Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] it be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spread thin , ubiquitous , where once it was rare , exotic , precious , a sob in private . |
| 2 | But where once it was poisonous mixtures , including deadly white lead , which claimed the allegiance of the fashion-conscious , today it is the fruits of science , which include collagen , vitamins , ‘ systems ’ , micro-capsules , thymus extracts and retinoic acid . |
| 3 | Where once it was sufficient of an adventure for a lone girl to enter the deserted mansion at the far end of the village , today the element of adventure , of venturing , can be plausibly obtained at the end of a plane flight . |
| 4 | Cases of the latter type , where the adjective is used only to aid identification and does not actually apply to the entity of the phrase , closely resemble the great bulk of noun + noun phrases in their structural value , examples such as : ( 11 ) army manoeuvres the piano factory a sea monster an angle bracket However , even among noun + noun phrases , certain specimens occur which are clearly analogous to the former type ; as in : ( 12 ) a doctor journalist ( or doctor-journalist ) Chancellor Kohl a bed-settee These would permit an affirmative answer to our diagnostic test , although normally it is necessary to allow a little leeway in the shape of an added determiner to allow for this requirement of English : ( 13 ) Maurice is a journalist and he is also a doctor 2.3 It would be useful to have names for the two types of adjectival use , and there are fortunately two terms available which fall in the right semantic area and which have not been pre-empted for any other widely accepted technical linguistic purpose . |
| 5 | If this is so , then southern , one-party States with large black populations should be even lower welfare spenders than others where the electoral need to spend is weak , although statistically it is hard to separate out this effect because all of the extremely safe Democratic States are relatively poor , have large black populations and are in the South ( Johnston , 1983b ) . |
| 6 | Now more than ever it is important to be a force for change . |
| 7 | Does my hon. Friend agree that more than ever it is important that an agreement is reached at Maastricht in which Britain takes a whole-hearted role in the European Community , because otherwise it will cease to be so attractive for inward investment ? |
| 8 | The difficulty is that although sometimes it is possible to point to an intention to compel action on the part of the target , as when the aim is to prevent employees from working , or to force a local councillor to vote differently , or to stop another organisation from marching that intention is not invariably present . |
| 9 | Having said that , my playing never sinks below a certain standard , although sometimes it 's hard to tell if you 're actually improving , because you 're so close to it . |
| 10 | ( Although theoretically it is easy to distinguish between a merger and a takeover , in practice it is less so and the words are generally used interchangeably . ) |
| 11 | Although again it is important to consider this question on an industry-by-industry basis . |
| 12 | If only it were possible to avoid these difficulties , and go island-hopping where they speak English , where the controllers are friendly and helpful , where all kinds of services are readily available , taxes are low and fuel plentiful . |
| 13 | If only it were possible to carry out that silly threat she 'd made — to make him sorry he 'd ever met her . |
| 14 | There are many walkers , both locals and visitors who would like to use this road if only it were safe to do so . |
| 15 | If only it were true . |
| 16 | If only it was that simple . |
| 17 | So whether she 'd committed the act before and er tried to cover it up I do n't know , cos obviously it 's subject to sub judice at the moment until they 've got the , everything in the outcome . |
| 18 | Cos obviously it 's different for you . |
| 19 | If so it 's likely that children will be given priority . |
| 20 | Their hair was uniformly black , and cut short , seriously short , or if long it was spiky and rigid , sticking up and out and sideways , like a handful of needles , rather than hanging down . |
| 21 | If ever it were possible to agree upon a scheme of regional government , then there might be a basis for regional representation , but attempts at this have so far failed . |
| 22 | though cos well it 's two , two pounds fifty six . |
| 23 | Equally , I am prepared to advocate that , in historical terms , the time has arrived , in the absence of other viable legal institutions , to forsake the requirement of bisexuality and thus abandon the negative definitive criterion of homosexuality , if indeed it is such a criterion . |
| 24 | Miss Fergusson courteously responded to the suggested transaction by pointing out that if indeed it was impossible to ascend the mountain , then the likelihood of their believing that the amulet could be a piece of bitumen from the Patriarch 's vessel was not very great . |
| 25 | But as more unwanted probings prodded , she was set to seriously wonder if indeed it was good enough to have called at Vendelin Gajdusek 's home and left it at that . |
| 26 | One of the rats is just sitting in the corner and I wonder if maybe it 's smart enough to be depressed . |
| 27 | and it indicates you put one in cos sometimes it 's confusing if you 've put in a tab and you do n't know what 's |
| 28 | But erm watch out for that cos sometimes it 's easier to multiply out |
| 29 | Cos otherwise it 's silly if we go |
| 30 | ‘ When you get it like that , it 's definitely a fluke , because usually it 's laborious . ’ |