Example sentences of "[conj] it be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Compared with most other shingle features in the British Isles the beach is a simple though large ridge , reaching its maximum size at the Portland end , where it is 60 m ( 200 yd ) wide and just over 12 m ( 40 ft ) high . |
| 2 | Unbeknown to all , though , Harry 's bird arrived in Lisbon in 1975 , where it 's Swiss owners gave it the wrong name a nom-de-plume if you like . |
| 3 | She picked four kids up and you know right at end here where it 's that criss-cross ? |
| 4 | Where it 's two males , male applicant and a male interviewer , and the prospective employee has a less prestigious accent than the interviewer , so it 's quite likely that the prospective employee would shift his accent towards a more that of the employer , due to his relative need of approval so much more than vice versa . |
| 5 | But it seems to me she should n't be locked up in Broadmoor , she should be somewhere where it 's more supervision , but more freedom where she can walk around gardens and places like that , erm |
| 6 | Now Channel 4 has gone and the sport is back where it was six years ago . |
| 7 | That seemed pretty profound , till I found another cinema where it was all violence , sex-and-violence , and violence . |
| 8 | It 's not that good , cos it 's either Final Fight you have to be or you can only pick out of and or it 's Final Fight guy where you can only be or Guy . |
| 9 | Medical practice booklets four years ago or it 's five years now I guess , five years ago erm er it 's almost five , legislation was brought in by the then Health Secretary Ken Clarke now our dear Chancellor . |
| 10 | " Winter and summer , except it 's bitter cold . |
| 11 | So , although it is good practice to do so , it is not normally essential to add new module versions to SPRs and SSRs . |
| 12 | Although it is early days and the team will not be reporting back until March , what is already becoming clear to it is that , unless small firms are encouraged to continue training chartered accountants , the smaller end of the profession may not have a future at all . |
| 13 | Although it is early days yet , should we be that club , then it can only spell disaster . |
| 14 | ‘ They are all healthy and all stable , although it is early days yet , ’ said the spokesman . |
| 15 | ICI 's catalysts are used extensively in the production of ammonia , hydrogen and methanol , although it is developing markets in refining petrochemicals and organic synthesis . |
| 16 | ‘ Try to keep me away , ’ he had whispered , ‘ although it is exquisite torture for me these days , my dear McAllister , to have you so near , and be unable to stroke every bit of your delectable body . |
| 17 | Although it is common knowledge that dogs have been extensively employed in times of war , most people imagine that the cat has never been exploited in this way . |
| 18 | Although it is common knowledge that the authorities sold a great many works of art from Russian museums to foreign buyers during the 1920s and 1930s , it is rather less well-known that the book reserves of Russian libraries were similarly violated . |
| 19 | Although it is common practice to distinguish what Henry Sweet called ‘ form-words ’ as distinct from ‘ full words ’ and to locate the former in grammar rather than lexis , it has to be noted that these ‘ form-words ’ have emerged over time from full-blown lexical sources , and for the most part still have recognizable kin which show clear signs of the relationship . |
| 20 | Although it is 40 years since I was called-up , the memories of that part of my life are still vivid and I still have my flying logbook to refresh my memory . |
| 21 | Although it is 40 years since the incident , I urge my right hon. Friend to give urgent consideration to the case because the suffering of Derek Bentley 's family continues day in and day out . |
| 22 | It is different to the Japanese and Korean suits in that , although it is loose fitting , it has buttons and a high Mandarin collar . |
| 23 | Newspaper , difficult one , generally , but we 're lucky in that we 've got a place down in Exmouth that shred this all up for animal bedding , and they 'll take that , and again we 'll get recycling credits , so although it 's low value in terms of the actual material , it attracts this big recycling credit so so a subsidized market , if you like . |
| 24 | Simon Coombs MP for Swindon says although it 's disappointing news , he 's confident other companies will want to get involved in the development . |
| 25 | Numbers — Although it 's good fun for three or more people to abseil down a rope at the same time , normally no more than two should be attached to the same descendeur . |
| 26 | Interview he sez it 's appropriate that the men were brought to the Radcliffe for their eye surgery although it 's straightforward treatment . |
| 27 | Although it 's two years later they 've got to resell at the price that er it 's been discounted more or less . |
| 28 | Six of our residents took part in a driving exercise and we demonstrated that clearly and this is for your benefit we 'll give it to you , although it 's three miles longer to the point where the A sixty one joins the A one , even with the present state of the A one , it is ten minutes quicker to go via the A six five eight , A fifty nine , A one route . |
| 29 | So that you can in the end , when I came to do it , although it was seventeen people I did n't find it too difficult . |
| 30 | Crocheted antimacassars graced the backs of all the chairs although it was many years since a gentleman with pomade on his hair had sat in one of them . |