Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it were reasonable it could not be miraculous , could it ? ’ |
| 2 | Just as green wood , when it is put into the fire , weeps tears of water in the heat because it is still green ( for if it were dry it would not weep ) , so does the heart weep when it is made green again by the renewal of grace , after the desiccating dryness of selfishness has been drawn out of the soul . |
| 3 | If it were true it would be a remarkable telepathic phenomenon , but sadly there is usually a much simpler explanation . |
| 4 | But even if it were true it would n't be the sort of fact to interest one in a person , would it ? ’ |
| 5 | Still If it were true it would obvioulsy good to get some more experience . |
| 6 | In the event of it being correct it should be established whether any undue difficulties were involved that could have led to the fault arising and whether the approach to the task could be improved . |
| 7 | ‘ You do n't have to take the dishes out of the dishwasher and put them in the dish rack and then take the cutlery out of its little plastic box and then put it in the cutlery drawer making sure that the spoons go in one compartment and the knives in another compartment and the forks in another compartment except there are always forks in the spoons compartment and knives in the forks compartment when you get there so it 's hopeless it 's always too late to get things right it 's a total frost honestly is life you are a lot better off dead in my opinion . |
| 8 | Er and it 's factual it 's it 's analytical , it 's it 's erm devoid of the sort of bitchiness of politics . |
| 9 | It 's smelly it 's |
| 10 | It 's brilliant it is just the best . |
| 11 | Forty two packs of six by five litres , you go across , you take a a sample out of a bag and if it 's low it 's okay , if it 's high they scrap the pallet . |
| 12 | alright if it does n't rain actually so it would n't matter if they did n't have treads on er treads on the tyres if it 's dry it does n't really matter you just go round slicks and |
| 13 | If it 's dry it sort of wo n't stick together will it ? |
| 14 | Billy Joel and er the River of Dreams it 's Radio Nottingham six minutes to one o'clock now Kids ' County for today these have been the clues , It 's cheap it 's quite big and you can see a pub and you can see the Victoria Baths . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's possible it could be flu . |
| 16 | If there is a fracture it 's possible it may show up more clearly now , in which case I 'm afraid we wo n't have any choice but to put it in plaster . |
| 17 | a standard Anglepoise lamp er which it 's been going for a number of years , you can get it in about six different colours to match different designs of , er put colour into your room , now if somebody was spending a lot of time sitting knitting and has to look at the knitting or has to look at the pattern then er a good strong light which wo n't get in their eyes but goes straight on to what , whatever they 're doing , is by far the best thing for them , er but they say oh I do n't like it , it 's a bit angular is n't it , erm , modern sort of thing , er but because it 's angular it does n't mean to say it 's not gon na fit into the room it 's the right thing for it , er for the person doing that work . |
| 18 | But if it 's complex it could take much longer . |
| 19 | It 's terrible it is ! |
| 20 | Well , it , it , it , it 's terrible it 's |
| 21 | And as we heard this morning Jesus told us a parable about a mustard seed , although it 's small it grows into quite a large shrub . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's the same the whole world over , Sister , ’ he said , ‘ but it 's sad it should come to Ireland as well . ’ |
| 23 | of course it 's serious it 's costing me two and a half grand at least |
| 24 | An automatic ignition and re-ignition system to all burners that ‘ senses ’ when gas is not lit and wo n't stop sparking until it 's certain it has been lit . |
| 25 | It 's international it 's in North America with those . . |
| 26 | Here 's the clues then all together then this lot , It 's got barbed wire round it it 's made of wood it 's long it 's got tunnels it 's metal round the edge it 's green . |
| 27 | No no not at all , it gets , it will get your waist and then it 'll flow out if it 's long it 's got ta be |
| 28 | but the second way in which section fourteen arises is this slightly more oblique way , erm , it 's , it 's not really the question of competition law it 's more a question of administrative law or constitutional law , erm whether it arises on the question er , your Lordship will have to decide , but , if , if it does then we believe that our case is extremely strong , because what one is saying here is , is section fourteen a block to an article eighty five action , erm does it make it either virtually impossible or something lesser excessively difficult , er and we say er that that 's one aspect and two can we show it 's discriminatory , well we say first of all it is discriminatory because even on analysis of the bad faith argument they are putting in a claimant with an article eighty five case to an extraordinary length in order to make good his case , he first of all has to super declaration presumably that he is entitled to damages , but he ca n't get damages all he 's entitled to is the declaration if then do n't satisfy that claim by paying up and their not going to be ordered by the court to pay up because that 's a claim for damages and you ca n't have that then you have to sue them again on the basis of breach of bad faith , er no other provision in English law would go to that effect and that of course even , even that assumes whether rightly or wrongly and we say possibly wrongly that er , er the failure to comply with the judgment of the declaration would be bad faith within the meaning of the act , but even assuming it 's right it puts a plaintiff suing for breach of article eighty five in the worst position possible |
| 29 | Well it 's nice it 's a nice part of the world . |
| 30 | It 's nice it 's satin though in n it ? |