Example sentences of "it [adv] be the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What makes it so is the extraordinary care and attention given to every guest by its owner , Jean Dodgson . |
| 2 | From everything she says , it 's clear this gilgul 's been on the scene for quite a while — there is no way she could have learned what she 's learned , cleaned up her act and become who she is now if the only time she 's had to do it in was the brief interval between our confrontation at the Mephistco stand and her appearance on the beach at Bournemouth . |
| 3 | Would it not be the perfect irony to be murdered in the middle of an assignation with an assassin ? |
| 4 | In addition to the excitement of watching such a magnificent creature in action , it really is the only way to learn about birds of prey — and it would be my first step towards becoming a professional falconer one day . |
| 5 | ‘ After a few months you will know whether it really is the right job for you , ’ he said . |
| 6 | ‘ After a few months you will know whether it really is the right job for you . ’ |
| 7 | In fact it turned out that the size of this quantum was given not by h but by h divided by 2π , a quantity denoted by ħ and pronounced " aitch bar " or " aitch slash " or often ( because it really is the natural unit ) just " aitch " . |
| 8 | It really is the old story of the doctor and patient falling in love , is n't it ? |
| 9 | Umpteen four-bedroomed houses later , we were wondering if it really was the right thing to do : every time we found just the right place , the surveyor 's report showed movement of the north wall , or some other equally expensive-to-repair problem . |
| 10 | But after years of the DHSS , it really was the first time I 'd been spoken to like a human being . |
| 11 | We did n't know that something was going to happen to make us think it really was the last mission for all of us ’ . |
| 12 | The longest day , it really was the longest day ever . |
| 13 | It certainly was the last point that I understood ; I remember lying awake thinking about it , seeing that I could move any four edges into the working locations and realising that this completed the general method for restoring the cube to its original state . |
| 14 | Yeah as I say , that unit trust thing I was I know it 's not the safest investment but it never was the safest investment . |