Example sentences of "it be [adj -er] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's too thin , it 's too sharp , it 's better than it looks on the telly , it reminds them of the wife , it gets right up their nose , etc. etc . |
| 2 | drive slowly — it 's safer and it consumes less fuel ; avoid sudden stops and use the gears to slow down rather than making sudden brake stops |
| 3 | Fortunately , it 's simpler than it looks . |
| 4 | It 's just like Gameboy but it 's longer and it 's got better games on it you know . |
| 5 | What I do see wrong is that it 's smaller than it needs to be . ’ |
| 6 | It 's harder than it looks and you get very wet . |
| 7 | Fortunately it 's easier than it looks , but still full Very Severe . |
| 8 | It 's lighter , it 's springier , it 's livelier and it makes a lot less fuss about the whole business . |
| 9 | It is not official information , it is better that it goes directly to a department that can deal with it . |
| 10 | He forecast : ‘ This Treaty will end in tears it is better that it ends in tears now than it ends in very bitter tears in five , ten or 15 years . ’ |
| 11 | point of view when the information 's been com when so it 's coming in and being sorted it is better that it 's done at that particular time |
| 12 | It is worse when it uses the Walk as an occasion for provocation , as in Northern Ireland where detours through Catholic areas have been planned . |
| 13 | Learning it is easier if it has some reason behind it ; but such reasons are theoretically based , and will therefore date . |
| 14 | Indeed , it was better than it had been for months . |
| 15 | It was better if it had never happened . |
| 16 | Thinking that it was heavier than it looked , he undid the straps and buckles and threw back the flap . |
| 17 | It was heavier than it looked . |
| 18 | It was wider than it had looked and Fenella thought she had been right to think it led away from the road , deeper into the hillside . |
| 19 | It turned out they had downclimbed , as it was easier than it seemed from above , but we did n't know that until later . |