Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [conj] it [vb past] " 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 | The growth of the ‘ displacement ’ model would be understandable if it resolved individual difficulties or reduced the general incidence of difficulty . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Can I just ask , would it be different if it had been a military aircraft ? |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , would n't it be exciting if it landed near us ! ’ cried Hilary . |
| 8 | That is to say , a system could not be cognisant unless it appreciated how intentional changes in its perceptions were constrained by reality . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | Julia knew that it could not be real because it brought with it even more horrible visions , in one of which Comfort and Anthony had her pinned to the ground and were hitting her with garden rakes with specially sharpened tines . |
| 11 | The reply would be satisfactory if it conformed to standard practice . |
| 12 | I mean they they would go right through the process of buying something on credit , and it would be fine until it got to , Erm where do you live . |
| 13 | I could see he was going to be humble and it depressed me . |
| 14 | There have been an enormous series of changes over the last ten or fifteen years , and maybe some school teachers would be glad if it slowed down a little bit to make their life a little easier , I do n't know . |
| 15 | Even Elena 's advice could be unwelcome when it interfered with his contemplation of the project . |
| 16 | I had expected it to be cold but it surprised me with a suddenness that wrenched my breath away . |
| 17 | But it would be idle to pretend that there were not frivolous appeals and attempts by parties to delay and frustrate justice and to be obstructive if it suited them , when litigants learned how to " play " the courts to their advantage . |
| 18 | ‘ It would be gratifying if it held some more revelations , but perhaps that would be too much to hope for . |
| 19 | It would never be comfortable while it had the square Canton-wood furniture . |
| 20 | Moreover , the Thessalians by tradition held the presidency of the Amphictyonic Council ( Syll. 175 ) which could be useful when it came to putting a motion . |
| 21 | Our Report would not be credible if it did not acknowledge these differences and explain our response to them . |
| 22 | In neither case , does the activity of a postman emerge as something which could be good if it existed in isolation . |
| 23 | " Income " includes income chargeable to income tax by deduction or otherwise ( UK source income ) and any income which would be chargeable if it had been received in the United Kingdom by a person resident and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom . |
| 24 | Who could be sure that it had been positioned correctly , that the first thick black line was exactly three feet and six inches from the green tiles of the floor ? |
| 25 | Not surprisingly , such policy was held to be invalid since it purported to override the express statutory duty , imposed by section 6(5) , to give effect to parental preference whether or not the child comes from the area of the local education authority . |
| 26 | It used to be important because it made it more difficult to score with groin kicks , and it led to narrow stances with the leading foot turned inwards . |
| 27 | Grattan 's Parliament in Ireland , furthermore , can never have been sovereign or , if it was , then the Parliament of Great Britain itself ceased to be sovereign when it established it . |
| 28 | When delivered , it was discovered to be poisonous because it had been contaminated with castor oil . |
| 29 | It 's not a sum you 'd throw away ; but you 'd be happy if it bought a new handbag , a train fare to London or a tankful of petrol . |
| 30 | We shall take into consideration the possibility that it might happen , but it would be dreadful if it did . " |