Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] it [vb mod] [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the best laid plans sometimes go wrong and it may occasionally be necessary for you to overdraw your account . |
| 2 | The emphasis is on beef but its milk yield remains adequate and it can still be considered a dual-purpose type . |
| 3 | The setting might appear incongruous but it can also be seen as being particularly poignant . |
| 4 | I wish it was quite so simple but it would certainly be a boost for us . ’ |
| 5 | Teaching must be alive and it can only be alive in the present moment — it is time-consuming to try to make stale bread palatable , and why bother when fresh bread is available ? |
| 6 | ‘ Tradition dies hard and it may well be that many zealous companions will go on quoting Syriac and Egyptian and perpetuating this extraordinary jumble of explanations , ’ wrote Canon Richard Tydeman , Grand Superintendent over the Suffolk province of Freemasonry , in 1985 . |
| 7 | If we say , you see , that the function of the dream is to safeguard sleep , and to fulfil wishes , then it 's clear that in the real world not all wishes are fulfillable and it may well be that , that the latent thoughts , in some cases , is so alarming and so disturbing , that they can not be sufficiently disguised and will lead to a state of waking , and that waking proves of course that the dream has failed in its function of safeguarding sleep . |
| 8 | This seems fairly remarkable and it can only be assumed they are being kept awake by ghost stories and surveys about what people do in bed . |
| 9 | ‘ But it is valuable and it might just be what those guys on the roof were after . ’ |
| 10 | The evangelical Hannah More , in her Thoughts on the Importance Or the Manners of the Great to General Society in 1788 , noted that : ‘ Reformation must begin with the GREAT or it will never be effectual . |
| 11 | On the contrary , a wide range of dispersal agents would allow a larger number of individuals to strip the tree of fruit at its prime and it would then be distributed to a wider range of habitats and be buffered against any disaster that might overcome the dispersal agent of a species relying on just one such agent . |
| 12 | Alan ‘ Fluff ’ Freeman said : ‘ It was quite good but it could never be the same — we were like kids with a new toy . ’ |
| 13 | When I told him that I would also like to buy a smaller Popova , he objected , ‘ No , I 'm keeping this because it 's small and it can always be hung anywhere , but these big ones … where can they go ? ’ |
| 14 | But though doubt may be normal , it should only be temporary and it should always be resolved .. |
| 15 | Haemorrhage is usually immediate but it can occasionally be a late complication . |
| 16 | I think that spaghetti should be thin and it may often be referred to as spaghettini — it 's much less like eating long worms ! |
| 17 | This can be instinctive and it can also be perfected and developed . |
| 18 | At this stage the fill colour is yellow but it can easily be changed . |
| 19 | The Panel acknowledges that the application of the Code will not always be relevant and it will therefore be applied flexibly wherever necessary . |
| 20 | At £12,260 the Aura TD is not particularly cheap but it would certainly be near the top of my shopping list if I was looking for a medium-sized diesel hatchback . |
| 21 | The latter point is debatable and it may only be that the practical aspects of creep measurements are simpler . |