Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence there is a problem of how cooperation could evolve in the first place , although it would be stable once it had evolved . |
| 2 | Until 1989 the courts had said that a 'speaking " decision could be upset if it contained an obvious error . |
| 3 | Its moisturising formula is ideal for natural curls or for permed hair as both hair types tend to be dry and it costs £1.19 for a 200ml bottle . |
| 4 | The growth of the ‘ displacement ’ model would be understandable if it resolved individual difficulties or reduced the general incidence of difficulty . |
| 5 | It 's not right when it happens to the lads from the inner cities , so it would n't be right if it happened to the lads from the county set . |
| 6 | It is quite clear , sir , that on the existing allocations , thirteen years to go , that the figure of nine thousand seven hundred dwellings , if you want to stick by that figure , my view it should be lower because it has too much an assumption for migration in a constrained area , if you want to stick by that figure , the nine thousand seven hundred will be reached without a new settlement , of that I have no doubt whatsoever . |
| 7 | You will do that because you think their price will be lower when it comes to delivering them back to the lender at an agreed date . |
| 8 | The contracting phase will be unsuitable because it has no strong thermodynamic arrow of time . |
| 9 | It helps the illusion of expertise if you give precise measurements and proportions in recipes , but , alas , I do n't believe this to be possible when it comes to vinaigrette . |
| 10 | I do n't know where this Doctor had this idea from but I do n't know how many years ago , but I remember I had my Co-op news every week and , and he said that he could see us going a full circle and I 'm just wondering when he 's gon if I 'll be alive when it comes round again because I , I do n't think that these big mass stores erm as I say they 're all right you see , people with plenty of money with a car they could fill the freezer up . |
| 11 | Perhaps , in this fictional world ( it must be fictional if it has dragons in it ) the knight is seeking a magic pineapple , hoarded in a dragon 's cave . |
| 12 | Should one assume that the parties take notice in the original position of their own fallibility , and agree on constitutional arrangements that will be self-correcting if it turns out that the fundamental beliefs concerning human nature , on which their substantive principles of justice are based , turn out to be wrong , or not ? |
| 13 | Rulers and governments might well be willing when it suited their own purposes to overlook the difficulties which precedence , titles and formal procedures in general so often caused . |
| 14 | The plant may be different but it uses basically the same manufacturing processes that the Partners licensed from the Belgian company of Solvay et Cie in 1872 . |
| 15 | Can I just ask , would it be different if it had been a military aircraft ? |
| 16 | The Council … believes strongly that a first degree course in Educational Studies lasting three years may be designed to lead to an Honours award … the concept of a three-year degree course in Educational Studies , leading to an Honours or an unclassified degree , will be acceptable provided it combines an adequate period of practical experience in the classroom with a requisite minimum of academic studies . |
| 17 | To answer this question it must be noted that in sociology ( and elsewhere ) a feminist perspective appears to be polemical because it runs counter to the accepted male-oriented viewpoint — a viewpoint which is rarely explicitly articulated . |
| 18 | You 'll have to be careful when it comes to choosing a wife . |
| 19 | I ask the House to be careful when it has one of its own Members in its charge . |
| 20 | since he came to our Lordships House with some very and has had to sit this thing ever since then with one exception er to speeches deeply and seriously critical er of the proposals er coming from Members of your Lordships House mostly with vast experience of the subject matter former Secretary 's er er former Chief Constable er and er so many others and I arise only to put one point to you if my Noble Friend decides to resist these amendments , it seems to me I may be wrong but it seems to me overwhelmingly clear that they will be carrying against him and they will be put into the Bill which will be very considerably altered and amended , some of your Lordships may think improved , but certainly drastically altered and I wonder whether er my Noble Friend thinks that really would be helpful from the point of view either of the pr future progress of the Bill , or the position of the Government . |
| 21 | It is likely that under those agreements extradition within Europe would in future be easier than it has been in the past , which I think the hon. Gentleman would welcome . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , would n't it be exciting if it landed near us ! ’ cried Hilary . |
| 23 | The fashionable question ‘ How does the head office add value ? ’ would be clearer if it asked , ‘ When and why does a firmlet gain from being part of a company ? ’ |
| 24 | That is to say , a system could not be cognisant unless it appreciated how intentional changes in its perceptions were constrained by reality . |
| 25 | No doubt there will be an extensive scrutiny from those who expect everything to be perfect but it passes pretty well from my point of view . |
| 26 | The present system may not be perfect but it has worked pretty well and would be capable of improvement and adjustment without the need to go back to the drawing board . ’ |
| 27 | A syllable will tend to be prominent if it contains a vowel that is different in quality from neighbouring vowels . |
| 28 | To be effective , an innovation has to be simple and it has to be focused . |
| 29 | It may , in fact , be counter-productive because it produces a state of high emotional arousal ( anger or anxiety ) that is notorious for interfering with the acquisition of new skills and behaviours . |
| 30 | But parliament is far away , and the border of Wales is very near , and is there a soul in these parts who does not know that smuggling goes on day by day , and that life here would be impossible if it did not ? |