Example sentences of "it be [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's getting up there as well lo , you know I have n't got the strength and energy to walk there , I do n't think . |
| 2 | She goes , Billy 's got the cheek to say it 's boring round here cos he 's |
| 3 | It 's moving very carefully because it does n't want to be detected . |
| 4 | It 's contracting not only as regards the Walsall trade , but for the simple reason that hides and skins at ma v very largely found in the countries of Asia , Africa and South America . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's hammering as violently as mine , ’ he whispered shakily . |
| 6 | money in but in actual fact it 's , it 's going out faster than it 's coming in . |
| 7 | There is an old saying that whipping a donkey will do no good if it 's running as fast as it can . |
| 8 | It 's here , I , I forget that it 's recording so like when people are n't talking I just sort of think fuck it . |
| 9 | It is emphasized still further when we see that of the latter group none has external lockboard battens . |
| 10 | It is priced more reasonably than some of its fellows , Quintus says , beginning at $25,000 ( or $1,500 a seat ) for 16 users and running up to $100,000 ( generally about $350 a seat ) for unlimited users . |
| 11 | Caught here by Peter Chick on September 11 , despite its age it is faring much better than the much younger , but cocooned , Citation executive jet behind ! |
| 12 | The new paradigm must pass critical tests to survive , but it is born as spontaneously as the metaphors of a poet : |
| 13 | The effect of the proposed addition to Article 93 would be to require the Company to include in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting , free of charge , any notification made by shareholders of their intention to propose a person for election as a Director , provided it is received not less than 70 days before the meeting . |
| 14 | It is believed that long before it became a market town , serving a largely agricultural community , it was the ancient Roman port of Vannona , which was supposed to have been the principal harbour on this coast . |
| 15 | ‘ About 2,500 people receive disability working allowance and I am anxious that it is increased as quickly as possible ’ , he said , and admitted that claimants may have confused DWA with disability living allowance and claimed the wrong one . |
| 16 | You are asked to complete and return it to the Company 's Registrars in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and , in any event , so that it is returned not later than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting . |
| 17 | It is brought home sharply when we look at the two lists of the inhabitants of the Nottinghamshire village of Clayworth that were made by the minister in 1676 and 1688 , for we find that no less than 61.8 per cent of those recorded in 1676 were not there twelve years later ; only one-third of those who had disappeared had died . |
| 18 | It is striking how even when certain minority groups tend to achieve mean levels of attainment above those of the white majority , they still remain heavily disadvantaged in employment terms . |
| 19 | Even then , there may be limits to an exclusion — if it is drawn so widely as to protect a party from all liability , even for total non-performance , its effect may be that the party has promised nothing ; there is therefore no contract , or at best only a unilateral one . |
| 20 | I do n't think it is going as fast as it can . |
| 21 | On the first edition of the 1-inch map ( 1834 ) it is shown as boldly as the lanes linking the villages of Canons Ashby and Moreton Pinkney , and similarly on the map of 1887 . |
| 22 | Equally , in the words of Lord Wright in Grant v. Australian Knitting Mills ( 1936 P.C. ) ‘ there is a sale by description even though the buyer is buying something displayed before him on the counter ; a thing is sold by description , though it is specific , so long as it is sold not merely as the specific thing but as a thing corresponding to a description . ’ |
| 23 | As Lord Wright said in Grant v Australian Knitting Mills Ltd [ 1936 ] AC 85 : It may also be pointed out that there is a sale by description even though the buyer is buying something displayed before him on the counter : a thing is sold by description , though it is specific , so long as it is sold not merely as the specific thing but as a thing corresponding to a description , eg woollen undergarments , a hot-water bottle , a second-hand reaping machine , to select a few obvious illustrations . |
| 24 | It is considered briefly here because researchers have concentrated more on the use of context , although none have ventured beyond the lexical level . |
| 25 | If it is to function as well as it possibly can , the body has several basic needs — nutrition , exercise , relaxation , sleep and so on — but , because of the hectic pace of twentieth century life , not enough attention is paid to ensuring that these needs are met . |
| 26 | At first he had assumed that it was taking much longer than the boy had estimated or that his work on the Project was taking up his time , but this explained it all . |
| 27 | It was recognized more clearly than before that most large companies actually held a portfolio of businesses , and that long-term growth , or indeed survival , might depend more on managing that portfolio rather than assuming continued growth on all fronts . |
| 28 | It was formed as early as 1805 by the Marchese Tommaso degli Obizzi whose taste in ‘ primitives ’ was ahead of his time . |
| 29 | The recent Cuban Missile Crisis had reminded everyone that earth was on the verge of extinction ; it was poised as precariously as Charsky . |
| 30 | ‘ When the goldsmithing business expanded in the thirteenth century , it was moved out here because of the danger of fire from the furnaces , ’ he explained . |