Example sentences of "[adj] it [vb mod] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since reform was now unavoidable it must be made certain that Ireland would be included under the redistribution clauses and that the House of Lords should be restored to entrench resistance to Labour . |
| 2 | Half an hour on this beach ( so fresh it could be arrested for harassment ) and it 's up to the slotties . |
| 3 | He extended a thin hand , very gingerly , as ii afraid it might be bitten off . |
| 4 | Hence , p has all the values of a probability and in the situation where all investors are risk averse it can be shown that it is equal to the probability with which we started . |
| 5 | Once the first block is empty it will be demolished to make way for the second phase of house building , where the whole process of relocating and building is repeated . |
| 6 | You taking depends how old it will be do n't it , do n't know how old it will be . |
| 7 | This is an exaggeration , but you should remember that the older the history book ( especially over 20 years ) the less reliable it can be considered to be , because ( i ) new evidence is always being unearthed ( ii ) all historians tend to write from within the perspective of their own times ( " every generation writes its own history " ) ( iii ) most professional historians update their own interpretations according to personal preference and in the face of scholarly criticism . |
| 8 | When the sound timber is clean and readily accessible it can be treated with insecticide . |
| 9 | There are others who need to work out how dangerous it would be to do something that America and Europe do not want them to do . |
| 10 | If payable it will be assessed on the difference between the purchase price of the new house if this is of an appropriate category and the estimated ( lower ) price they would have paid in their existing location for a broadly equivalent house . |
| 11 | They also note , earlier in the same document , that ‘ in order that training should be effective and consistent it must be planned and implemented systematically ’ . |
| 12 | The fact that ‘ in order that training should be effective and consistent it must be planned and implemented systematically ’ was regarded as fundamental , and respondents were asked to provide information on training that constituted a programme , defined as any course of instruction with a predetermined structure . |
| 13 | I did not hear much she was saying , as I was thinking of Margaret and how impossible it would be to get Gwenellen , or anyone else in Benedict 's with the obvious exception of Old Red , to believe the real truth , if I attempted to explain it . |
| 14 | His words were enough to throw Lucy into a state of thoughtfulness , forcing her to become aware of how impossible it would be to drag this man within yards of his stepmother — and how futile it would be for herself to harbour any emotional feelings towards him . |
| 15 | Investors have been expecting its publication for the last two weeks but are fearful it will be kept back for the week when Parliament goes into the Christmas recess . |
| 16 | What we need to do is steal his thunder in some way so that he realises how pointless it would be to write a story or even make any of those veiled suggestions that reporters of his ilk seem to be so good at . ’ |
| 17 | You know , how easy it would be drive off and , and kill yourself or something . |
| 18 | How splendid it would be to walk into this classroom with a gigantic spray-gun in my hands and start pumping it . |
| 19 | Since this area is one in which worker experience is paramount it could be argued that the trade unions would be in the best position to evaluate different options in work organisation , without deferring to " the experts " . |
| 20 | If the report was false it would be known by now . ’ |
| 21 | Over the last thirty years advertising , that most powerful publicity weapon , has discovered how lucrative it can be to add a " new dimension " to the service it offers to clients . |
| 22 | However irksome it may be to have inaccuracies published about one 's life or behaviour — dates mis-stated , non-existent meetings described , and qualifications mis-attributed — there must be a " sting " in the falsehood which reflects discredit in the eyes of society . |
| 23 | If further away the new settlement would be from York , the less likely it would be to meet the needs of Greater York , more likely to meet the needs of other areas , such as Leeds . |
| 24 | However , with a little diligence and help of the single end of a transfer tool , they can sometimes by unravelled in the work and since the end is fine it can be darned in at the back . |
| 25 | Yngwie refers to this type of riff as a ‘ groover ’ , and to sound effective it should be played with feel and dynamics . |
| 26 | if information flow and exchange is to be effective it must be planned |
| 27 | This can shorten the lead time , but to be effective it must be accompanied by the correct information processing pattern . |
| 28 | Chamberlain coughed politely and said he was sure it would be cleared up by the time he took over . |
| 29 | Chamberlain coughed politely and said he was sure it would be cleared up by the time he took over . |
| 30 | it is a point Mr Chairman , I 'm sure it would be made , but I have , that I have made . |