Example sentences of "[coord] it be a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | or it 's a half N minus one times N minus two over two . |
| 2 | Either there 've been thirty-eight other Grandson Richards , and I do n't think that 's what it means , or it 's a newspaper human way of saying he 's thirty-nine years old . |
| 3 | Either it is an instance of a proof by reductio ad absurdum , in which we assume something true in order to prove it false ; or it is a way of exposing a paradox within the concept of knowledge , for the sceptic can surely insist that if a central concept such as that of knowledge can be used to take us validly from true premises to a false or impossible conclusion , something is wrong with the concept ; there is probably some internal tension which should be exposed rather than swept under the carpet . |
| 4 | If plants have anything wrong with them it may have already been there when they were obtained , or it is a sign that they are not being grown in the right conditions . |
| 5 | It is clear that a gift can amount to a potentially exempt transfer if it is an outright gift to an individual or it is a gift to an accumulation and maintenance trust or indeed it is a gift to a trust under which the beneficiary has an interest in possession . |
| 6 | Or it is a pop group growling their way through a new song with cash register bells providing the timpani . |
| 7 | ( 1 ) It is the duty of a solicitor who or a recognised body which is an officer of a recognised body , or a registered foreign lawyer who is a director of a recognised body to take all reasonable steps to ensure compliance by any recognised body of which he or it is an officer with these Rules and any rules , principles or requirements of conduct applicable to recognised bodies by virtue of these Rules or section 9 of the Act . |
| 8 | This was clearly a very bad joke , by some misguided person , or it was a mistake . |
| 9 | Garland was murdered because he was Garland , or it was a motiveless killing , or it was a mistake . |
| 10 | It was too dark and he was too afraid , or his conscience troubled him , or it was a combination of the two and so he hung back . |
| 11 | Either they wanted to frighten him , or it was a joke . |
| 12 | ‘ Like , maybe your parents were just fattening you up until you would make a decent meal for these dragons , or it was an intelligence test ; the kids smart enough to have sussed out the fact there were dragons around were the ones that would survive , and the ones that just lay there , trusting , each night , deserved to die , and their parents could n't tell them or the dragons would eat them , and stories about dragons were the only clues you were ever given ; that was all the adults could do to warn you … |
| 13 | In so many areas the advance man ( who may or may not be the same as the event organiser ) has the on-the-spot knowledge which headquarters staff or the committee can never have — and it 's a mistake not to get the maximum use from it . |
| 14 | crime prevention officers are traditionally and it 's a public relations exercise ai n't it , it 's nothing to do with crime prevention |
| 15 | yeah and it 's a public relations exercise , and we 've been lumbered with it you know over the years we 've tried to push crime prevention and people come in and they do take notes of various things you know there 's obviously some people who come in and talk about crime prevention which we can answer fully , there are other enquiries about everything from bloody |
| 16 | And it 's a name that gets remembered and looks good in print . ’ |
| 17 | They know what areas they 've got to cover in maths or English and it 's a question of their motivation . |
| 18 | David Stait says he 's a great old character and it 's a question of harnessing their skills |
| 19 | They have a very fiercely competitive system , and some people say that you have to start preparing for this at nursery school erm and it 's a question of going to the right schools , going to the right training colleges , though it 's not so much a question of going to university , although you do have to have a university degree in most cases , but they have special training establishments with a tough competition to get into it , and as a result of this the people who come out are very highly selected , and think of themselves as being very professional , very competent , they have a great deal more self confidence , in some ways , than our British civil servants do . |
| 20 | I try walking with my hands over my ears , and it 's a bit better . |
| 21 | Not much to see there and it 's a bit near the Bun — ’ he chopped his sentence short . |
| 22 | Sir , I do n't think I 'll go to the Grand next week , I 'm getting susceptible and it 's a bit bewildering when there are eight and all in one troupe . |
| 23 | ‘ I feel fine and I could ride next week , but there are no horses for me and it 's a bit cold , ’ the 57-year-old said last night . |
| 24 | It makes a change from housework getting out of the house — and it 's a bit of a challenge too , budgeting and trying to get the cheapest of everything . |
| 25 | It 's more just to slow the thing up , when it does slide it 's kind of like ‘ Oh ! ’ and you kinda dig in your knees and everything and it 's a bit of a moment . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It 's a French waltz , and it 's a bit made , ’ says she with a disarming grin , ’ so I decided to do it ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ And it 's a bit difficult to manage with no fridge — just that metal meat safe hanging outside the back door . |
| 28 | Erm and it 's a bit like timekeeping I mean they they 've got their own system now for evaluating how good they are at time keeping and I think the erm the figure they try and hit is about ninety five percent is n't it of trains arriving on time . |
| 29 | ‘ Look , I 'm one of your cell mates , not a fucking jury , and it 's a bit late to start pleading innocence , is n't it ? ’ |
| 30 | He said : ‘ Well then , I 've got something to say about him , and it 's a bit juicier than my nonsense at the dog track . |