Example sentences of "it [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This information and the decisions which emanate from it are of great importance , politically , economically and socially . |
| 2 | ’ 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | How could it be of ethical significance that the word ‘ good ’ , considered just as a sound , is used in a certain way ? |
| 5 | When could it be of particular use to you do you think ? |
| 6 | For instance , Lister ( 1988 ) asks : ‘ what comfort would it be for elderly and severely ill patients to hear of ‘ competitive ’ NHS hospitals with vacant beds in Liverpool or Devon ? ’ |
| 7 | Is that on existing beds or will it be for new beds only ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It hides as it were behind dominant genes which are normally okay . |
| 11 | as it were against old Sturge M 's bull-dog , |
| 12 | Now we 're , it were in bloody paper last on Thursday , they do n't get nothing when they 're on holiday . |
| 13 | The theory gives an account of what it is for a belief to be luckily true , as follows : the extent to which a 's belief is luckily true is the extent to which even if it had been false , a would still have believed it , or if it were in changed circumstances still true , he would still believe it . |
| 14 | When they laugh it 's with sheer joy . |
| 15 | So it 's with added comprehension that a reader of On the Look-Out can approach the taut ferocity of Sisson 's early poems and the sombreness of those more recent , the jarring plainness of his Divine Comedy and other such translations , the savagery of his two gaunt novels , and the war against fashion-induced mediocrity waged by Sisson the literary critic . |
| 16 | I do n't think it 's of great benefit to English rugby to go around persuading people to stay on if it 's against their wishes , and possibly against their better judgement . |
| 17 | If it 's of equal , or greater , importance than the material it goes with , you want your image to be of the highest quality and you 're prepared to spend the time to achieve something a bit special . |
| 18 | Pollution , the environment , again that is something which is not just for concern , we know it 's of global concern as well . |
| 19 | It 's of tremedous valuer because it give patients and clients a chance to do things they wouild n't otherwise do |
| 20 | Again , it 's of paramount importance to keep an overview so that you can gear each aspect towards achieving the objective . |
| 21 | It 's of medium size with accommodation for just over 200 people . |
| 22 | ‘ If anyone wanted to sell their piece , and we can see it 's of sufficient quality or by a popular artist , we 'll give an evaluation . |
| 23 | ‘ They probably make you pay more for it because it 's of sentimental value . ’ |
| 24 | And I think it 's of particular concern in Richmondshire . |
| 25 | If it is always assumed that they are intellectually inferior , what else is there for them to do … every time teachers are constantly amazed by the fact that in the first year they have at the moment there are two or three really bright West Indian boys , and it 's of constant amazement to people like Mr G … ‘ my goodness he 's bright where does he get it from ’ . |
| 26 | It 's on right just now . |
| 27 | That 's not right , it 's on living assurance . |
| 28 | that it 's on changing schools , hope and fears |
| 29 | It 's on ordinary policing . |
| 30 | and it 's on minimum premiums , you 've got a little bit of a discount there , but again , bearing in mind nine pound sixty might not buy them the cover they want . |