Example sentences of "be [adj] and it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely marriage and prostitution are separate and it insults marriage to infer that they thrive on one another ? |
| 2 | People know this , they identify with this , they recognise that you 're back-tracking and it looks as though your ke case is hereby weakened . |
| 3 | It is recognised in planning circles that planning applications for fish and chip shops are contentious and it has been said that whilst ‘ Joe Public wants hot food shops he does not want them near him and he is prepared to fight tooth and nail to stop anyone opening one near his house ’ . |
| 4 | The learning process from this project has been invaluable and it 's allowed Save The Children to move forward in several other countries . |
| 5 | Often this has been because THE new housing market has been buoyant and it has been acknowledged that this market can not be missed as , at best , it is lost for a CONSIDERABLE time . |
| 6 | Like the insect , its span has been short and it has already been superseded by the Double Whammy campaign . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | To be effective , an innovation has to be simple and it has to be focused . |
| 9 | In other words , publishing commitments have to be substantial and it does not take much to sap confidence when the risk is so high . |
| 10 | ‘ Although I 'm champion and it 's been a wonderful year I feel I ca n't truly call myself the title holder until I beat Joey on the roads . ’ |
| 11 | Four other colourways are available and it comes in five widths , about £23.50 per sq m Accessories : Yellow photograph album , £12.50 ; Jennifer Tuckey stationery , £8.95 and £9.50 Best for : Any room , but especially suitable for halls and stairs |
| 12 | However , from such a small island herd the exports have been phenomenal and it has spread from the tropics to the Arctic . |
| 13 | The physical demands were enormous and it says much for the exceptional fitness of both crews that neither wilted . |
| 14 | Sun Microsystems Inc chief executive Scott McNealy claimed the move would deliver to Solaris the three volume chips likely to survive : PowerPC , Sparc and Intel as SunSoft resources are moved off the new Intel Corp version , he said , they would be dedicated on the PowerPC — McNealy said this would be ready in late 1993 and SunSoft president Ed Zander immediately stepped up to contradict him , saying the date would more likely be early next year ; few details were available and it remains to be seen who would use it and how it will be sold . |
| 15 | By opening night , they were ecstatic and it has to be said , the brightest , the best , and the most appreciative audience we 'd played to . |
| 16 | It 's big , it 's loud and it wears an ill-fitting suit : more ‘ youth ’ telly inanity on REMOTE CONTROL before NME 's own kings of pestilence Collins and Maconie perform more of their light-hearted haircuts , sorry , comic turns for MARK GOODIER . |
| 17 | Right now the gossip in the town is that Ingrid is pregnant and it looks as though Olive King is about to become a star … about time too ! |
| 18 | It is eternal and it illuminates despair . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | A copy of the 1991 Census datasets will be deposited at the ESRC Data Archive ( where it will join the data from previous Censuses ) when the data is complete and it appears that all corrections have been made . |
| 21 | Secondly , as mentioned before , Hindu society is patrilineal and it follows a rigid system of caste distinction . |
| 22 | Like most labels , it 's amusing and it 's slick and it tells about a hundredth part of the story . |
| 23 | If it is pushed at the wrong point of the swinging cycle , the motion is upset and it tends to stop . |
| 24 | His output is prodigious and it springs from the unbending control he exercises over every aspect of his life . |
| 25 | The Commission is multi-disciplinary and it exists to provide independent medical opinions to consent to treatment ; to keep the powers of detention under review ; to prepare a Code of Practice ; and to visit and interview detained patients and investigate individual complaints . |
| 26 | It has beautiful purple and green plumage , but its voice is strident and it threshes its wings frantically overhead when in the presence of any other murder victim , crying ‘ Ishkoonee ! ’ |
| 27 | He said , like coming to this well for your jug of water every day it 's alright while i , the jug , there 's some in the jug , but when you 've drunk it all the jug 's empty and it does n't do a thing for you ! |
| 28 | ‘ But the language of our Parliament is English and it seems only right that any hospitality I give should be in English too . ’ |
| 29 | Well , in the beginning , erm , this is an interview before they start rehearsing one evening , or like , what they each other play , and they 're just talking about how they met and everything , cos they , the vocalist and the guitarist met in a chip shop , and knocked all the chips everywhere , and then he er , the guitarist talks about , erm , he met , I mean , he knows a drummer that 's free and it turns out that it 's the vo vocalist 's vocalist 's brother . |
| 30 | The method is simple and it relies on the duck 's instinct to try to chase away a threatening fox . |