Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Labour promises more generous rebates , no one believes it , because the proposal has not been costed , no details of it are available and no money would be made available . |
| 2 | Now , parts of it are inaccessible and the tennis court is a chicken run . |
| 3 | ‘ Would n't it be awful if a cat scratched your heart . ’ |
| 4 | As Haslemere has already begun to make the town accessible for wheelchair-bound people , would n't it be nice if the town could become totally accessible for both able bodied and disabled people . |
| 5 | Even if it were true that the Tsar was long dead , as people said , Abie knew that no army ever gave up the hunt for a deserter . |
| 6 | Secondly ( as was pointed out by Russell , among others ) , even if it were true that the number of basic entities was finite , the proposed analysis still would not yield the desired result . |
| 7 | ‘ I wish it were true that the fund will continue to grow , but we are at the mercy of the markets , and we must keep a healthy capital amount for all needy old soldiers down on their luck . |
| 8 | Even if it were true that the war is over and the Serbs have won , victory will not bring stability to Bosnia & Hercegovina . |
| 9 | If it were clear when a party has formed an intention to incur legal obligation , if a person did commonly define the obligation he desired to assume in terms which left little doubt as to its nature , it would be unnecessary , and indeed merely foolish , to require an additional test of that intention . |
| 10 | The extra detail visible in the monkey 's brain might just be a consequence of it being bigger than the rat 's , but a comparison between the somatosensory cortices of the two animals shows that this is n't so , for this time it is in the rat that the extra detail is visible . |
| 11 | and Schiemann J. , and in the latter by Hoffmann J. The W. H. Smith case took the form of an appeal to the Divisional Court from the Crown Court , by way of case stated , against the conviction of the two defendant stores for Sunday trading ; the Torfaen decision was published after the hearing before the Crown Court and before the hearing before the Divisional Court and , it being plain that the Crown Court had misdirected itself on the effect of article 30 , the Divisional Court quashed the convictions . |
| 12 | He shouted to his riders , at least those near enough to hear , to try not to ride down any mounted men in their way , as those would likely be their own folk , it being improbable that the enemy would have been able to catch any of the fleeing horses . |
| 13 | It 's curious that the Bloch Symphony for trombone and orchestra is rarely played — one would have thought that trombonists , starved of repertoire , would air it at every opportunity . |
| 14 | It 's fantastic that the boy is back . ’ |
| 15 | Yeah you see it 's bigger cos the bedroom |
| 16 | It 's freezing and the pitch is rock hard . |
| 17 | But it 's due and the farm accounts wo n't take it . |
| 18 | I 'll go and make the sauce , then I 'll have a bath while it 's simmering if the generator 's up to it . ’ |
| 19 | And the early reading of P P G seven it seems to me it 's apparent that the principle messages are that the development in open countryside should be strictly controlled , and I would underline that point strictly controlled , and that the countryside should be safeguarded for its own sake and non-renewable and natural resources should be afforded protection . |
| 20 | it was all to do with recognising it was the middle of the winter , sun was at it 's lowest and the sun would be coming back again , and maybe that 's some sort of gut feeling |
| 21 | The commission says it 's adamant that the public will have the final say . |
| 22 | Well it 's better than a kick in the teeth is n't it ? |
| 23 | Incidentally , it 's better than a railway hut , and perfect for a party . ’ |
| 24 | It 's better than a letter to hear her voice . ’ |
| 25 | A grand view of Horse Guards Parade — oh well it 's better than a view of John and Norma Major . |
| 26 | Well , it 's better than no job at all som I hear them say . |
| 27 | Surely it 's better than the way 'e 's bin since 'e got back from France ? |
| 28 | ‘ Fams ’ describes re-starting the Wailers as ‘ rough ’ and it might not be as glorious a gig as playing Zimbabwe 's independence celebrations with Bob , but it 's better than the fate of most reggae elders ; redundancy thanks to computerised ragga . |
| 29 | in fact it 's better than the television we 've got |
| 30 | At least it 's better than the paraffin we used to have when I was a kid . ’ |