Example sentences of "[be] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more people there are helping the less time it takes . |
| 2 | As Freud has been so greatly misunderstood , especially in his more speculative sociological work , this type of exposition seems necessary if his theory is to be given the serious consideration it deserves , and which sociology needs . |
| 3 | In virtually every case the aim of causing upheaval is explicitly declared , because Labour 's aim would be to upset the bureaucratic order it inherits . |
| 4 | The industry is comparing the biggest boom it ever had — the peak in 1989-90 — with today 's admittedly lower level of activity . |
| 5 | If the message is to influence the other person it must have an appropriate degree of impact ( Kraft 1979:7149 ) . |
| 6 | If nursing is to gain the professional status it is striving for , it needs to attract motivated and able students . |
| 7 | If he is afforded the slightest respect it makes him worse , larger . ’ |
| 8 | The emergence of an independent Macedonia on Greece 's northern border was indeed an event that justified a Greek response , but the response should not have been to tell the new country it could not use the name ‘ Macedonia ’ ( see box ) . |
| 9 | The results were overwhelming : ‘ So much was sold the first night it was almost scary ’ , recalls Gerald Stiebel of Rosenberg and Stiebel , Inc . |
| 10 | There were signs that Iraq was withdrawing the military support it had sent in to bolster the Lebanese Army against the Syrians , and the reasons for this could be established more discreetly in Beirut than in Baghdad . |
| 11 | Every last bit of unkempt hedge in our front garden was taking the same attitude it had always taken . |