster : though he saw , probably rightly , greater sensibility and sensitivity in a Bloch quartet than he did in a Sunday Times editorial — who can expect both parents to live permanently and companionably together . |
| 10 | Er and that 's been quite successful , about twenty five or thirty chief executives , chairman come to that lunch er each each quarter or so er we hosted about six of us and it 's a tremendous opportunity to get to know and be known er in the business community . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's thrilling and it 's a tremendous job of work , so you feel extremely satisfied . |
| 12 | You see the same thing in our kind of business , but we 've really been operating in international markets for much longer and it 's a slower process . |
| 13 | So we know , we should and remember of course that in the book Freud chooses two examples as Joy told me the church and the army and these are just examples and of course Freud chooses them partly because they 're very big groups so they in some ways they er exemplify the principles he 's talking about because clearly in a small group like this you could say well look , what is going on is really I mean we all have , we all know each other and it 's a face-to-face group and really what happens here is an of the dynamics group and I think it is actually . |
| 14 | " The shipping business is rather separate from the rest of the group , and it 's a whole-time job , believe you me . " |
| 15 | And it 's a professional job |
| 16 | At the moment there is n't even a charging regulations came in the schools immediately cut back because it was a very definite barrier that was put up to prevent schools that prevented schools from from taking up that sort of er offer that they had done in the past and it 's a major problem . |
| 17 | And it 's a right pain when I 'm on the phone to her ! |
| 18 | " And it 's a decent doctor he needs for his cough . " |
| 19 | He 's got enough money for one thing , and it 's a bigger risk anyway . ’ |
| 20 | He 's got enough money for one thing , and it 's a bigger risk anyway . ’ |
| 21 | roads onto major roads , and it 's a cheap and easy way for local authorities |
| 22 | Smaller pots can be moved easily , and it 's a good idea to do so , as you can demolish the slugs and creepy-crawlies that have accumulated in the cool dampness beneath . |
| 23 | A spirit level is a must , and it 's a good idea to have one reserved for this job , rather than to use your smaller ‘ indoor ’ level , since it will inevitably get knocked around a bit and gradually become covered in mortar . |
| 24 | This is one of the lesser known resorts on Lake Como and it 's a good base from which to explore this charming corner of Italy . |
| 25 | We 're still a powerful clan , and it 's a good match for the Campbells . |
| 26 | I joined a flower arranging society thinking ‘ Well I quite like flowers and it 's a good way to meet people ’ , but I found it so boring that I left after three months . |
| 27 | No-one 's too old to learn , and it 's a good excuse to see my friends and exchange a bit of gossip . ’ |
| 28 | The coast path is the one to head for — you can spend a week walking different sections from a single base and it 's a good backpacking route . |
| 29 | ‘ We have to support ourselves , and it 's a good way to get attention ’ , Ms Toyama explained . |
| 30 | Well , 25 of us went to see it on the 13th of February , and it 's a good show . |