Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] it [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My gown will be lucky if it gets any attention at all ; you forget some of the top designers are taking part . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It would be gratifying if it held some more revelations , but perhaps that would be too much to hope for . |
| 3 | Again , the placebo could be powerful because it meets some psychological need for attention and treatment . |
| 4 | But the potency with which c-Myc induces apoptosis suggests that deregulated c-Myc expression by itself is likely to be lethal because it kills any cell that encounters growth-limiting conditions , an almost invariable outcome in vivo . |
| 5 | Now that allowance would be nice if it bore some relationship to what was allowed in the estimated er , figures . |
| 6 | Eating live yoghurt may also be worthwhile as it contains some of the ‘ useful ’ members of the gut flora , and may help to reestablish a healthy balance among the inhabitants of the gut ( see p 194 ) . |
| 7 | Symphony is such an old program that I 'd be surprised if it has any bugs in it . |