Example sentences of "it be [adv] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you know quarter to a third and er it 's not got a lot of land with it and of course it 's not mentioned a great deal in directories . |
| 2 | It 's also confused a considerable number of other people back at because very few have come down today , but I 'm sorry that we 've . |
| 3 | It 's always held a special meaning for me , and when the development is completed I have every intention of moving back into the area and making my home here . |
| 4 | It 's now thought a hundred and eighty people were detained by the Iraqis as they made their way to the pick up point for the last British convoy from Kuwait . |
| 5 | It 's actually called a perfect octave but they never worry about the perfect when you 're talking about an octave . |
| 6 | In that community it is not considered a grave fault to ‘ invent ’ , whenever ‘ a lie is necessary ’ . |
| 7 | If the first derivative of the property-temperature curve is measured , a change in the vicinity of T g is found ; for this reason it is sometimes called a second-order transition . |
| 8 | But it is actually called a perfect octave as well . |
| 9 | After a while , if undisturbed , the Aplysia puts its siphon out again , and if it is then prodded a second time , it will show the same withdrawal reflex . |
| 10 | Oxford actually while it was open had a good reputation amongst prisoners for the relationship between staff and prisoners . |
| 11 | There was no W , since it was not reckoned a proper letter in its own right , but only a double U , which is how we pronounce it . |
| 12 | It was also handed a symbolic but fairly meaningless victory in having two orders varied . |
| 13 | In Celtic countries it was always considered a good omen if one of these cats decided to settle in the home . |
| 14 | It was only sold a short while ago , and the family were hoping to move to this house in Eynsham , but the sale fell through . |