Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simply used as a marketing term , to designate a fashionable commodity , it might also have appealed to publishers , had it been available at the time , as a packaging for the wave of fiction that followed in the tracks of Eco and Calvino in the early and mid-1980s , and for which no better epithet could be found than ‘ new ’ or ‘ young ’ ( despite a number of its representatives being somewhat less than youthful ) . |
| 2 | They knew only , as they retraced their steps through the deep woodland of the park , that they could no longer be content at Racedown , even had it been possible for them to remain there . |
| 3 | This would fit the many reports that had the young mother dying in childbirth , for had it been one of the aforementioned ladies Wild Will might well have been rather proud of himself . |
| 4 | Has it been much of a problem on the flats ? |
| 5 | No question now , married or not , had it been apparent to those who might gossip about it , that she was alone . |
| 6 | Not only had it been obvious from the map that they were ninety degrees off course but they had been on tarmac for nine miles after being told that the track in In Salah was dirt from its start . |
| 7 | The occurrence turned out to be a public demonstration of the skills and professionalism of the railway and a visitor remarked that it could not have been improved upon had it been stage-managed for the Gala . |
| 8 | A potential complication of the analysis could have come from the influence of the partner on the pulsar , had it been comparable with our Sun in size as well as in mass . |
| 9 | ‘ Has it been difficult for you at work ? ’ |
| 10 | More details of the SFEP appeal and of how contributions can be made to it are available from Michèle Clarke , . |
| 11 | The functions now being attributed to it are appropriate to a non-specific defence protein generated during inflammation and truma . |
| 12 | It justifies managerial power by showing that those who are affected by it are involved in making managerial decisions . |
| 13 | Earlier analyses of retirement concentrate on men 's experiences , reflecting the view that both employment and the lack of it are central to men 's lives . |
| 14 | The report , Choosing a Sustainable Future , is expected to carry considerable weight with the Clinton administration ; several members of the team responsible for preparing it are close to the new president . |
| 15 | Sheep graze up to its walls , mellow with yellow lichen , and the reedy dykes which surround it are famous for their marsh frogs , whose operatic baritone can be heard a mile away on May nights . |
| 16 | So may , you may have a bay for example that 's in an area where all the rivers draining into it are rich in copper because they 're running over rocks which are copper . |
| 17 | These observations suggest that the peak β cell mass may be determined early in life , even during gestation , and the factors that influence it are likely to be important in the development of diabetes . |
| 18 | But substitute something like modern art , or even more so religion , and the repercussions of positive or negative statements on the people who do it are likely to be considerably greater . |
| 19 | It is intended to articulate , and to challenge , explanations in terms of deficit and difference , and to illustrate some of the ways in which the social realities of the classroom , and the learning opportunities in it are contingent on classroom interaction having language as its principal though not , of course , its only realisation . |
| 20 | The swimfeeder and baits suitable for it are ideal for this purpose . |
| 21 | UV light seems to have a particular penchant for DNA , and the chemical changes that UV radiation causes in it are manifest as genetic mutations . |
| 22 | ‘ Would n't it be terrible to be bad ? ’ he says to her right hip . |
| 23 | If the Government refuses to do anything about auditors ' liability , will it be credible for the APB to refuse to pursue its proposals on the role and scope of audit ? |
| 24 | Would it be possible for members of the RSC to set up a special fund to restore this treasure to the chemistry world ? |
| 25 | Just to be really awkward , would it be possible for you to turn something up for us by 16 ( preferably 15 ) June ? ! |
| 26 | New Order sell tremendous amounts of records and walk free among the streets of Manchester ) then would n't it be possible for the band to break rock'n'roll traditions by providing alternatives to the old rock show format ? |
| 27 | Would it be possible for any such unit of paid council employees to negotiate with the local state the demands and needs of the oppressed ? |
| 28 | RE YOUR Editorial Sponsor the Weather : would it be possible for the admission charge to be increased by , say , 10% for ‘ insurance ’ ? |
| 29 | Health authority meetings ca n't , they are n't very well publicised erm and in fact , sometimes we have go over and , and get our own agendas and er I would suggest that perhaps would it be possible for them to be much better publicised than they currently are ? |
| 30 | " Would it be possible for me to meet them , monsieur ? " |