Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [conj] it be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , I think you should involve them but I think it 'll be preferable if it was one to one with the form tutor i that time and the form tutor has taking an over-view |
| 2 | Michael Codron had reason to be grateful that it was , especially when in January 1958 it transferred for a third time — or even a fifth , if the pre-West End runs at the Theatre Royal Brighton , and the original Cambridge version , were taken into account — to the Garrick Theatre . |
| 3 | This death of Solomon reissues would be understandable if it were not for treatment given by EMI to other pianists . |
| 4 | So I 'm v I 'm a bit vague about it , you may well be right and it 's two years |
| 5 | For what it is worth , I think he may be right because it is possible to find objects in space from remembered information . |
| 6 | The mill site and its supply leat must surely have been constructed on the outline of unit two — the course of the leat would be strange if it was earlier and had conditioned the shape of unit two . |
| 7 | I should be sorry if it were otherwise . |
| 8 | It would be absurd if it were not so unlikely . |
| 9 | He characterises the mining bourgeoisie in Peru as a corporate national bourgeoisie , which he considers to be progressive as it is nationalist and developmentalist . |
| 10 | It 's supposed to be non-stick but it 's not . |
| 11 | This will normally be impractical and it is suggested that the purchaser may wish to distinguish between the following three levels of consent : ( a ) critical consents ; ( b ) material consents ; ( c ) ancillary consents . |
| 12 | Benazir Bhutto looks to be strong but it 's a coalition of convenience not conviction , in a country where politics follows the rules of war , opposition means nothing , winning is everything . |
| 13 | She was fine and that gave me the courage to go on , then the unveiling was held up because the trustees thought it would be controversial and it was … |
| 14 | Any prescription of the content or outcomes of teacher development is likely to be controversial because it is formulated from a value-position , but is a specification of process any less contentious ? |
| 15 | The range of media is large and the costs can be high so it is worth investigating the pulling power of different choices . |
| 16 | If either one of us wanted to sleep with other people then that should be OK and it was a question of something we could work out and that would not necessarily break the relationship even if in fact it actually did . |
| 17 | ‘ It would be different if it was you and Daisy . |
| 18 | The message ca n't be different because it 's one sound , one word and one mouth , people , culture and all else that related to the people of reggae and Afro-Lingua . " |
| 19 | But a personal reassurance from me will not be acceptable unless it 's backed up by a member of the Swift family . ’ |
| 20 | Occasionally this can be interesting as it is in Bintley 's Consort Lessons ( 1984 ) . |
| 21 | The Chalice can be empty if it is too difficult for friends to carry with wine in it . |
| 22 | They also suggest that there is a critical literacy threshold of 40 per cent : in other words two-fifths of a country 's people need to be literate if it is to ‘ modernize ’ and make an ‘ economic miracle ’ possible . |
| 23 | But I thought that erm barn dance or something like that would be favourite cos it 's not too expensive and it 's something that everybody can muck in on . |
| 24 | Peres , then Finance Minister , announced that the IS500,000,000 budgeted for the settlement of Soviet Jews might not be adequate as it was based on an estimate of 40,000 new arrivals , whereas the Ministry of Immigration had estimated that up to 100,000 immigrants might arrive in 1990 . |
| 25 | The present system , might be defensible if it were the only means by which the Chancellor could sustain tax revenue from alcoholic drinks in real terms . |
| 26 | Peace reigns at last though , and everything in the smouldering remains of the garden would be rosy if it were n't for one little problem . |
| 27 | ‘ That might be funny if it were n't so utterly ludicrous . ’ |
| 28 | Similarly , if parents are able to have their views upheld ( as might occur on an appeal against a decision not to reinstate a permanently excluded pupil ) , ‘ it may not be clear whether it is primarily the child 's right or the parents ' rights over upbringing which is being upheld ’ . |
| 29 | Professional counsellors faced with the same client would be clear that it is their task to explore emotions and they allocate the time to do it ; social workers have the mixed task of practical and emotional support but they have a restricted caseload and the time to build up a relationship . |
| 30 | However , if you merely ask for a repetition of the number , it still may not be clear if it is fourteen or forty . |