Example sentences of "it be [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That it was a Saturday morning had made his presence possible — he would not have accepted the invitation had it been on some date in the week — and carriages had already piled behind one another in the main street ; evidently it was to be a large party . |
| 2 | Er what 's the atmosphere like in Belfast , what 's it been like this week ? |
| 3 | This information and the decisions which emanate from it are of great importance , politically , economically and socially . |
| 4 | ’ What you achieve and how you achieve it are of equal importance , ’ so said Gary Player , I think , and never was a saying so relevant to the capture of big fish . |
| 5 | The detailed discussion of the review procedure at this meeting and the lengthy minutes devoted to it are in marked contrast to the brevity of its mention in the next meeting , under ‘ matters arising ’ . |
| 6 | Whatever you do at least be sure to make it stupendously high ; let it be of all columns in the world the most lofty . ’ |
| 7 | How could it be of ethical significance that the word ‘ good ’ , considered just as a sound , is used in a certain way ? |
| 8 | When could it be of particular use to you do you think ? |
| 9 | Wo n't it be on this lot ? |
| 10 | Who could it be at this hour ? |
| 11 | ‘ Whoever can it be at this time of night ? ’ asked Elizabeth . |
| 12 | Whoever could it be at this time of night ? |
| 13 | What will it be for that clef ? |
| 14 | Norway 's preoccupation is therefore not how to meet its own energy demand , nor will it be for many years , but how best to exploit its hydrocarbon wealth . |
| 15 | Is that on existing beds or will it be for new beds only ? |
| 16 | If the latter , can it be for any offence or only for a serious one , and is the offence in the problem sufficiently serious ? |
| 17 | Will it be through greater competition ? |
| 18 | Could it be worth this pain ? |
| 19 | Should n't it be round that side ? |
| 20 | Mum , will it be like that Cinderella did n't stick to the story ? |
| 21 | And it were about that height . |
| 22 | It were about one pound thirty or summat about that width |
| 23 | They can be more selfless , more public spirited , more erm idealistic than they would be on their own , because the super ego can presumably erm influence the ego in both directions , it can make the ego erm transcend itself as it were to higher ideals and like someone sometimes sees this in , in group behaviour , but equally of course it can erm debase the ego by setting lower standards than the ego would normally accepted itself . |
| 24 | It was obvious that Austria-Hungary would not allow the Russians to invade Bulgaria ; a year before she had disliked the possibility of a united and strengthened Bulgaria , even if it were on bad terms with Russia , and the prospect of one under Russia 's thumb was even worse . |
| 25 | ‘ I ask that you will accommodate Anne Duchess of York , my daughter-in-law in your household , ’ Elizabeth Woodville had written — after enquiring as to her friend 's health , reminiscing about former days and passing on to the matter of her daughter-in-law as if it were of little consequence . |
| 26 | Moderator we , we do accept this but maybe I could er say just a word to the assembly about the workload as it were of this panel on doctrine . |
| 27 | My position on what 's happening in the women 's movement at the moment is that it 's really in dire need of reconstruction , and that there would be no possibility of having a sort of joint togetherness as it were with Black women and white women because of some of the things that have been mentioned already — the racism that exists , the fact that feminism as a guiding ideological force remains a sort of tool of imperialism . |
| 28 | It hides as it were behind dominant genes which are normally okay . |
| 29 | as it were against old Sturge M 's bull-dog , |
| 30 | Other one would learnt how to open a crack , and it were in that cage , and it could hear birds outside . |