Example sentences of "[subord] it be [adv] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For , among other reasons , Turks did not fit into a Zuwaya genealogy ; in theory , it is possible to find all forty shaikhs who appeared from time to time in Zuwaya stories in a genealogy ( although it is only anthropologists who are sufficiently naive to ask which men were the victims and where did they fit in lists of ancestors ) . |
| 2 | Although it was mostly men I felt totally at home . |
| 3 | ‘ So it was probably Lefeuvre who was called in when Marius died . ’ |
| 4 | Supposing it were simply words which now meant little , something vague perhaps . |
| 5 | ‘ If it is merely enchantment I suggest you allow me to show you around . |
| 6 | But even if it 's just darkness I want that peace . |
| 7 | I mean if it 's just economies you 're after , closing down an institution 's not the best way to do it , because the plant remains , and , and you ca n't easily get rid of the staff . |
| 8 | And then I , well if it 's really income he needs , I thought he could look at an equities portfolio for the eighty thousand , say , forty thousand in er groceries and forty thousand in pharmaceutical . |
| 9 | At least she would have that much more experience , even if it was only Finn who kissed her . |
| 10 | I mean I think , I , I just dro brushed it aside but erm cos it 's only human I mean I , in that sense I 'm two faced as well |
| 11 | I was hoping there was , cos it 's about time I got back home — it 's getting pretty late . |
| 12 | And now co , considering it 's still February we 've got quite a lot of blossom out in that garden . |
| 13 | The vast majority of torturers are men simply because it is usually men who do military service , work as police or in concentration camps . |
| 14 | While it is perhaps speculation I would anticipate that few of the younger generation would be capable of competing . |
| 15 | On the other hand , since it is mostly women who are responsible for running households and caring for dependent members of their families , it is not surprising that they are involved in helping each other in these practical ways , which lend themselves to being organized on a reciprocal basis . |
| 16 | Third , the views of the innate aggressionists and their followers reflect — and implicitly reinforce — sexism , since it is usually man who is presented in the Hobbesian mould , with a sleight-of-hand extension of man into Man . |
| 17 | We will discover whether there is a real commitment or whether it is simply words which they hope that the Scottish public will forget were ever uttered so that in the fullness of time they can shunt the companies off to the private sector to do with them as it will . |