Example sentences of "it be [adv] [adv] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm we we have actually got data to prove that actually as well in our phase one surveys er so it 's not just as a general statement . |
| 2 | And it 's right therefore that a policy should express that explicitly within the structure plan . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't remember what it 's like to be drunk , ’ said O'Toole some years after taking the pledge , ‘ it 's so long since a drink passed my lips . |
| 4 | It 's only rarely that a fellow will change his corner . |
| 5 | It 's only recently that a reasonable range of database offerings have appeared specifically for Windows . |
| 6 | I T T , yeah on the mo I 'll go and have a look , make sure it 's still here cos a few went out yesterday . |
| 7 | It is rather faster than a Commodore 64 , and has similar graphics and sound , which makes the hardware good value . |
| 8 | It is not just that a ‘ market ’ approach to the administration of services dehumanizes people and makes doubtful assumptions about the way organizations actually work . |
| 9 | It is not simply that a large number of multiply-deprived people live in the urban cores ( Hall and Laurence , 1981 ) ; there are individuals and households where this applies , but highest unemployment rates are frequently encountered in areas of new public housing that would not be identified as inadequate in census surveys . |
| 10 | It is not only that a significant part of most people 's pensions are invested in these falling Japanese shares but also that a significant part of Japan 's wealth is invested in the West . |
| 11 | In other words , it is not enough that a cell should be more or less active ; the change must be sufficiently unusual statistically for it to function as a code . |
| 12 | It is not enough that a man should say that something shall not be done by the plaintiff ; he must say that nothing shall . ’ |
| 13 | It is not enough that a state is unlucky or incompetent in its economic , social or foreign policies — that jobs or food are scarce , or that it is at war with itself or with its neighbours . |
| 14 | The Lord President ( Cooper ) in IRC v Gordon 33 TC 226 at 230 stated that : … it is not enough that a person resident in the United Kingdom should somehow have derived benefit from the income of a foreign possession … the duty of the Court was to seek for an actual remittance to , and receipt in , the United Kingdom and not to be lead astray by an " equivalent " to a remittance or receipt , or a " constructive receipt " . |
| 15 | They wrote : ‘ It is not often that a major British church seeks such an interview , and the conference and our 500,000 members and 1 million community can not but be offended . |
| 16 | It is not often that a major commanding such a small force gets the opportunity to present his views to the Prime Minister . |
| 17 | As with most areas of sociological study , it is not often that a simple and unproblematic definition can be established . |
| 18 | It is n't often that a new cruising ground opens to yachtsmen , particularly one that has hundred of deserted anchorages , summer water temperatures comparable to the Med , and which is the same sailing distance from Britain as Gibraltar . |
| 19 | The constant movement of troops through these areas caused great economic dislocation for the local populace and it is only recently that a number of Civil War ‘ hoards ’ have been found . |
| 20 | Some additional information has emerged but , unfortunately , mouse chromosomes have not responded well to the high resolution techniques developed for human chromosomes and it is only recently that a higher resolution idiogram has been published ( 14 ) . |
| 21 | It was n't long before a steady stream of pine-needles was flowing down behind her like water from a leaking gāgro . |
| 22 | It was n't long before a guard opened the door to admit a well-built black man with an unreadable face , and an aging , overweight black man whose hair and moustache were going grey . |
| 23 | The workmen were ordered to clear the fall of earth away and it was n't long before a human skeleton was discovered . |
| 24 | The nineteenth century saw the mill converted to flour milling , with three pairs of millstones driven by an overshot waterwheel of 22 foot diameter , and it was probably then that a weatherboarded hoist loft was added to the building . |
| 25 | It was probably then that a military solution was firmly decided upon and additional measures taken . |
| 26 | It was always there and a good time . ’ |
| 27 | It was only recently that a police presence had been withdrawn from No. 22 after the Pitt deaths . |
| 28 | It was about now that an ugly story began to circulate , originating with the manor 's servants . |