Example sentences of "[verb] be [conj] it [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't say what it would 've been , you know what the outcome would 've been but it would 've been different . |
| 2 | Yes , the chicken and egg syndrome is interesting because and I agree it is a viscious circle , but in fact you do n't make new omelettes unless you do break some eggs , and I think the time has come to break some eggs and I think that 's what I 'm advocating is that it will come from the teacher because the teacher is the guiding light of what happens in the classroom , and if the teacher has it in the back of their mind there will be no science , then there will be no science . |
| 3 | Yes , the chicken and egg syndrome is interesting because and I agree it is a vicious circle , but in fact you do n't make new omelettes unless you do break some eggs , and I think the time has come to break some eggs and I think that 's what I 'm advocating is that it will come from the teacher because the teacher is the guiding light of what happens in the classroom , and if the teacher has it in the back of their mind there will be no science , then there will be no science . |
| 4 | What attracted me to this way of speaking is that it would seem to allow for a celebration of the diversity of human beings , this held together with an emphasis on the commonness of their humanity . |
| 5 | A standard monetarist prediction of that decision would have been that it would produce two years of boom , followed by growing inflation and balance of payments deficit . |
| 6 | If it did n't come off , the worst thing that could have happened is that it would have taken a few years to move him out . ’ |
| 7 | The first thing to realize is that it must consist in categorical imperatives , which are to be distinguished from hypothetical imperatives . |
| 8 | To his surprise , the strongest argument in favour of taking the job had been that it would keep him near to Frances . |
| 9 | Since the NPT 's adoption in 1968 , the French government 's position had been that it would abide by the terms of the treaty but would not sign it because it granted the two superpowers a privileged position in international relations . |
| 10 | They 've done most of them are I mean the wo certainly the ones on the little little boat trips and that , I mean , they have all it does is that it 'll tell you there 's some fish about , I mean , it does n't |
| 11 | ‘ All I can say is that it will end with a question mark over the future . |
| 12 | Arguably the only practical advantage in embalming was that it could reveal whether or not a person had been suffering from catalepsy . |