Example sentences of "a [noun sg] it could [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Is a bit it could though .
2 It was in no way intense , and indeed coming from such a figure it could not help but appear a little maternal ; Mrs Hill did not seem to discover anything odd in her own attitude , and would consult Clara 's opinion without any attempts at subterfuge or bravado ; she would defer to Clara 's position in the class by outrageously open remarks such as " Now , Clara , you 're the only girl likely to remember what I said last week " , or " Well , I suppose I 'm wasting my breath on all but Clara Maugham . "
3 The BDDA , as long ago as 1924 , foresaw this unhappy industrial crisis , and recognising that it was a question it could not handle alone , the National Institute was requested to deal with it .
4 Were glad the guidance has finally arrived , however we feel it 's a pity it could not have been more accurate ’ .
5 It was a bit of a Catch 22 situation because without signing the car could not be tested and without a test it could not be driven on the road . ’
6 What a shame it could n't have been more of a humdinger .
7 ‘ It 's some consolation that it has been found but it 's a shame it could n't be retrieved in time for Remembrance Sunday .
8 Such trade is clearly beneficial when a country is able to import a commodity it could not possibly produce itself .
9 One of the one of the difficulties is that that that theatres up and down the country have faced over the last two years of the new target that were brought in with the eighty eight education act where schools were not allowed to make a charge it could only be a voluntary contribution now the council of Great Britain have looked at this it 's a problem cos of this decimated schools audiences .
10 Only one unit of all the British farms in this study was selling dairy products directly and had a demand it could not fulfil .
11 And it confronted the tsarist regime with a challenge it could not withstand .
12 That way — or so she said — it would be protected in a way it could n't be on its own , because the group had so many different irons in the fire .
13 Maria said vehemently , her thoughts flying briefly to Rachel , for whom marriage was a trap in a way it could never be for Florian .
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