Example sentences of "[vb base] it be the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 THE New York marathon turned out to be exactly what they say it is the greatest sporting spectacle in the world .
2 Its admirers say it is the consummate manager .
3 Every year in October we say it is the finest thing in the garden .
4 ‘ I have no rich things to give but I will take my black bread for they say it is the best in the whole world . ’
5 There really is something to celebrate as the new hospital opens — its consultants say it is the best in the country — with a standard of care and treatment equalling that in private hospitals combined with the facilities to continue pioneering research into skin disease .
6 Marry , so there have been diverse good plots devised and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm , but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land that no purposes whatsoever are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect , which whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil , or the influence of the stars , or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation , or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still , for some secret scourge which shall by her come unto England , it is hard to be known but yet much to be feared .
7 ‘ Where they have dug the hole is a main junction , they say it is the worst place for the leak , where the water is separated .
8 Education officials in Milton Keynes say it is the latest in a series of attacks on schoolgirls .
9 That 's right , just say it 's the thirty one one ninety four .
10 They say it 's the final straw in a two month saga of staff sickness and lack of supply teachers which has meant vital gaps in their children 's schooling .
11 Campaigners say it 's the first step towards closure , but BR says it 's actually planning to spend more money on the line , not less .
12 Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way .
13 Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber
14 ‘ I never say it 's the best car in the world , ’ he replied , ’ but I believe we are the best at making a car in our class .
15 A family who 've been saved from eviction by an anonymous donor say it 's the best Christmas present they could have hoped for .
16 They say it 's the one lollipop goes up .
17 They say it 's the only way to save nearly forty jobs .
18 But others say it 's the only way to avoid accusations of a whitewash .
19 Student leaders say it 's the only way they can fight for their rights .
20 Shock tactics.Parents of drink-drive victim say it 's the only way .
21 It 's because they ca n't afford to keep them in , but they say it 's the latest therapy technique .
22 It 'll cost a hundred and forty thousand pounds to build but some locals say it 's the wrong bridge in the wrong place
23 They say it 's the wrong place and will pose a threat to their children .
24 A public inquiry is considering plans for a third supermarket — opponents say it 's the last thing the town needs .
25 Yeah but as I say it 's the same as when you know we come over when we went up to the
26 The lessons are proving very popular , especially with business men and women who say it 's the ideal way to relieve tension after a hard day in the office .
27 The team from St Tiggywinkles say it 's the worst disaster they 've ever seen .
28 Police say it 's the worst assault they 've seen , and they 're asking for information from the criminal underworld .
29 What we do is take the , the day of the week and the , the calendar date , it might be the say it was the fourth day of the week Thursday
30 so I mean if , if they caught one , they actually took a photo , managed to take a photo out of all those hundreds of people , look how many more were , were there , and it just seems like basically their not sure who fired first , obviously the Irish say it was the British them and the British say they were fired upon first and erm , on , on the strength of it , who , who would you rather believe I mean , somebody that 's been living in Ireland for twenty odd yea twenty years now with all that happening around him being able to be got at by the I R A or a British body who may , may be up on a murder trial , you know , the , at the end of the day its six of one and half a dozen of the other , they 've both got stuffed by a bleeding troop
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