Example sentences of "[noun] it [modal v] [adv] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If an egg has been discharged from the ovary during the last few days it will now be on its way through the tubes . |
| 2 | If you are getting a ‘ low light ’ warning in the viewfinder , take a careful look at the picture before giving up on the shot ; if the light is only marginally below par it may still be worth taking despite the warning . |
| 3 | Er when you did get a suit it had to be kept for Sunday , for going to chapel you see , and if you were going to have a new suit it would always be at anniversary time , you did n't get one every anniversary . |
| 4 | So clueless and misguided are these sorry types — so lacking in insight , intent and , bloody hell , a sense of humour — that if a great comedy show ever makes it to TV List magazine it can only be DESPITE the pony-tails whose job it is to shepherd these things to a laff-hungry public . |
| 5 | If your statute is later than the last Continuation Volume it will probably be in the Current Statutes Service , composing loose-leaf binders containing the latest statutes , annotations and index . |
| 6 | In the view of their Lordships it can only be in rare cases that a taxpayer with a principal place of business in Hong Kong can earn profits which are not chargeable to profits tax under section 14 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance . |
| 7 | In extreme cases it might actually be beyond the range of townsmen 's knowledge . |
| 8 | It , do it now while you 're young , while you 've got your strength , because there will come days when you look around and you think well I just wish I could do that again , and that 's the way we 're made , and that 's the way it will always be in this system of things , but there 's lots of little things that we , you and I , can work on to help us to stay spiritually alert , vigilant and awake . |
| 9 | Maria said vehemently , her thoughts flying briefly to Rachel , for whom marriage was a trap in a way it could never be for Florian . |
| 10 | The common features of a course for future accountants , managers , bankers and teachers are to be found in the educational purposes of the academic study of literatures and languages — and where these include study of language it must still be in terms of common interests and not the sectional approach of linguistics for language teachers . |