Example sentences of "it be [adj] [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's crucial that even a basic name and address system can get at a particular name , or group of names , as quickly as possible . |
| 2 | I know it 's commonsense but unfortunately a lot of people still tend to leave these er objects lying about in easy reach of the young child , okay ? |
| 3 | It is noticeable that even a writer like J. 5 . |
| 4 | It is possible that only a very marked and rapid reduction in interest rates , which might cause a substantial shift in confidence , would be effective . |
| 5 | It is true that once a useful co-ordinating convention is established every person has reason to adhere to it , a reason which is independent of the existence of the authority , a reason deriving entirely from the existence of the useful convention . |
| 6 | ‘ It is scandalous that only a tiny fraction of cars in the UK have catalysts fitted . |
| 7 | It is interesting that only a few years ago Mr Albert Baker of Baker Bros. , Upper Halling , paid the Vicar part of the cost of wood he had cut in Halling woods . |
| 8 | It is plain that only a small community closely knit by ties of kinship , common sentiment , and belief , and placed in a stable environment , could live successfully by such a regime of unofficial rules . |
| 9 | It is clear that even a good working knowledge of credit costs helps consumers only if that knowledge affects their shopping decisions . |
| 10 | Given the history of socialist economies , it is doubtful whether even a far more radical and complete transformation of the relations of production would , of itself , have removed this basis for class differentiation , and for this reason Morris remains a problematic model for contemporary socialism . |
| 11 | It is false that only a person in authority is an authority . |
| 12 | It was possible that even a reject like him could be of use in such a godforsaken spot . |
| 13 | It was interesting that quite a number saw their being easily located at their place of work as a benefit . |
| 14 | By 1896 La Chapelle was receiving more than a million tonnes , but by now the bulk of it was French and only a small proportion Belgian , testimony to the industrialization that had taken place in the wake of the railways . |
| 15 | It was adventurous and yet a bit modest and down-to-earth . |
| 16 | It was unlikely that even a common language could create a common national spirit to unite Spanish-speaking people divided by the salt , estranging sea , but as long as empires based on the principles of allegiance to a monarch were the dominant form of political organization they were very well adapted to face the problems of expanding and then of ruling new subjects . |
| 17 | From March 1918 it was clear that only a crushing military victory by one or other side would bring ‘ peace ’ . |
| 18 | The plenum , in the event , made little influence upon the continuing discussion , and by the early 1990s it was clear that only a reconsideration of the very bases of Soviet statehood would be likely to satisfy the aspirations of the various republics and nationalities . |