Example sentences of "it [be] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ A common type of case where problems of timing may arise is one in which the complaint and allegations involved in it are directly or closely associated with criminal proceedings which are pending .
2 Different groups exist within the power bloc of any society , but this power bloc and the groups within it are there because of their objective/structural position in relation to capital .
3 Could it be also that erm children I mean I du n no how they , the children are reared and what sort of situation .
4 Reviews of exhibiting societies ' shows have constantly presented difficulties to critics , as it is only possible to give brief comments on some of the artists ' work ; how could it be otherwise when an exhibiting society shows several thousand works ?
5 Yet how could it be otherwise when they did not know where she was ?
6 ‘ Would it be enough if you had someone to hold during the long , cold nights ? ’
7 ‘ Would it be enough if you had someone to laugh with ?
8 oh dear , oh dear , just what will it be like when dad gets in ?
9 make it up , make one up what would it be like if you were being assertive ?
10 How long ago would it be now that you had it all done ?
11 ‘ If it were simply that it would hardly be convincing , would it ? ’
12 If it were n't that a judge has to decide a case , quite a few of Edward 's legal opinions would probably end in a question mark . ’
13 Afterwards Jared Tunstall had said to her mama , ‘ It was a question of a little hustler meeting a big one , and if it were n't that he has hurt Sally-Anne so badly I could almost admire the swine for his gall .
14 He said on the old shillings I want Neil 's bed but it were n't that cos he 's bit of a fun to , you know , you know
15 No , well I mean , it were n't as though I had n't put a payment in it were just that it probably was this taking Tracey 's book and I marked it onto Tracey 's , er , Tracey 's book .
16 No , it were n't cos of that .
17 It were n't when , the other when we got all pissed ?
18 No , well I mean , it were n't as though I had n't put a payment in it were just that it probably was this taking Tracey 's book and I marked it onto Tracey 's , er , Tracey 's book .
19 The then Lord Chief Justice in 1980 commented that , If it were not that a high proportion of cases are compromised long before they reach court the administration of justice would soon grind to a halt ; the courts would be overwhelmed by the volume of work . ’
20 I thought she 'd dried it , and she said , oh , I 'm just gon na put this washing on radiators , and then it , it were then that er it made me think , well , what done with her dryer .
21 It were more or less open tides the high tides used to come over and down here , it all used .
22 Then she decided to be awkward , like she always is , and said I says oh it 's still taping you know and I s she said summat , I ca n't remember what it were now but I was saying , I knew that 'd happen , one minute yes then no , then I 'll think about it , I says and if I did n't start it when you went out you 'd be saying you could 've done this and that and er so she were chittering , pretending she said I could n't do it .
23 Doctrinally , the canons were undeniably Calvinist in outlook ; yet at the same time they expressed some ambivalence over the doctrine of predestination , and hinted at a recognition of the potentially damaging consequences of it being inadequately or incorrectly explained to the laity .
24 Although it was hardly conclusive proof they were the same kegs as those discovered by the vagrant , all the signs pointed to it being more than just a coincidence .
25 This conclusion was based on the premises that ( 1 ) it is the duty of the national court to ensure the legal protection which persons derive from the direct effect of a provision of Community law ; ( 2 ) article 30 was such a provision ; ( 3 ) if Wickes is right that section 47 of the Act of 1950 is incompatible with article 30 , it has a current right to open its stores for Sunday trading , and it is the duty of the national court to protect that right ; ( 4 ) in the absence of an undertaking in damages , Wickes will have been restrained from opening on Sundays , without any right to compensation ; ( 5 ) there is no need for this purpose to assess the strength of Wickes ' challenge to section 47 on the basis of article 30 , it being enough that the challenge is not without foundation : see [ 1991 ] 3 W.L.R. 985 , 993 , per Dillon L.J. , and pp. 999–1000 , per Mann L.J .
26 It 's probably that Robert Johnson , who finally headed for the crossroads in 1938 , made more money for Sony/Columbia last year than many of their more super-hyped contemporary acts .
27 Yeah well it , it 's probably that he 's just got one .
28 Oh he said oh I 'd like to give it all a good he wants to clean it there 's always something on the floor , it 's like a erm lino , it 's probably but all bigger squared
29 It 's probably cos you 're leaning a funny way .
30 It 's probably cos
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