Example sentences of "[coord] it [be] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She might have had a brief illness best treated outside the home , or it is possible that the balance of her mind was disturbed in some way . |
| 2 | " Or it is possible that exaggerated stories have got about of the valuables in Moorlake . |
| 3 | The tensions and contradictions inherent in the conceptual approach to ‘ head ’ in Auerbach are reiterated in , and reinforced by , a series of polarisations and contrasts in handling : the paint is liquid and shiny or it is dull and matt . |
| 4 | I WRITE in response to Judith Raymont ( November 16 ) who wrote of the cartoon Men — A User 's Guide , ‘ It is either insulting to men and should not be endorsed by publication , or it is witty and amusing , in which case we , as women , have no right to complain about equivalent portrayals of female stereotypes . ’ |
| 5 | Unfortunately , much of such data is less than useful because of poor definition or methodology , or it is inapplicable because of local or special constraints in derivation . |
| 6 | ( b ) That there is no satisfactory address for serving the summons either because he will not give an address , or it is doubtful if he will remain at the address long enough to accept service of the summons or is unable to furnish the name of anyone who would accept service on his behalf , e.g. social worker . |
| 7 | whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked . |
| 8 | ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked ’ The officer dealing and/or civilian witnesses could help prove this point by including in their evidence observations such as , ‘ The crowd of visiting football supporters were likely to believe they were going to be attacked ’ , or ‘ It was likely that the visiting supporters would lose their tempers and attack the home crowd ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence if he — ( a ) uses towards another person threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation which is threatening , abusive or insulting , with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him or another by any person , or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another , or whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence ( i.e. immediate unlawful violence against him or another ) will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’ |
| 12 | It will be argued that if a policeman is confronted by a situation in which he fears that violence will be directed towards him if he intervenes , or it is likely that there will be such violence , the offence is committed . |
| 13 | And it 's obviously that one was n't , just did n't want it or it was dead or something and they just left it . |
| 14 | It makes it very difficult for women to take that first step on the ladder of actually becoming economically active , because they 're caught in an impossible position between the needs of their children and their own personal needs , and until we actually look at the important and validate and give financial support to the caring role that women play , both in terms of looking after the children and looking after elderly relatives , this community care that is being talked about — community care is car on the backs of women , and it 's unpaid and undervalued . |
| 15 | This is Brando 's first film since 1980 and it 's good that his old campaigning fire was still sufficiently there under the millions and the sloth to pull him into this . |
| 16 | Nadia : I am from the General Union of Palestinian Women and it 's good that I am participating in this meeting at this time because I am having major problems with the British Feminist Movement and the Western feminist line . |
| 17 | Lavender again is good for headaches and it 's good if you ca n't sleep or you suffer a bit from insomnia . |
| 18 | And I think it 's great , and it 's uniformed and it 's played at the opening of , of the Fire Service technical college at Morton March , it was invited to play there with the other bands and erm before the Queen , and er so it 's , it 's gone on , from strength to strength and we are very proud of it , we really are . |
| 19 | do it with mince meat and it 's cheap and erm , but my , erm chopped onions , I ca n't , I 'm allergic to mushrooms , it 's nice with mushrooms in , if you like mushrooms |
| 20 | They 've gone now and it 's nice and peaceful just lying here doing nothing . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , and it 's nice and quiet up here . ’ |
| 22 | And it 's nice and warm in here , too . |
| 23 | It does n't come up with irrational error messages and it 's nice and simple to use . |
| 24 | And it 's nice and you can have a fag . |
| 25 | I 've got three of them , all in different colours , and it 's nice because they all play just that little bit different . ’ |
| 26 | Like most labels , it 's amusing and it 's slick and it tells about a hundredth part of the story . |
| 27 | ‘ No way am I worth that sort of money , and it 's annoying because I 've started getting begging letters . |
| 28 | I mean all that kid do was scream , scream , scream , scream , I mean Ross was n't the best one to be with , cos he was selfish and of course in Julia 's eyes he never did any wrong but Kerry come off worse all the time and I said childminding is fine and it 's necessary but the people , you know that , that people ca n't know people and Julia was a spoilt brat so |
| 29 | There will be , certainly , and it 's necessary that there be pressures to keep things under control . |
| 30 | when we went back in the kitchen and it 's hot but |