Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] it [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is tempting to delve further into the subject ; but I am afraid that it would take me far outside my main theme , and so , reluctantly , we must leave matters there . |
| 2 | Leave it to those moments which are spontaneous and it will tend to be as transient as it is spontaneous . |
| 3 | XYZ Foods have spent over a year researching and developing the product and they are convinced that it will answer a real need in the market . |
| 4 | ‘ We have inspected the course and are convinced that it will provide outstanding racing for thousands along the route and millions watching on television . ’ |
| 5 | I understand the concern that people may feel about the proposed change , but I am content that it should go thus . |
| 6 | I prefer to think things through and find a logical reason for them , and reason tells me that you 're hiding what information you have from the police because you 're afraid that it will ruin your scoop . |
| 7 | As for the family they 're still frightened and they 're scared that it might happen again . |
| 8 | I am confident that it will rise to that challenge , which must be faced whether the industry is in private or public hands . |
| 9 | I do n't wish to take this analogy any further but if the teacher-research movement can succeed in raising the profile of research in everyday teaching , I am sure that it would lead to not only an improvement in the status of teachers but also act as a spur to research itself . |
| 10 | I am sure that it would help you . |
| 11 | Perth has many colourful attractions for tourists , it enjoys a high quality of life and I am sure that it will continue successfully to attract national and international tourists . |
| 12 | I am sure that it will highlight his constituents ' day when they read the record of the debate and learn that their representative can not read . |
| 13 | I am sure that it will merit reading . |
| 14 | I am sure that it will wish to consider a wide range of evidence , including the Newell report producted by the county , which I am sure contains matters germane to the inquiry . |
| 15 | The position has been clearly explained to the college in Derby and I am sure that it will pursue the opportunities . |
| 16 | You never find out about the water in the instrument systems until you are airborne and it will ruin that flight , if not the entire flying for that day . |
| 17 | Because of MAFF 's view that environmental considerations are not pre-eminent in dispensing aid on any new 3(5) areas as presently drafted , and because they are concerned that it will mean payments to support a predominantly dairying agriculture in the lowlands ( setting a precedent because the UK does not pay HLCAs on dairy cattle ) , MAFF submitted to the Council of Ministers in September 1984 a major proposed amendment . |
| 18 | While superficially this sounds sensible enough , other countries including the UK are concerned that it will reinforce the suspicion across the Atlantic and in Asia that the EC 's main preoccupation is to build a fortress Europe from which all others are excluded . |
| 19 | This voluntary scheme , which gives general practitioners control over budgets to cover prescriptions , specialist outpatient consultations , and elective surgical procedures for their patients , has been embraced with enthusiasm by some general practitioners , but others have been concerned that it could encourage the development of a ‘ two tier ’ service , in which the advantages gained by fundholders for their patients are achieved at the expense of patients in other practices . |
| 20 | Even the Sioux Indians immortalised in Dances With Wolves are angry because it will divert money from their bingo halls which bring in revenue to poor reservations . |
| 21 | Similarly , investors tend not to deal with a new house if they are doubtful about its tenacity — and skilled market staff will not join a firm even for high salaries if they are unsure that it will remain in the market . |
| 22 | These doctors are busy and it can take time to arrange examinations . |
| 23 | ‘ That sort of route would be impractical but it might help solve the exessses that a small minority of anglers get up to . ’ |
| 24 | This tendency has no counterpart in Levi , and it may be doubtful whether it could live with the subject-matter of the camps . |
| 25 | Hame Special & Sunburst Archtop Question : does an instrument have to be old before it can produce a vintage tone ? |
| 26 | She 'd be sent to her room and hear them going on about how if it was n't for The Child — her — everything would be different and it would have ended years ago . |
| 27 | The plan would identify sites where such operations would be acceptable and it would become difficult for sites not identified to gain planning permission . |
| 28 | Anyway , as I say , you must be careful because it will run out . |
| 29 | He further argued , or at least implied , that to permit a ‘ non-catholic ’ to adopt children would be wrong because it might put such children 's eternal salvation in jeopardy ( Whyte 1980 : 188–9 ) . |
| 30 | The setting of targets would be wrong because it would mean exercising positive discrimination , whereby not necessarily all jobs would go to those with the right and proper talents to do them . |