Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] it be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It turns out that if I choose a direction and look at the electron 's spin in relation to that direction then either its axis of rotation points along that direction or it is wholly in the reverse direction . |
| 2 | Either that Sardinian 's being there was coincidence or it was n't — and , for goodness ' sake , if it was n't — |
| 3 | After twenty years , George still could n't decide whether they spent the time thinking or it was just to show they need n't really answer anything . |
| 4 | so he looks at the buyer 's guide , business card and it 's thoroughly . |
| 5 | They have played some great football and it was not more than the team deserved , and was great reward for manager Doug Williams in his first year in charge . |
| 6 | It has been calculated that , at some point in her life , one woman in five will be infected with this parasite and it is also generally accepted that the organism is almost exclusively sexually transmitted . |
| 7 | This paradoxical situation arose notwithstanding great endeavours to retain the strong links between physical and human geography and it was often thought ( e.g. Fisher , 1970 ) that a revival of the regional approach still offered the only method of recementing the two parts of the subject . |
| 8 | He knew what was happening in the boathouse and it was too ordinary to convert into anything exciting . |
| 9 | 2.35 In claims for the death of an infant child there is rarely any actual dependency but there might be prospective loss and it is well established that prospective loss is sufficient to found a claim by the parents . |
| 10 | The Benedictine monasteries regarded themselves as islands of true Christianity in a sea of pagan barbarism and it was not until the eleventh century that the monks of the abbey of Cluny and its affiliated houses began a campaign that was able to educate the laity and local clergy . |
| 11 | Sophia tried to see her sister as a spinster and it was not so very difficult — a rather eccentric spinster not even looking as if she might once have been ennobled by some tragic love affair . |
| 12 | Judge Kenneth Richardson told him : ‘ You have been convicted of a shocking murder and it is only by sheer luck that it was not two . ’ |
| 13 | The park has been used regularly for 30 years by Yorkshire County Cricket Club and it is also home to Middlesbrough rugby and cricket clubs . |
| 14 | Due to sudden and unexpected problems the last Q.T. day had to have a shortened and condensed programme and it was not possible to provide tea at the end of the day . |
| 15 | Visions of heavy counselling sessions come to mind and it is often felt that the grieving person must be helped to ‘ come to terms with it ’ , whatever ‘ it ’ might be . |
| 16 | But if the Government keeps changing its mind and it 's then it really is |
| 17 | It is hardly surprising that there is a high degree of confusion and it is not always clear who is to blame ( or can claim credit ) for particular activities . |
| 18 | Flying demands all your concentration and it is not wise to risk flying if you have business worries or some other mental stress on your mind . |
| 19 | One of the men voiced his somewhat belated fear and it was immediately taken up by others . |
| 20 | It was a long time since she had felt fear and it was not at all exhilarating . |
| 21 | In the UK uplands there appears to be much less hunting or shooting and it is less organised , except of grouse and red deer in the Scottish hills and also in parts of Northern England and Wales . |
| 22 | Erm I , I er much of the compliment that you paid t to me and the department in terms of the efficiency that we 've , which we 're dealing with the correspondence , I , I am conscious of the fact that in something of this nature those er members that you mentioned , some of them are , are here this morning erm are , are not er s receiving er a regular erm series of er erm letters or , or pieces of information from the department and it 's very much an ad hoc situation erm and at the moment as far as is concerned , we are waiting for the the completion of some of the reporting before we erm er submerge them with er a , a , a , a lot of paper , but if there are any particular issues that erm any of those members or indeed any other members erm particularly wants to pursue , er th th the position is as it is on , on any matter , please do get in touch . |
| 23 | The organizations faced uncertainty and it was not clear whether the time when they might need to reduce their labour force would coincide with the date of expiry of a fixed-term contract . |
| 24 | Rob Andrew , Craig Chalmers and Ralph Keyes may not be everyone 's cups of tea and it 's quite possible that someone like Colin Stephens may turn out to be a far greater player , but for England , Scotland and Ireland each one has shown that he is virtually indispensable . |
| 25 | A quick blast in the microwave for Mum 's tea and it 's back to the living room . |
| 26 | As one might expect , there are heavy responsibilities involved in making decisions about the future and it is not easy to become an actuary . |
| 27 | It is always difficult for members of any industry to look far into the future and it is especially so for the farming industry . |
| 28 | Faced with those kind of possible reductions in service , if there is a penny one penny more than necessary spent on administration and bureaucracy wherever it is in the youth and community programme that is gon na be less money for front line vision and the Labour group can have to think very , very carefully about that and the issue is gon na be that if we 're spending too much money or if they 're coming back to supplementary estimates which wo n't be available er given the financial situation next year if we 're having two heads of centres or whatever when we could have one that is gon na mean less money for front line services to the people of Highfields and there 'll only be one group that will be responsible for that , if that does come about and I think that 's something that we all need to bear in mind because what we were told as members of that committee is that the youth and community budget is gon na be in for some very serious times in the future and it 's mainly the government 's fault because of the way they 've decided to re-organise the situation it 's going out of our hands into the control of an unelected body and like most members of this council I think we would oppose that but that 's the reality of the situation and I could not support any increase of funds er for any community centres if I knew it was simply gon na be spent on administration . |
| 29 | If China was ‘ backward ’ , it was its own fault and it was up to the people , led by the intellectuals , to do something about it . |
| 30 | But it 's in having said that it 's an interesting fact that the knitted fabric as such we know , is a warm sort of comfortable fabric and it 's obviously used in where I call the , the cold climes , and that , that 's why it 's developed in the very areas we 've been talking about . |