Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This movement , as Rufus had no doubt intended , sent Mary toppling forward into Adam 's arms , her breasts lightly slapping into his chest in a way that would have been blissful if it had been allowed to continue but Mary , drunk as she was , had sprung aside , actually sprung to her feet , and rather late in the day hugged her arms across her chest . |
| 2 | But at high NO concentrations , ozone levels are low as it reacts with NO to form NO&sub2 ; . |
| 3 | But the law does not stop all murder , yet most of us are grateful that it tries . |
| 4 | We respond to all four strongly , but cats are weak when it comes to sweet tastes . |
| 5 | Fifteen Para , which has its headquarters in my constituency , was being marched to oblivion until public opinion brought itself to bear on the Ministry , and I am grateful that it has taken a step backwards , but we still do not know what size that step is . |
| 6 | Details are scarce but it uses a dopler meter and flow dividers and will work with vacuum tankers . |
| 7 | I am sorry that it has taken longer to respond to your recent telephone call than I had expected , but I have now examined all the papers relating to this matter and have re-visited Captains Road . |
| 8 | I am sorry if it means opposing the official candidate , but I would vote for Frank Field . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I am sorry if it seems I have tricked you , my dear Watson . |
| 10 | It is not intended to be and I am sorry if it appears so . |
| 11 | ‘ We have had our differences and I am sorry if it has caused offence . ’ |
| 12 | The revolution at Northampton may have been different but it did have uncanny echoes of what had gone on at Neath . |
| 13 | Treaty did not of itself prevent a member state from imposing an ownership residence requirement as a condition for exemption from the compulsory acquisition of land , could not be followed in the present case for three reasons : ( a ) in the Fearon case , the owners ' residence requirement was not coupled with any nationality requirement and the court indicated in paragraph 10 of the judgment , at pp. 3685–3686 , that its decision would have been different if it had been ; ( b ) in the Fearon case , the residence requirement was limited to legal owners of the land and did not extend to peripheral persons , such as those who had lent the owners money in order to buy the land ; and ( c ) from the point of view of its geographical scope , the residence requirement at issue in the Fearon case was framed in local rather than national terms . |
| 14 | I am afraid that it has not been a success and that has certainly not been for want of effort from him but I think we just have to write that one off . |
| 15 | They are stingy when it comes to overheads : in most discount stores , there are few staff in sight and goods are sold out of the boxes they come in . |
| 16 | The performances individually are ok but it seems the tactics are wrong . |
| 17 | The Shorthorn/Highland first cross has always been popular but it took the concerted efforts of the three Cadzow brothers on an island off the west coast of Scotland to consolidate the virtues of the cross and turn it into a genuine breed , the Luing , named after the island of its origin . |
| 18 | ( Strictly speaking these orbits are heteroclinic but it makes sense , because of the symmetry , to identify C " + with C and to think of this situation as a symmetric version of a homoclinic orbit to a single stationary point . ) |
| 19 | But , he added , ‘ I am delighted that it has stood the test of time and that its few critics have at least remained silent . |
| 20 | I am delighted that it has now decided to co-operate with the Government and solve a problem that I brought the regional affairs committee of the European Parliament over to look at 14 years ago . |
| 21 | That is critical and I am delighted that it has found its way into the treaty with powerful German support . |
| 22 | Hibernia is a complex , challenging and difficult contract , and I am delighted that it has restarted and we look forward to making a significant contribution to this major international project . |
| 23 | Its academic success had been such that it had become progressively less progressive , its original zeal swamped by the fee-paying prosperous solid Northern conservatism of parents and offspring : it had become a bastion of respectability , its one-time principles upheld by stray survivors like Doddridge , who appeared blithely not to notice that at election time the entire school , with one or two flamboyant exceptions , howled its enthusiasm for the Tory Party . |
| 24 | But had it not been that actual set of people — Sam Phillips , the band , Elvis and The Jordanaires — the chemistry might not have been such that it worked . |
| 25 | We pray for those who are sad because it has been the first Christmas without a loved one , and who grieve with their memories . |
| 26 | The trouble is local authorities are autonomous when it comes to applying trading standards but Haverfordwest seems out of step with other councils on the issue . |
| 27 | The only thing is i it would have been nicer if it had of printed . |
| 28 | Some historians remain sceptical about this , while others are convinced that it does , and that an early form of military organisation was based upon the herred system ; that it appears in southern Norway and Västergötland in Sweden too has led to the contention that it was introduced there in Viking times , perhaps by Swegen or Cnut . |
| 29 | But the civil servants have been vague when it comes to the detail of who is to be the competent authority , who is to foot the bill for its work ( and any extra studies it may require before giving consent ) , and how much of its deliberations are to be made public . |
| 30 | Surely marriage and prostitution are separate and it insults marriage to infer that they thrive on one another ? |