Example sentences of "it [vb mod] be [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To what extent such metrical methods will be used only in specialized analyses remains to be seen , for as Stewart ( 1954 ) suggests , it may be rather a waste of effort to measure such specimens simply to verify what can so quickly be seen by eye . |
| 2 | It may be just a part time book-keeper or it may be a large department with frequent visits from outside chartered accountants and auditors . |
| 3 | It may be just a surface for bacteria or may play a more active part in filtration . |
| 4 | but I 'm afraid it may be quite a time before there 's room for you , although I 'd love to have you . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It may be once a week or once a fortnight perhaps , but it would n't be a lengthy period until the baby is older and more independent . |
| 6 | It may be mainly a sounding-board , like the 12-nation parliament of the European Community . |
| 7 | Like a small pale Peregrine , of which it may be only a race , but much paler and more rufous , with crown and nape very rufous. 15–18 in. ( 38–45 cm ) . |
| 8 | With luck it may be only a matter of time . |
| 9 | ‘ It may be only a matter of minutes before they break through . ’ |
| 10 | It may be only a matter of time before goals trigger outbreaks of mass aerobics and the odd square dance . |
| 11 | I think it may be twice a week . |
| 12 | It should be both a dialogue with experience and a dialogue with living religions so that one can interpret and reinforce the other " ( p. 43 ) . |
| 13 | The primate centre received requests for 300 macaques and 14 chimpanzees , many of which could not be supplied because of a policy that it should be primarily a supplier for TNO institutes . |
| 14 | So it looks as though hpGRF and hypothalamic GRF are the same thing in these species , and it should be only a matter of time before it is from the hypothalamus as well . |
| 15 | Certainly , it may be an adaptation of a TV or press campaign , but it should be specifically a radio treatment . |
| 16 | Donegal have n't lost a game in 12 months , while Derry have only lost three times in 27 months , so it should be quite a struggle . |
| 17 | And er the subject matter of the , the lecture is ‘ Searching the heart of humanity , to find the common bond ’ , which is of course , it 's , it 's just like my film ‘ Eternity ’ , it 's a huge , you know , it creates a huge expectation , but I 'm not afraid to step in front of people now and , and er you know , present myself and say ‘ well let's ask the big question , let's , let's go for it , so er so it should be quite a lot of fun tomorrow . |
| 18 | South Leinster are also strong , having seven internationals in their side , so it should be quite a contest at Lurgan . |
| 19 | For the quarter of a million people expected here over the weekend , it should be quite a show . |
| 20 | It should be quite a challenge , although many of the roads are tarred . |
| 21 | ‘ It must be just a bargaining price . |
| 22 | The two men were so different that it must be just a coincidence . |
| 23 | It must be nearly a year . |
| 24 | ‘ It must be nearly a month since he called at the surgery . |
| 25 | ‘ We were saying , ’ said Charles , ‘ that it must be over a year since I last saw Esther . |
| 26 | ‘ It must be over a year and a half — nearly two years . |
| 27 | It must be definitely a point off for racism here . |
| 28 | For them , it must be almost a relief to walk around listening to the cocks crowing or the cows mooing — it must help to keep them sane . |
| 29 | But the smoke seems to soothe him , and when he glances up I think it must be how a father looks at his son just a couple of times each year . |
| 30 | I have n't noticed I 've lost any weight only that me clothes have gone a bit loose , it must be only a couple of pounds literally but on Mrs scales I 'm half a stone lighter , but I do n't think so by tomorrow night I 'll be about eleven , ten |