Example sentences of "[adv] it be the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this trio again blended well together it was the tremendous ability of McClure which sealed the ticket to Ayr . |
| 2 | The funeral cars and hearse have blue flashing lights on the roof , very similar to a policecar , when I enquired as to the reason for this , apparently it 's the only way they can get around the island for the traffic and the laid-back attitude of the locals . |
| 3 | It 's worth reminding readers who are parents of this with the start of the school holidays next month — apparently it 's the prime time for solvent abuse . |
| 4 | True , a haircut , a smattering of designer stubble , the odd earring and a spot of UVA can make a difference , but basically it 's the inner man who 's on display . |
| 5 | Sure , there are differences , they 've got this one-eyed machine and so on , but basically it 's the same thing , and we even tell them it 's going to end in the same way with the raft capsizing . |
| 6 | Historians have long argued about the ‘ rise ’ of this group , but basically it was the collective experience of nearly fifty individual families who became the pacesetters of Elizabethan Sussex . |
| 7 | We are not saying , that necessarily it 's the right thing to do , but it seems to me people are going to do it anyway , are n't they . |
| 8 | So that 's a easy way to make sure that you , because that was the first thing you went for now , in the exam you might well put that down and think , oh , hang on , does n't look right , perhaps it 's the other way up |
| 9 | Perhaps it 's the best thing that could have happened . |
| 10 | Perhaps it 's the only tune they know . |
| 11 | ‘ Perhaps it 's the innocent expression that 's faded . ’ |
| 12 | and the third thing is erm I frankly do n't understand perhaps it 's the same point as er that this below the line item , I mean it 's taken below the line it must come from somewhere . |
| 13 | An exquisite unreality catches the earth , or perhaps it is the ultimate reality . |
| 14 | Perhaps it is the extraordinary popularity of The Color Purple that has led some critics to accuse it of being an uncontentious , sentimental and harmless piece of libertarianism , a family homily that is not just optimistic but eventually even utopian . |
| 15 | Perhaps it is the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) , who is willing to continue to enunciate the principle that there is no such thing as a free lunch . |
| 16 | If these examples reveal anything , perhaps it is the unwelcome truth that most of us are better at memorizing and applying formulae for solving certain types of predictable problems than we are at generating imaginative solutions to unfamiliar problems . |
| 17 | Perhaps it is the habitual leader of the group or perhaps the leader has arisen for that meeting on that topic . |
| 18 | My father took one side , perhaps it was the right side and perhaps it was the wrong side . |
| 19 | Now , perhaps it was the poor light but Benjamin 's face paled . |
| 20 | Yet perhaps it was the easy accessibility of English which made it so popular ; it has grown to be the second largest university subject . |
| 21 | Perhaps it was the sheer blatancy of her confession . |
| 22 | Perhaps it was the immigrant condition living itself out through them . |
| 23 | The bed itself had an old , lumpy mattress which gave off a faint odour of damp or rotting fabric — or perhaps it was the lingering smell of sheep . |
| 24 | Perhaps it was the nagging awareness that he too had hoped to gain more than mere gratification from their acquaintance . |
| 25 | Perhaps it was the universal bond between animal lovers and vets that made it so easy to become part of the community . |
| 26 | My father took one side , perhaps it was the right side and perhaps it was the wrong side . |
| 27 | Perhaps it was the wrong conclusion . |
| 28 | Harry nodded , or perhaps it was the threatening clatter of his teeth which caused his head to simulate assent . |
| 29 | Or perhaps it was the white light shining through the milky angel that erased all the lines from her face . |
| 30 | Obviously it 's the human condition that you never actually ever finish all the things that are on your to do list , so you always have to reschedule things . |