Example sentences of "be [verb] [conj] it [is] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 If speechreading is being considered for someone who is very elderly , it should be recognized that it is only one of many factors .
2 They can be sacked If it 's less than two years they 've been working , they can be sacked at a weeks notice or whatever it is .
3 Well it 's not , they 're not saying it 's solved they 're saying it has to be delayed until it 's actually possible .
4 The sufferer has to learn to live in reality , blaming self rather than others for his or her own problems and recognising that unconditional love could only be received when it is equally freely given .
5 The second meaning may be termed the ‘ substantive sense ’ of unreasonableness : a decision may be attacked if it is so unreasonable that no reasonable public body could have made it .
6 The larger C. macracanthum can even be considered as it is relatively peaceful for its size .
7 David Smith a bookie says there 's money to be won and it 's just as well he managed to eat when he was a youngster …
8 Before the polys uncork the champagne , it should be added that it is always dangerous to infer a trend from one year 's figures .
9 If we are of a lazier disposition , the solution is simple and usually quite acceptable : if the same note will occur in two or more parts it can be omitted where it is least necessary and retained only in the principal part ( thus in Example 140 we would keep the E♭ only in the upper voice , to retain the melodic shape ) .
10 The Code recognizes itself as having the support of s. 66 and it would be expected that it is indeed ‘ generally recognized ’ .
11 However , it should also be stressed that it is sometimes necessary in the turbulent transitional environment to make quick , dramatic changes in the organization 's character .
12 It should also be stressed that it is perfectly possible to have reservations about , or even to reject , both these schools , and yet to accept that there has indeed been a major shift in the economy and geography of the UK since the mid-1960s !
13 Risks to health and the environment can be minimised and it is also important to produce the energy cleanly .
14 From the above brief outline of work attempting to get to grips with the character of aesthetic response it can be seen that it is both complex and ‘ multi-layered ’ , a term used by Greger ( 1972 ) to describe how multiple meanings come to attain a feeling of significance by being grasped at the threshold of consciousness .
15 The creature is not fit to be seen until it is properly trained .
16 I do n't want to be disturbed unless it 's absolutely necessary .
17 It may simply be said that it is just a ‘ fact ’ that Jesus was male , and that therefore priests should be . )
18 But it can not plausibly be said that it is wholly impracticable .
19 Finally , of the argument that Jesus treated women well ( and thus it is of significance that he did not ‘ choose ’ women — to be part of a symbolic number of people who in any case had to be male ! ) , it must be said that it is quite unwarranted .
20 As against this , it may be said that it is psychologically impossible ( or perhaps impossible in some stronger logical sense ) to retain either beliefs or attitudes of which the inconsistency has become manifest to one .
21 Inevitably it will be said that it is too soon for such syntheses .
22 It must be confessed that it is really difficult to pinpoint the precise locations of these ancient workings , which , at that time may have been little else than shallow holes on the outcrops .
23 It seems unlikely that a Tibetan would have got up there to take them , but then it could be argued that it 's equally unlikely that a yeti was the culprit .
24 Given that it is based on a model which examined variation among electoral wards within only a few regions it could be argued that it is more validly applied at a local level .
25 Indeed , it could be argued that it is only problems which are set within this framework that are viewed by the legal community as being properly legal .
26 Instead of pointing out the errors you may be told that it is very good but have been better in a darker wood !
27 Pulverized bark or even wood shavings can be used as it is so exposed to the air that denitrification is avoided .
28 The distinction between sheep of hardy and other breeds should be abolished because it is only very loosely related to degree of handicap .
29 A term which is used occasionally in scholarship , ‘ peasant poetry ’ will be avoided since it is simply too narrow .
30 If this is an alternative , let it be aired before it is too late to act , for the quality for life of ourselves and for our children rests upon our careful deliberation and action now : We can no longer afford the luxury of complacency and continuous contingency reactions
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