Example sentences of "[adv] it [be] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were helped on their way with a fair tide , and a beam reach by a south-westerly of only marginally less velocity than on Saturday , although a lumpy sea gave some problems , and with only two or three short turns to windward it was again a benefit race for the top end of the fleet . |
| 2 | More incredible was that all of this violence , all of this blood and gore , all of this inhumanity and human sacrifice was being conducted in the corner of our living rooms , because suddenly it was also the nightly fodder of the television stations , who were only just realizing the potential of on-the-spot coverage of such despicable yet compelling viewing matter . |
| 3 | Apparently it 's only a matter of time . ’ |
| 4 | Apparently it was also a general storehouse for things from the house , and by the wall was a bicycle . |
| 5 | erm she said she thought everything would be okay apart from partial blind due to accident after teenage years cos it 's basically it 's actually a college |
| 6 | But nevertheless that 's human nature and perhaps it 's also a reason why life should not stand still , whatever progress we make both in housing and in quality of housing and the quality of life , once people are used to that , to that they expect more and this is what progress , what forward thinking is all about . |
| 7 | Or perhaps it 's just a way of admitting a preference for empty ferries . |
| 8 | Perhaps it 's just a chance coincidence . |
| 9 | Or perhaps it 's just the effect of the Peter Pan collars . |
| 10 | Perhaps it 's just the baker . |
| 11 | Or perhaps it 's just the mix . |
| 12 | Perhaps it 's only a film set with extras . |
| 13 | But perhaps it 's more a question of what I can do for you ? ’ |
| 14 | Perhaps it is simply a need to humanise what is , after all , rather an inhuman subject . ) |
| 15 | Perhaps it is simply the case that this is very difficult to get at by methods which are feasible . |
| 16 | The reason escapes me — perhaps it is just a case of common theft . |
| 17 | Perhaps it is just a failure of the communication system . |
| 18 | Ellen 's is a true story ; perhaps it is even the reason why I am telling you Flaubert 's story instead . |
| 19 | Shortage of time is a common complaint in every walk of life , but perhaps it is only a perception . |
| 20 | Here , too , we have a mystery ; this time a psychological one , or perhaps it is really the province of anthropology , or archaeology , or … |
| 21 | Perhaps it was also a tribute to her good looks ( if Ivy were really being naughty ) : Elizabeth need not have feared to face it . |
| 22 | This is fighting talk , and suggests his fond memories of Maurras and the Action Française , but it was only talk — perhaps it was Eliot 's way of enlivening what he thought to be the muted tone of discussion in England ; perhaps it was also a method of inspiring his colleagues at the Moot whom he called " companions in affliction " , intellectuals or refugees who were on the periphery of events to which there was no foreseeable end . |
| 23 | Perhaps it was just a cold , or possibly something more serious . |
| 24 | ‘ Perhaps it was just a car backfiring , ’ said Alice , ‘ or even thunder . ’ |
| 25 | Perhaps it was just a fluke , perhaps she could sing like that once , and then the voice would tire . |
| 26 | Perhaps it was just the effect of the tourist season , but Spain seemed very much more prosperous , and the construction companies and property developers had their giant cranes everywhere , their crude colours looming garishly over the old amber-rose stone of the city 's most ancient monuments . |
| 27 | Or perhaps it was just the usual look of her rather weird eyes . |
| 28 | Something about the way he approached the Saab 900 Carlsson suggested that he still likes to put his foot down : perhaps it was the way his right elbow automatically felt for a resting place against the window , perhaps it was just the fact that it was his birthday ( 42 ) . |
| 29 | Finally the interrogators must have lost their patience , or perhaps it was just the heat of the vodka . |
| 30 | Perhaps it was just the times I saw him in the Div II Championship year and the season after that . |