Example sentences of "[vb past] it be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With all these people formally involved it is easy for one group to lose touch or fall behind with information from other groups , and in some cases numbers become unwieldy and the investigators start tripping over each other and duplicating effort . |
| 2 | ‘ Sack ? ’ he enquired , as if the word in the context she used it was unknown to him . |
| 3 | I found it was possible with Paradise to talk about individual and personal responsibility , something which if set in a contemporary context would have had a preachy feel about it . ’ |
| 4 | Paul Reas found it was important to ‘ keep it simple ’ at first , and had to keep reminding himself that while today 's young people are often very machine friendly , they are not the graduate students he normally teaches . |
| 5 | Dead Certain had been as badly affected as any , but Elsworth simply would not run a horse of that class in such a race unless he believed it was capable of giving of its best . |
| 6 | The 11 + examination tested what teachers believed it was important for children to know before going on to secondary school . |
| 7 | Mr Paleokrassas said he could not say how much money would be granted to the industry , but added it was likely to be ‘ quite substantial ’ . |
| 8 | For a moment he thought there was a double meaning in her words , but he dismissed the thought when he recognised it was one of her usual openings to draw him into conversation . |
| 9 | They assumed it was legal before the third month [ before quickening ] , and only outside the law when procured by another person ’ . |
| 10 | Earlier this week Burton Property Trust confirmed it was close to finalising an agreement with a prospective tenant for a 3,000 sq ft unit . |
| 11 | When he turned it was obvious from his face that he had been having a long tussle with himself . |
| 12 | National Power says because the station will be gas fired it 's better for the environment . |
| 13 | I guessed it was one of my circle of private informants on the Continent — the people even you do n't know about . |
| 14 | He could n't tell , but guessed it was one of the team . |
| 15 | From the shape of its lights I guessed it was one of the small Peugeots . |
| 16 | Where it existed it was characteristic of states which , although they had long and proud cultural traditions , had suffered serious setbacks or for some reason lacked self-confidence . |
| 17 | In the face of mounting pressure the British government at last sensed it was incumbent on them to act . |
| 18 | The problem is that when a parent is feeling depressed or overwrought it is difficult for them to think of alternative strategies . |
| 19 | Has Pemberton actually signed yet ( last I heard it was subject to a medical ) ? |
| 20 | Somewhat late in the day BBC Programme Planning decided it was unhappy with new seasons of Doctor Who opening around early November . |
| 21 | The parents decided it was better for the child to be taken away . ’ |
| 22 | I decided it was unfair of me to say anything , and that if you wanted the trip so badly you probably did n't want me . |
| 23 | Nora calculated that there must be lots of single men up there so she decided it was ideal for the ‘ manhunt ’ , as we called it , even though the train fare was a serious consideration . |
| 24 | This meant it was available for the first two years only in London and the South-East and to people who bothered to fit a new aerial . |
| 25 | Dot thought at first she meant it was unkind for the man to be so constricted by the many instruments strapped to all parts of his body . |
| 26 | ‘ The fact that we had to chase the game meant it was tailor-made for Spartak . |
| 27 | Franks contended it was undesirable in principle that the appointment of so many chairmen and members of individual tribunals should rest with the departmental Ministers concerned , when it was their own departments which frequently would be a party to proceedings before a tribunal . |
| 28 | ‘ Until we know how your son died it is difficult to be sure what is or is not relevant . |
| 29 | When they died it was more of the same . |
| 30 | Ruth saw it was high on the down river side , castled with a great crag that fell sheer down to the water ; the stone had a dark gleam , like opaque crystal , and was seamed with fissures where she guessed grass and ferns would cling . |