Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In the habitual contexts of English Literature teaching , students assume that if a work is on a reading list then it must be of approved quality , otherwise why is it there ? |
| 32 | Moreover , it must be of considerable significance that when Eadwine was slain in Hatfield the sons of Aethelfrith were nearby to take advantage of the situation . |
| 33 | It must be of immense value today , in fact probably some of the work is too highly priced to be allowed out into the schools for which it was bought . |
| 34 | It must be about ordinary people taking control of our own lives . |
| 35 | All the time when there is an H I V antibody test it must be with informed consent from the patient or staff member . |
| 36 | This makes a beautiful patterned skirt which can be bold and flamboyant or gently patterned according to the design you use , but it must be in fine yarn or it will be heavy and concrete-like. 2/30s acrylic , Bramwell 's Silky , Bonnie 's French Crêpe or Forsell 's 2-ply Wool all make lovely fabrics . |
| 37 | You will tell him that it must be in secret and that it is very , very important . |
| 38 | As a result of which , she had to acknowledge ruefully , everything in her wardrobe , while it might be of good quality , was strictly practical . |
| 39 | When this is not the case , as with non-Western cultures ( and as it might be with deaf people ) , then the theories produced may be of limited value . |
| 40 | If I send one to grandma , one to you and Amy , and then I 'll write one to grandma Lincolnshire , but I 'll wo n't send it off , it 'll be to expensive wo n't it ? |
| 41 | It can be arranged without his knowing a thing about it , and by the time he gets back it 'll be in full swing . ’ |
| 42 | ‘ It 'll be like old times again with you watching my back , ’ Rust replied with a grin . |
| 43 | ‘ It 'll be like old times . ’ |
| 44 | I shall be running the saloon — it 'll be like old times , and we 've the new barmaid in the public . |
| 45 | ‘ It 'll be like old times , wo n't it ? ’ |
| 46 | It could be about particular authors who 've been through the public-school system , or even about the way the system works at close hand . |
| 47 | It could be with modern electronics could n't it ? |
| 48 | It could be for starving Romanian baby whales with AIDS for all I care . |
| 49 | ( Among the virtues of reparation are that it could be of great value in assisting the ‘ reintegration ’ of offenders , as we discuss shortly . ) |
| 50 | What he 's doing might be considered unfortunate for the baby — though I 'm not sure it is — but it could be of immense value to humanity as a whole . ’ |
| 51 | That way at least you can be certain it 'd be over quick . ’ |
| 52 | ‘ It 'd be like missing part of the world scene , ’ cried Clare . |
| 53 | Yet , writing half a century later , Sir John Fortescue recognised that Henry V had been right : ‘ though we have not alwey werre uppon the see , yet it shalbe nescessarie that the kynge [ Edward IV ] have alway some ffloute apon the see , ffor the repressynge off rovers , savynge off owre marchauntes , owre ffishers , and the dwellers uppon owre costes ; and that the kynge kepe alway some grete and myghty vessels , ffor the brekynge off an armye when any shall be made ayen hym apon the see ; ffor thanne it shall be to late to do make such vessailles ’ . |
| 54 | Thus someone buying coal from the National Coal Board does have the benefit of the implied condition that it shall be of merchantable quality . |
| 55 | ‘ It would be of great help . ’ |
| 56 | Meanwhile it would be of great help if the accuracy of death certification could be improved , possibly through audit . |
| 57 | So to a certain extent the idea was to that if we had the thing worked out it would be of great benefit to the people who were popping by . |
| 58 | If honourable members would in fact stick to the debate in that particular way and in fact er er it would be of great advantage of the house it is a short debate er and and going off the the main scope of the debate in fact leaves less time for other people to speak . |
| 59 | ‘ In all the circumstances it would be of considerable help to the BBC if Mr Birt seriously considered resigning , ’ he said . |
| 60 | A post in Italy , the nature of which I never fully learnt , save that it would be of sufficient importance to take me out of uniform if I were in it , fell through with Italy 's declaration of war . |