Example sentences of "[noun pl] it be [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for the bony discomfort of the seats and the pressure of other people 's legs it was quite pleasant to take our time . |
| 2 | As mentioned above , where a firm which wishes to retain its own identity has increased the number of its branch offices it is sometimes difficult to retain an acceptable degree of harmony between the component parts of the firm and the partners attached to each part . |
| 3 | Possibly the building industry was one of the most substantial in the country , but as it was based on small local units it is virtually impossible to study . |
| 4 | Mowing round the shops It 's much better to go through catalogue , I think . |
| 5 | Even to relatively unsophisticated subjects it is quite intuitive to sell when the price is high and store when the price is low , but it is much less intuitive to produce where the marginal cost is equal to some expectation . |
| 6 | Since ‘ real world ’ applications require the lexicon to contain entries for tens of thousands of words it is also necessary to consider how large the available lexicon is , the format of the entries and how much effort would be required to create new entries . |
| 7 | erm however I always find with questionnaires it 's very difficult to predict what 's going to go wrong in advance so |
| 8 | If jobs are to be created in Welsh-speaking areas it is as well to prepare the ground well beforehand . |
| 9 | For sophisticated late suppers it 's really hard to beat the little black dress . |
| 10 | And with many rights of way and good marked trails it is also easy to get into the heart of the countryside . |
| 11 | Since so many of the walks in this area are dominated by the old lead-mine workings it 's probably worthwhile looking for a little here at the history and techniques of lead-mining . |
| 12 | Despite these manifold advantages it is often hard to persuade the commercial community even to take an interest in proposals for harmonization affecting their sphere of business , still less to give the proposals their support . |
| 13 | And I think for youngsters it 's much better to have a repayment and then maybe change it later on to , to a savings type mortgage . |
| 14 | However , because sulphur compounds are responsible for most of these effects it is very difficult to distinguish between the effects of pollution originating from local as opposed to distant sources ( refer to section 2.1 ) . |
| 15 | And in these matters it 's often helpful to have a third party present . |
| 16 | The general order of a library classification scheme was often claimed ( notably by Henry Evelyn Bliss ) to be best based upon " an educational and scientific consensus of opinion " , but even if such a consensus is at any one time conceivable , in present circumstances it is increasingly unlikely to persist in any recognizable sense . |
| 17 | In such circumstances it is therefore appropriate to employ separate overhead rates for each cost centre reflecting the main activity of the centre . |
| 18 | Under such circumstances it is much easier to satisfy the comfort recommendations : CIBSE 3 , for sedentary populations engaged in light activities . |
| 19 | Given the above circumstances it is hardly possible to dissent from Neustadt 's assertion that ‘ presidential power is the power to persuade ’ , what is more controversial , however , is his further statement , ‘ the power to persuade is the power to bargain . ’ |
| 20 | Under the circumstances it is more accurate to carry out comparisons as follows : — . |
| 21 | In such circumstances it is more appropriate to describe the delta network as a Π network and there is clearly a Π version of the attenuator just treated . |
| 22 | Under such circumstances it is more helpful to view services as needing to be ‘ problem-oriented ’ rather than ‘ illness-focused ’ . |
| 23 | In these circumstances it is more ethical to tell the participants about the screen . |
| 24 | ‘ In the early days it was really difficult to find records . |
| 25 | From its stations it is as easy to take a train to Warsaw as to Brussels or Paris . |
| 26 | ‘ There 's usually a lot of tension on movie sets , but on these films it 's so easy to work in unison . |
| 27 | ( e ) Bill of costs It is also appropriate to prepare your own bill immediately after contracts are exchanged , and within that bill you should incorporate those disbursements that have been expended from your firm 's office account . |
| 28 | Having enjoyed a remarkable degree of freedom for several years it was now hard to relinquish areas of control . |
| 29 | For practical purposes it is probably safe to assume something like a 50/50 split and this is probably putting inherited factors too high . |
| 30 | For theoretical purposes it is sometimes convenient to think of the average as an ensemble average ; i.e. one considers a large number of identical systems and takes the average of the velocity at corresponding instants over all these systems . |