Example sentences of "it be [adj] [conj] there " in BNC.
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| 1 | That prior to despatch of the Information memorandum we have the right to renegotiate the fee scale triggers should it be apparent that there has been a significant decline in land values . |
| 2 | Would n't it be nice if there were more surprises like that in all the assemblies of the godly ? |
| 3 | And even if it were enforceable and there 's three how would you decide which two of the three could do the job . |
| 4 | Nor does it impress Freud to be told that religious propositions are ‘ as if ’ types of proposition , and that one should live ‘ as if ’ it were true that there were gods , or God , for there is nothing to lose this way . |
| 5 | I do n't think it 's surprising that there are a few sceptics around . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We were all friends before we got the band together , and it 's strange that there 's gon na be changes , ’ continues Greg , with clinical ruthlessness . |
| 7 | It 's strange that there are an awful lot of our team who have never played at Twickenham , because the traditional Harlequins fixture at the beginning of the season has now been taken over by League fixtures and they are now played at the Harlequins ground The Stoop . |
| 8 | ( 10 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars ( 11 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars and it 's possible that there is no life on Mars ( 12 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars , and in fact it is now certain that there is Now from this set of dilemmas the notion of implicature offers a way out , for it allows one to claim that natural language expressions do tend to have simple , stable and unitary senses ( in many cases anyway ) , but that this stable semantic core of en has an unstable , context-specific pragmatic overlay — namely a set of implicatures . |
| 9 | ( 10 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars ( 11 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars and it 's possible that there is no life on Mars ( 12 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars , and in fact it is now certain that there is Now from this set of dilemmas the notion of implicature offers a way out , for it allows one to claim that natural language expressions do tend to have simple , stable and unitary senses ( in many cases anyway ) , but that this stable semantic core of en has an unstable , context-specific pragmatic overlay — namely a set of implicatures . |
| 10 | ( 10 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars ( 11 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars and it 's possible that there is no life on Mars ( 12 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars , and in fact it is now certain that there is Now from this set of dilemmas the notion of implicature offers a way out , for it allows one to claim that natural language expressions do tend to have simple , stable and unitary senses ( in many cases anyway ) , but that this stable semantic core of en has an unstable , context-specific pragmatic overlay — namely a set of implicatures . |
| 11 | ( 10 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars ( 11 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars and it 's possible that there is no life on Mars ( 12 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars , and in fact it is now certain that there is Now from this set of dilemmas the notion of implicature offers a way out , for it allows one to claim that natural language expressions do tend to have simple , stable and unitary senses ( in many cases anyway ) , but that this stable semantic core of en has an unstable , context-specific pragmatic overlay — namely a set of implicatures . |
| 12 | We think it 's viable if there 's an investment ’ . |
| 13 | The one up the main road — I do n't like taking that route because it 's colder and there 's alot of traffic . |
| 14 | But it 's not , it 's flourishing and there 's plenty demand ca n't get enough slates and er yes they say they 've got er terrific overheads this and that , er well erm they can put them figures there they change the tune changes every day . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't mind , ’ he said , ‘ as long as it 's strong and there 's plenty of it . ’ |
| 16 | It 's easy because there are very few of them . |
| 17 | It 's absurd , it 's diabolical but there is no way of escape . |
| 18 | There will be , certainly , and it 's necessary that there be pressures to keep things under control . |
| 19 | I think it 's ludicrous that there are some bands who are appropriate and some bands who are inappropriate for me to work with … |
| 20 | At least with some kind of trance it 's subtle and there 's a whole different atmosphere . |
| 21 | Now of course it 's mechanised and there 's one man in a tractor and that 's it . |
| 22 | I do n't really like it round here — it 's dirty and there ai n't hardly any shops . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's good that there is competition among the strikers — that can do no harm . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's good that there is competition among the strikers ; that can do no harm . ’ |
| 25 | It 's good that there 's always a next time for birds — and all that jizz . |
| 26 | Apart from that , if you 're able to get about then clearly it 's helpful if there 's no traffic . |
| 27 | I 'm not getting into a fight over some silly little first-year whether she 's your sister or not , and if you 'll excuse me , this porridge is bad enough hot , but cold it 's inedible and there 's a long way to go till lunchtime . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I know it 's safe when there are lots of people on the ice already , ’ he explains . |
| 29 | Just as it 's wrong that there should be so few women M Ps . |
| 30 | I think we should n't leave it too late before we come because the shops all close , it 's cold and there 's nowhere to sit . |